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Galapagos Sunset is the other hotel facing the pier. GalapagosIslands.com puts it across from the dock, and by our pins it’s about 100 m away.
It ties on 30 with Casa Blanca and Golden Bay, all on distance. The listings describe sea-view balconies and microwaves — but no restaurant, and nobody says whether breakfast is included.
Ask about breakfast, and tell reception your landing time if it’s after 17:00.
Book it if
- You want a balcony over the bay
- You want to walk to the pier
Look elsewhere if
- You want breakfast confirmed
- You’re landing after 19:00
- You want a pool
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what Sunset publishes and our own map estimates.
Plan dinner on the malecón, a minute away. Reception closes at 20:00, per Hotels.com.
No ride is needed: GalapagosIslands.com puts the hotel across from the pier. If your line meets your flight, its guides take you to the dock anyway.
Not stated. Hotels.com doesn’t say, and only a guest review calls it free — ask when you book.
By our estimated pins the main pier is about 100 m away. Check-out is 10:00, per Hotels.com, so ask the desk to hold the bags.
Hotels.com lists free parking for your stay — nothing says a car can stay while you sail, and you’re unlikely to have one.
Night-Before Score: 30 of 100
Every point comes from our map pins and, for the facts shown, its Hotels.com and GalapagosIslands.com listings, which earn no points (we couldn’t find the hotel’s own site); the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to the ship
By our map estimate Sunset is about 1 km from San Cristóbal Airport in a straight line, and about 100 m from the main pier. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.
Hotels.com lists an airport shuttle for an extra charge, with no price, and puts the airport about 1.2 km away, a 6-minute drive.
No ride is needed: GalapagosIslands.com puts the hotel across from the pier. If your line meets your flight, its guides take you to the dock anyway.
From SCY without a hotel shuttle
Taxis wait outside the terminal and charge about US$2 to 4 per car, per Galapatours, for a ride of under five minutes. Lines that meet your flight take you and your bags to the pier themselves. The airport page has the fares and the fees.
Hotels.com lists free parking for your stay — nothing says a car can stay while you sail, and you’re unlikely to have one.
Parking for your stay: Free parking, per Hotels.com.
No ride is needed: GalapagosIslands.com puts the hotel across from the pier. If your line meets your flight, its guides take you to the dock anyway.
Flying in the morning you sail? Ecoventura’s Sunday flight lands at about 10:30 to 10:35 and its guides meet it, so a same-day arrival is something the lines plan for — but a delayed mainland flight has no backup that day; the airport page has the landing check.
Which quay
the main pierLines collect guests at the town’s main pier and take them out by Zodiac or panga to the ship at anchor; Ecoventura asks independent arrivals to be at the main dock in front of Hotel Casablanca. Sunset is about 100 m from our pin for that pier in a straight line. The pin is our estimate, so treat the figure as rough; your line’s documents name the meeting point.
Source: ecoventura.comDistance
~100 m, straight lineAbout 100 m from the main pier between our map pins, roughly 2 minutes on foot at an easy pace. That’s our estimate, not the hotel’s.
Airport bus
Not statedHotels.com lists an airport shuttle at an extra charge, with no price. A taxi is about US$2 to 4 per car, per Galapatours.
Parking while you sail
Cruise parking
Cruise parking unconfirmedHotels.com lists free parking for your stay — nothing says a car can stay while you sail, and you’re unlikely to have one.
In town
No cruise parkingThere’s nothing to park. You arrive by air from Guayaquil or Quito, and no source we read publishes cruise parking in Puerto Baquerizo Moreno.
The evening and the morning
The evening
Not statedNo restaurant is listed on Hotels.com; a photo caption mentions one on the ground floor, which we couldn’t confirm.
Breakfast
Not statedNot stated. Hotels.com doesn’t say, and only a guest review calls it free — ask when you book.
Address
Charles Darwin y Herman Melville, by the pierAv. Charles Darwin y Herman Melville, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno 200150 (Hotels.com)
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, from Sunset and the sources named under each fact. We couldn’t confirm the hotel’s own website, whether breakfast is included, the airport shuttle price, the on-site restaurant, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
Not stated. Hotels.com doesn’t say, and only a guest review calls it free — ask when you book.
Parking for your stay
Free parking, per Hotels.com
Pool
No pool mentioned on the pages we read
Pets
No pets or service animals, per Hotels.com.
Rooms
Nine rooms, per Hotels.com. GalapagosIslands.com lists a suite and deluxe rooms with balconies, sea views, microwaves and mini-bars.
Accessibility
Its listing doesn’t detail accessible rooms, so ask before you book one.
On site
- GymNot stated
- Sauna or spaNot stated
- Family roomsNot stated
- Pets allowedNo
Also worth knowing
- Reception 08:00 to 20:00; call ahead if you land after 17:00, per Hotels.com
- Microwave in the suite and deluxe rooms, per GalapagosIslands.com
- All facts from listings, so only distance scores
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Breakfast isn’t stated.
- Check-in 15:00 to 19:00.
- Every fact here is from listings.
What we couldn’t confirm
- The hotel’s own website
- Whether breakfast is included
- The airport shuttle price
- The on-site restaurant
Every hotel fact here comes from our map pins and, for the facts shown, its Hotels.com and GalapagosIslands.com listings, which earn no points (we couldn’t find the hotel’s own site), read October 2026, unless we name another source. Distances are straight lines between our own map pins. The pier pin is our estimate, and so are most hotel pins; only Miconia’s and Eco Friendly’s come from a listing’s map.
Worth a look alongside it
Before you book Sunset: the San Cristóbal (Galápagos) cruise guide and our Galápagos cruise guide.
A balcony over the bay, the pier out front.
Tell us your sail date and we’ll check Sunset for the night before. No payment on the form.
Sunset FAQ
Is Galapagos Sunset Hotel close to the pier?
Yes. GalapagosIslands.com puts it across from the pier; by our pins it’s about 100 m.
Is breakfast included at Galapagos Sunset Hotel?
Hotels.com doesn’t say. Ask the hotel when you book.
How many rooms does Galapagos Sunset have?
Nine, per Hotels.com.
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