Hostal Café Tiana

Great hostel for hikers and backpackers, plenty of people looking for day hikes or multiday such as Quilotoa loop/lake or Cotopaxi NP. Fairly priced with great rooms and rooftop, kitchen very well equipped next to many restaurants in the area.

Absolutely gorgeous hostel, with spacious rooms, HUGE common area, clean and fully-equipped kitchen, great WiFi, hot showers, and nice personnel. Their luggage storage is next-level (huge lockers in the basement, bring your own lock!). They have their own travel agency and you can rent really high-quality trekking gear for your solo adventures. I did a full-day Chimborazo tour through them with the guide Segundo and had a great time.

Fernando and his team are super welcoming, friendly and were there for us at any time with help and advice. The hostel is very centrally located. There are many good restaurants and shopping facilities nearby. As a guest you can use the kitchen. The rooms are very clean and well-kept. We started the Quilotoaloop here and were allowed to leave our luggage at the hostel. We are perfectly happy and can highly recommend! Thank you.

Nice kitchen, perfect to get more information about Cotopaxi (by yourself or to book a tour). Lots of backpackers stay in the hostel and the roof is perfect to get in touch with other. Directly in the city Center with a huge variety of shops and restaurants around.

Good located hostel with well priced tours available. Laundry is very expensive and the place is full of mould!! Rooms and kitchen area that smells damp constantly.

This seems to be the place that tourist/backpackers stay in Latacunga, and we’re not sure what other options exist, but it was pretty mediocre even for a cheap hostel. The young people (like, potentially teenagers) who were seemingly running the place were not at the front desk when we arrived - said they would be five minutes, came back after twenty with churros. We don’t really care too much about that stuff but the room was basic, the bed uncomfortable, and we agree with some other reviews that it seemed cheap to charge for a water bottle fill-up. Breakfast was fine and the women making it were great - made us hot/fresh eggs, otherwise some fruit and a croissant. It was cheap - 35 bucks for a couple with a private room and bathroom, so you pay for what you get. They do seem to have good information in English about the Quilotoa trek and Cotopaxi adventures, and you can leave your bags here for a small fee (we didn’t but many did).

We stayed for one night before starting the Quilotoa Loop. Check in was quick and easy, the receptionist answered all of our questions, no probs (we had a lot!). We stayed in a private double room with shared bathroom, all good. We had no window to the outside which wasn’t ideal but didn’t really bother us. Warm showers and clean towels were great. We had dinner at the hostel, cheap and cheerful. Breakfast was included and was croissants, banana, juice and coffee. Great. We stored our bags at the hostel for 3 days at a cost of $1 per day, (first day free). Picked up our bags after the trek no probs and paid $2 each to have a shower before our overnight bus to Cuenca.

We were very satisfied with our stay at this hostel prior to doing the Quilotoa Loop. First, in terms of expectations, Latacunga is not most people's idea of a holiday destination, its more of a convenient through stop on your way to somewhere else. We found the bed comfortable, the shower hot, the room clean, and liked the quiet hours. They provide good luggage storage while you do the Loop, and even have small lockers for valuables (you need your own lock for this). They gave good directions to the bus station, bus schedules, and were helpful with basic information. So, if you are looking for a good place to stay before or after doing the Quilotoa Loop, or enroute to other destinations, this is a good place to stay.