Hotel Inca Real

If you are looking for an interesting and reasonably budget friendly hotel in Cuenca, the Hotel Inca Real is a great choice. Its location (2 blocks from Plaza Calderon) is perfect. The staff is as friendly and helpful as they come. Its multiple courtyards, that run along a long axis, are bright and inviting. You might get fancier breakfasts elsewhere, but you’ll pay quite a bit more for them (and the made to order omelettes at Inca Royal quite good). One reviewer complained about the coffee. OK, it’s from a conventional coffee maker, but it wasn’t at all bad when I was there. Another reviewer complained about noise. The rooms can be noisy. The walls are hard and our room (8b) did not keep the noise from getting in. But at night, when we wanted to sleep, it was as quiet as anyone could have wished. We slept really well while we were there.

We really enjoyed our stay here. The breakfast was superb. The staff was very friendly and helpful. Rooms were clean and spacious. Free Wi-Fi is included.

Centrally located and easy to walk to many tourist attractions. Our room was spacious and comfortable and reasonably quiet, although we did find it rather warm and stuffy as it only had windows onto an inner courtyard. The bathroom could perhaps have done with an update, but it was clean and functional. We ate in the restaurant a couple of times and the tapas were delicious. We loved the quirkinesses and character of the hotel and the staff were always helpful and courteous.

Gorgeous hotel, very helpful staff. Accommodated us last minute rather late and gave us a charming room. Breakfast was delicious. Incredible value for the price. Water was not exactly hot however, the only negative, but cool showers are good every now and then!

I live the old and antique style. yes it is a bit noisy, it is over 200 years old after all. The rooms are clean and the bathroom newly updated. Love all the natural light coming into the courtyards and the fresh air flow. Staff at reception very friendly and helpful. Good English spoken here.

We spent 2 nights in the Inca Real visiting the historic parts of Cuenca as well as birding Caja National Park. The hotel is lovely. Composed of colonial homes built in the 1800s, but modernized so that each room has a private bath. The owner and staff members were welcoming and helpful. Breakfast was a delicious buffet with an "omelet master" and everything else you needed to get ready for walking the historic area. Our dinners were delicious. Local folks come to eat in the restaurant so that says a lot for a place in an area full of tourists! They did tapas for us our last evening as we had a late flight back to Quito and it was perfect! Thank you, Inca Real, for a lovely stay!

Only stayed 1/2 day being we were taking a bus to Quito. But the building was beautiful, staff went out of their way to help you. Made copies for us answering all our questions. Had lunch $10 pp was excellent. Soup, entree, dessert and juice. Would like to spend a few days . Unfortunately it’s the middle of the virus so kind of stuck inside . But its all good

I want to give this hotel a good review because the staff is friendly and lovely. However, it’s loud (there’s a locked gate and you have to ring a doorbell that echos through the whole hotel). The rooms are hot and stuffy even though it’s in the 50’s at night. You can’t get coffee until 7:15 am and it was the worst coffee I’ve ever had. My omelette had a foul taste and had chunks of something that I didn’t recognize. We booked this hotel due to a recommendation and that was a huge mistake.