Hotel Alpachaca is constructed in country style lodging much similar to what can be found within the Tababela parish, just a few minutes' drive from Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO). It sits on big green gardens with fruit trees, offering more of a rustic homestead environment than the cold corporate glass-and-steel hotels typically sprouting up around major transport nodes. The fact that it was built specifically for transit travelers-those coming late at night or leaving early morning, and even those pausing between flights to Galapagos-means indeed lying far outside Quito's historic center but in an area both peaceful and safe wherein rest plus logistical ease accompanied by warm Ecuadorian hospitality forms the main stay before or after a long journey.