HOTEL, HACIENDA, HOSTERIA, CONVENTION CENTER, ECUADOR

La Cienega hotel is one of best country inns of Ecuador. Situated near the slopes of the majestic Cotopaxi volcano and its National Park, this mansion has been the scene of important happenings in the scientific and social history of the country.

Among the important celebrities that have resided at the hacienda are Charles Marie de la Condamine, a French scientist who participated in the Geodesic Mission (1736-44) that determined the true shape of the earth and laid the path towards the development of a universal system of measure - the meter; and Alexander Von Humbolt, German naturalist who studied Cotopaxi's volcanic activity (1802) as well as its unique alpine flora.

Manuel Matheu y Herrera, Francisco Xavier and Jos� Xavier de Asc�zubi, members of the manor house, who were fervent defenders of the cause for independence (1810) prior to Simon Bol�var`s battles.

During the Republican era, various presidents stayed at this hacienda, such as Juan Jos� Flores (Ecuador`s first president), Gabriel Garc�a Moreno (founder of Quito`s astronomical observatory, South America`s oldest), Leonidas Plaza Guti�rrez (father of Galo Plaza Lasso, also former president and Secretary General of the O.A.S), and Jos� Mar�a Velasco Ibarra (his five presidential administrations have been a landmark in Ecuadorean history).

HOSTERIA LA CIENEGA
Cordero 1442 y Amazonas
QUITO, ECUADOR
TELEPHONE: (593) (2) 541 337 or 549 126
FAX: (593) (2) 228 820
E-MAIL: [email protected]