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With its wide balconies, gardens, gorgeous windows and yard, La Casa Sol - Bed and Breakfast - offers to the international traveler a cozy lodge in this typical andean style hostel.
 We
spent the first three years remodeling La Casa Sol, always trying to
remain loyal to the art and materials of the andean culture. Our pottery
and woodworks are hand painted by artists from Cotopaxi, while the fabrics
and textiles are hand made by indigenous people from the communities
of Salasaca and Otavalo. The colorful and warm touch of La Casa Sol
is what makes it so unique and why we are proud to open the doors and
our hearts to the public.
La Casa Sol is considered part of Quito´s cultural patrimony. Years ago it was a residential home in "La Mariscal" the most popular neighborhood for wealthy families. Today, Mariscal is a modern tourist center with a variety of restaurants, bars, shops, art galleries and interesting streets and parkways full of colorful arts & crafts markets. Mariscal is not only where the embassies and consulates have their offices (US, France, Japan, Holland, Switzerland, Germany, and many others), but also where you can find beautiful handcrafts, paintings, carpets tapestries and sculptures made by talented local artists.
We invite you to visit our home, make yourself welcome, and remember... "La Casa Sol is your home".
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Marcos and Lucia are themselves an indigenous couple from Otavalo,
natives of the Peguche community,
which lies North of Quito. They traveled in Europe for a time, where
Marcos studied and he has also participated in various cultural delegations
in Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, Guatemala and Mexico. Lucia studied
and became skilled in design, weaving and textiles. After traveling
around the world together, they returned to Ecuador to establish their
home in Quito, and eventually open La Casa Sol.
 For
Marcos and Lucia music is a passion and an integral part of their
lives and their andean culture. Marcos not only plays more than ten
different types of native flutes, but makes them all by hand out of
bamboo.
La Casa Sol is indeed the ideal place to learn about and listen to
Andean Music. Typical Andean Music, with it’s variety of rhythms
and abundant instruments, is one of the most beautiful in the world.
LIVE
ANDEAN MUSIC
At La Casa Sol Music, we are passionate about music and we often have
live performances, with bands like Amautas, Alborada Andina, Ingapirca,
Ecuadormanta, Mashis, Giorgio West, Ñandas de Otavalo, and
many others have participated in our andean music and magical rhythm
nights.
Download
a mp3 track from our new CD "Jatun Andes" , My
Dreams
If you don't have a mp3 player,
you can download one here, "Sound
Jam MP".
La Casa Sol´s yard is often the stage for Andean music concerts,
performed intimately and exclusively for our guests.
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