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Hotel Plaza Grande

Fodor's Review:

Arguably Ecuador's most fabulous hotel (with prices to match), the Plaza Grande puts you right on the prime real estate of its namesake plaza in the heart of Quito's Old City. We have always recommended getting out of Dodge once the sun goes down on the historic quarter, but now that security has tightened and there is an amazing place to stay, we jettison that advice. The property opened in 2007, but the structure was once the mansion of early-16th-century nobleman Juan Díaz de Hidalgo. Plush doesn't begin to describe the art and tapestries that decorate each carpeted room. The best rooms face the plaza. Though windows are soundproofed, you need only fling open the French doors and emerge on your private balcony to survey all that goes on below. Pros: central location; top-notch service. Con: pricey.

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