Hacienda Pinsaqui

Otavalo, Ecuador

Hacienda Pinsaqui was first constructed in 1790. This restored colonial hacienda was originally a textile workshop, employing at one time 1000 weavers.

There are long corridors and salons where you can sit in stuffed armchairs in front of fireplaces, and drink a cup of warm sweet canelazo.

A Murano Glass Chandelier which was brought over from France.

The Dining Room, which overlooks beautiful gardens.

The Breakfast Room, with a huge walk-in fireplace, is in a separate building.

The bedrooms are very spacious, and elegant.

The keys to the rooms are the original keys.

There are lovely gardens, and a walking trail, which you just might share with some resident horses.

There is a chapel on the Hacienda grounds.

HISTORY OF HACIENDA PINSAQUI:

Hacienda Pinsaqui was first contructed in 1790. Simon Bolivar, the Great Liberator, prepared for the the Battle of Ibarra at Hacienda Pinsaqui in 1823. José Modesto Larrea y Carrión , the owner of Hacienda Pinsaqui headed the Presidency of the Republic from October 5 to November 5 of the same year.

In 1836 The Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Ecuador and Colombia was signed at Hacienda Pinsaqui.

In 1868 the house was damaged by an earthquake in Ibarra.

In 1995 Hacienda Pinsaqui remodeled its historic heritage house, and opened its doors to the world as Hacienda Pinsaqui Inn.