UK Tel: 01209 211 800
Intl Tel: +44 1209 211 800
CESA House
Pennance Road
Lanner
Cornwall
TR16 5TQ
Great Britain
t: 01209 211 800
Intl t: +44 1209 211 800
f: 01209 211 830
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Learn Spanish in Cuenca
Accommodation in Cuenca
In Cuenca most students decide to stay with local hosts, though it is possible to also stay in apartments or local Hotels on request, if you'd prefer to do so.
Hosts/Private households
Local hosts offer single room accommodation, half-board (breakfast and evening meal). A great opportunity to practise Spanish out of class and experience Ecuadorian culture first-hand. Allow for a daily commute to college of 10 to 30 minutes each morning.
Studio apartments
Self contained studios, 2 beds, small living room, fully equipped bathroom, kitchenette and phone. Minimum rental is two weeks. Please check with CESA staff for prices and availablity.
2* Hotel
Just 12 minutes walk from the college. A restored colonial house with internal patios, with restaurant service and cafeteria, B&B basis. All rooms have en suite bathrooms, and cable TV. Please check with CESA staff for prices and availablity.
Travel
Arrive: Saturday in Quito and fly on to Cuenca on Sunday
Depart: Saturday AM (from Cuenca)
Students generally fly to Quito International airport or Guayaquil International airport and then take the college arrival transfer service. We recommend you fly via a European hub (such as Madrid), rather than get caught up in US Immigration regulations (and queues).
College Transfer:
The college will arrange for you to be collected on arrival at Quito/Guayaquil airport, transfer you to a Quito/Guayaquil Hotel for the Saturday night and take you back to the airport for your internal flight down to Cuenca and upon arrival in Cuenca, transfer arrange the transfer to your accommodation.
Cost for Transfer service shown in Course Finder.
Independent Travel:
Cuenca's airport : Mariscal Lamar
Flight time from Quito : 35 minutes
Flight time from Quayquil : 20 minutes
Three internal airlines serve Cuenca - TAME and AeroGal fly to Quito and Guayaquil daily - while LAN Ecuador only fly to Guayaquil. If you arrive in Quito or Guayaquil on Saturday you will need to stay over night so that you can get your onward flight on Sunday to Cuenca. You can't complete your long haul and internal flights on the same day - the timetables just don't work!
You can travel by bus from Quito to Cuenca (but it's a 10 hour trip, on not very good roads and we don't recommend it).