{"type":"city","city":"Guayaquil","citySlug":"guayaquil","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/ecuador/guayaquil","description":"Guayaquil has always been a city that rebuilds. Fires leveled it repeatedly through the colonial and republican periods, which means its architectural identity is less about preservation than about reinvention — layers of ambition laid over ash. The waterfront Malecón 2000 regeneration project, completed in the early 2000s, gave the city a new civic face along the Guayas River, while the neighborhood of Las Peñas, climbing its painted wooden houses up Cerro Santa Ana, remains the closest thing Guayaquil has to a legible historic district. But the most considered encounter with the city's built past sits slightly apart from both: the Parque Histórico, a curated reserve on the banks of the Daule River in the northeastern reaches of the metropolitan area, where rescued vernacular architecture from the coastal region — raised stilt houses, bamboo structures, late-19th-century merchant facades — has been reassembled into something between a living museum and a botanical garden.\n\nHotel del Parque occupies one of the most architecturally significant positions of any hotel in Ecuador. Housed within a restored republican-era mansion on the grounds of the Parque Histórico itself, the property operates in direct dialogue with the preserved structures around it — the carved woodwork, the double-height verandas, the pale formal symmetry of the facade all belonging to a tradition of coastal elite architecture that largely vanished from Guayaquil's commercial center long ago. The surrounding grounds, dense with native species and threaded with paths, mean the hotel feels almost entirely removed from the surrounding city's noise and scale. At 549 dollars a night it is the only property in the city operating at this register, and it earns that position not through scale or amenity accumulation but through specificity of setting and the relative rarity of a hotel that takes its architectural context this seriously.\n\nFor a design-conscious traveler, this is precisely the argument for staying here rather than in one of the tower hotels along the Malecón or in the business corridors of Kennedy or Urdesa. Guayaquil rewards curiosity rather than comfort-seeking, and the Parque Histórico gives that curiosity somewhere to land. The hotel is a genuine reason to come to the city rather than simply a place to sleep while visiting it — which, for a destination still finding its footing on the international travel circuit, is a meaningful distinction.","provider":{"name":"PressBeyond","url":"https://pressbeyond.com","description":"PressBeyond provides AI-optimized hotel content with a consistent 5-image structure across its entire portfolio. Each image sequence includes strong lighting, complete room-visibility angles, and strictly non-duplicative scenes — enabling AI to accurately describe and recommend properties to travelers.","curationStandard":"PressBeyond Hotel Photography Standard"},"hotels":[{"name":"Hotel del Parque","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/ecuador/guayaquil/hotel-del-parque","city":"Guayaquil","cityHeader":"Guayaquil • Parque Histórico • SPLURGE","neighborhood":"Parque Histórico","designSummary":"Cobblestone paths, a vintage tram car at rest beside the entrance, and a two-storey neoclassical facade washed in pale ochre — the setting for Hotel del Parque is not a city block but an open-air living museum. The hotel is housed within the Parque Histórico Guayaquil, a conservation site on the banks of the Río Daule dedicated to preserving the architectural and ecological memory of Ecuador's coastal region, and the building itself is a careful reconstruction of the republican-era casona typology that once defined Guayaquil's prosperous waterfront districts before fire repeatedly reshaped the city.\n\nInside, the interiors draw on that same period sensibility without locking the rooms in amber. The salon carries fluted white columns, dark-stained hardwood floors, tufted chesterfield sofas in stone linen, and a brass-and-ivory chandelier that sits comfortably between colonial revival and a more restrained contemporary eclecticism. Botanical prints arranged in tight grids above panelled white headboards, ikat-upholstered armchairs in charcoal and mustard, and geometric trellis rugs layer the guest rooms with a collector's warmth. The restaurant Casa Julián extends onto a colonnaded terrace of terracotta floor tiles and rattan seating, where ceiling fans turn slowly above tables set with crystal glassware and the Río Daule glitters through a screen of palm fronds — a dining experience that feels entirely inseparable from the landscape surrounding it.","snippet":"A reconstructed republican-era casona within Ecuador's architectural heritage park, with period interiors and river views.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts and history-focused travelers","vibe":"Colonial-revival · curated","highlights":["Republican-era casona reconstruction on Rio Daule banks","Located within Parque Histórico Guayaquil conservation site","Rooms layered with botanical prints and geometric rugs"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$522","pricePerNightExclTax":"$522","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt8z3kz01db85uwhmxgcb1a1717078993028_01710fa4-54c3-4cd2-8160-4a4215d0081e.jpeg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"Hotel del Parque — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · Hotel del Parque · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of Hotel del Parque captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt908nf01sx85uwwtm4bogj1717078987017_93a54407-6da9-4178-a523-3cdfc17f7e2f.jpeg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"Hotel del Parque — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · Hotel del Parque · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at Hotel del Parque, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt91ddm028j85uwxkzykncy1717079007624_c58586d7-a1af-4dbf-a923-460936d6ecce.jpeg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"Hotel del Parque — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · Hotel del Parque · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at Hotel del Parque — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt92i8502o585uwx1lch3xd1717079001295_17226a43-afef-494b-84f5-0133f744c533.jpeg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"Hotel del Parque — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · Hotel del Parque · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at Hotel del Parque, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt93mwr033r85uwv1brdakm1717078979550_b46e3be1-3164-4a2c-a1d1-45a8f8b14b1d.jpeg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"Hotel del Parque — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · Hotel del Parque · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at Hotel del Parque — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]}]}