Best places: Youth hostels in Balzar, Ecuador

Colorful dorms & private rooms in a basic hostel offering an eatery, plus a terrace with city views.

Basic dorms & rooms in a tranquil hostel offering complimentary breakfast & an indoor pool.

Relaxed hostel offering low-key private rooms & dorms, plus a communal kitchenette & breakfast.

Simple dorms & rooms with shared bathrooms in a laid-back hostel offering free breakfast & Wi-Fi.

Casual hostel with free walking tours, plus a shared kitchen & a living area with a pool table.

Straightforward rooms & dorms in a modest hostel with breakfast, a kitchen & an outdoor pool.

Vibrant hostel near the beach offering informal quarters, plus an outdoor pool, dining & a bar.

👍👍 Cool place to work, it has a nice garden to relax and it is very well located in one of the most vibrant neighborhoods of Quito. It is close to cool bars, restaurants (plenty of veggie options), movie theaters, supermarkets and bus stations

👍👍 Really nice place to stay! The hosts are really helpful and make delicious food. Great location near Cotopaxi, made a solo trip into the park really easy. I stayed in the dorm and had no issues whatsoever. I would definitely stay here again.

Basic dorms & private rooms in a casual hostel with Wi-Fi & breakfast, plus a shared kitchen.

👍👍 Very nice atmosphere and helpful stuff (special thanks to Enzo!). Hot water in the shower, clean rooms and equiped kitchen. Place to eat and chill. Location is very good as well. I can fully recommend that place.

👍 - small, unorganised kitchen - showering floods the hole bathroom - no curtains on the bed - cold! Rooms are not really closed. It gets very cold. - chillout area is outside, to go to the kitchen you need to go outside. It's not really a closed house. So it's in total very cold and also wet when it'...

Relaxed rooms & suites in an 18th-century pumice stone hotel with a courtyard, plus fireside dining.

Modest quarters in a bright hostel offering a kitchen & a terrace, plus breakfast & Wi-Fi.

Bright dorms & rooms, most with shared showers, in a colorful hostel with a kitchen & a game room.

👍 Pros/con Location is in a very tranquil neighborhood, full of beautiful hosteria/hotels, but with access to two waterfalls. Silencio and Tuble. But also location is far from thermal pool and city activity that you need a taxi to get out and back$3 each way. No use of kitchen in fact “prohibito” to h...

Laid-back rooms in a quaint, colorful hotel featuring free Wi-Fi & a shared kitchen.

Laid-back B&B offering down-to-earth rooms, a lawn & a football field, plus a BBQ area.

Informal hostel in a 1700s building offering a cafe, plus balconies with historic center views.

😐 We chose this place because of the cost, also because it was a large group. But we would not return. Here are my reasons: 1. You hear every step that is taken, inside each room and in the hallways. 2. Those who work at reception are volunteers and occupy the kitchen (when we were there, they came to...