Location
The flat is located in the best area of town, the heart of Modern Quito and the financial part of the city, just 100m of the five star Swiss Hotel.
10 minutes walking distance to the Mariscal Area of town, Quito nightlife takes place mainly in this area , you find many options of entertainment like bars, coffeshops, café nets, restaurants, cultural centers, live music shows and other interesting sights.
A short taxi ride will take you to Megamaxi the largest superstore in Quito and the Quicentro Shopping Centre where you can buy pretty well anything.
If you walk down to the street “6 de Diciembre”, you will find the overground (Trole), buses and taxis.
The apartment
The flat is situated in a new building of 7floors, it is located on the fifth floor, with windows on two sides, the flat gets lots of light, the bedroom enjoy panoramic views over Pichincha Volcano on the horizon.
The flat has a living room, bathroom, open kitchen and a double bedroom with shower room and the building enjoys a 24 hour security guard. The flat caters for 2 in the double bedroom, although you can ask for two extra single sofa bed in the living room, but visitors should note there is only one shower (off the main bedroom).
The flat has a electrical cooker, and crockery in the kitchen. There is not a laundry facility , in case you need , you will find a lot of small shops around the Mariscal area that offer this service for a couple of dollars.
There is a wifi internet connection for visitors who bring their own computer.
A cleaning service is offered once a week.
About Quito
At 10,000 ft (2850 m), Quito is breathtaking in more ways than one. Situated as it is, twenty-two miles from the Equator, a visitor would expect extremely hot weather but the altitude tempers that. There are no extremes in temperature, (see these averages) and year-round temperatures feel spring-like. There are two seasons, wet and dry, and for convenience sake, the wet season in termed "winter." Quito is surrounded by natural beauty, by the mountains ringing the city, some volcanic, some with white capped peaks, lushly forested hills and a fertile valley. Long before the Spanish arrived, Quito was a busy place. It was a major Inca city and was destroyed by the Incas in a scorched earth policy that only briefly halted the Spanish invasion. Sebastián de Benalcázar recognized the citys location and founded San Francisco de Quito on top of the few ruins left him. The founding date, December 6, 1534, is celebrated annually with the Fiestas de Quito.
Quito grew up and out from that colonial core, and now can be organized into three areas. South of Old Town is mainly residential, a working-class housing area. North of Old Town is modern Quito with high-rise buildings, shopping centers, the financial center and major business centers. North of Quito is Mariscal Sucre airport, through which most visitors to Ecuador arrive and depart