Hotel Albemarle

We enjoyed our stay at this hotel and would recommend it with a few caveats. PROS: Location was ideal--right on the beach with great views and one block from the town center, which had numerous restaurants, tour offices, a small neighborhood grocery store, bike rentals, wetsuit and snorkel rentals, and a couple of t-shirt/souvenir shops. The hotel has air conditioning and ceiling fans. They had 4 water tank stations throughout the hotel with filtered water where we could refill our water bottles. The pool area is beautiful. The folks at the front desk (Gabby and Daniel) were friendly and helpful. Gabby told us the penguins usually swim in the morning around 9 or 10 in front of the hotel. Sure enough, we were able to get in the water the next morning and had penguins swim by! The beach in front of the hotel rarely had any people on it (end of December). CONS: The bathrooms have a small window at the top that is screen only (no glass), so you can hear everything outside. Every morning, the garbage truck came by playing music. If you are sensitive to noise and want to sleep in, this probably isn't your best pick. If you decide to stay here on Dec 31, know that the town really parties with LOUD music all night until 5:00AM. There were several wifi networks available, but they weren't reliable in our (2) rooms. We had to go to the lobby or the pool for decent connections for e-mail and Whatsapp. There were tiny ants in both of our rooms (not sure if that's a common thing on the Islands).

Amazing hotel with an insanely beautiful view. The wifi is abysmal, but let's face it, that's not why you're there. Daniel was great on the front desk, really helpful. Good breakfast and nice pool. The bed was super comfy too! Would definitely recommend.

The staff was very friendly and helpful with recommendations for tours and sight seeing. The hotel is in a perfect location on the beach near restaurants. The breakfast is very good. Would highly recommend this hotel. 5 star rating!!!!!!!

This is a beautiful hotel conveniently located on the beach. The rooms and all the common areas were meticulously kept. We were extremely comfortable during our stay. The breakfast was tasty and I appreciated having freshly brewed coffee (with milk!!) available all day (verses just a bottle of Nescafé). The staff (especially Gabriella) were extremely accommodating and helpful in providing bike rental recommendations. We used the pool and sun terrace in addition to the gorgeous beach right outside. I highly recommended staying here while visiting Puerto Villamil. The one downside was that our room was right next to a soccer court where kids played at night. We could hear them very clearly from our bedroom. We could also hear the loud music from the beach. It didn’t really bother us but it may bother light sleepers.

Magnificent experience to discover this wonderful place, the hotel is totally recommended, excellent attention and service, the breakfast was delicious and the room very comfortable. There are many activities to do both through tours and if you love walking. I would really do it again.

Sweet boutique hotel right on the white sandy beach- listen to the waves on the sea and feel the breezes thru the window, and the nicest friendliest staff and owner. Good breakfast!

This was a lovely place right on the beach. Gabrielle and Juan Francisco were so helpful. They made our trip a real pleasure. The room was big and we had a view of the ocean. We could walk anywhere we liked for meals. They helped us set up tours or get a taxi if we wanted to go beyond.

Really nice hotel right on the beach. Staff are super friendly and helpful. Large rooms. Nice pool. Includes breakfast which is always a plus. Complimentary tea/coffee/water available at all times. The staff go above and beyond and the location could not be better.

Spent 3 nights here. The hotel was as advertised - right across from the beach, bright and well appointed with a small balcony that opened out to the road across from the beach. The internet was wonky - there were at least 3 different wifis, none of which worked all that week from our room (first floor, beach facing). Breakfast was good, the pool was nice and in an open area. When we confirmed, as required that we would arrive on our date and time, the day before via ferry, the hotel rep responded “we’ll be waiting for you.” No one showed up at the dock, when we asked the desk attendant she flatly said “we don’t do that, I’m not sure who told you that” - so we showed the message, and the response was “someone in Quito wrote that, I don’t know why, I’ll look into it.” We didn’t hear back. Finally, be forewarned, they billed us for the room a full 2 months before the trip (even before the cancellation/refund period lapsed) “to reserve our room” because of high season. Not a huge problem, just not something that was expected based on selecting the “pay at the property” option.