Here are some snapshots of the El Meson de las Flores
Inn. We hope we
can help you.
The entrance of our (and we
hope your) home in Cotacachi is 66 steps
to a magnificent cathedral and park.
Here's the park
The village is quiet and peaceful and once inside Meson you
feel the
flavor of its colonial past. The foundations of this building
were
started here over 180 years.
The inner courtyard is open and this week will host a string
quartet as
well as an Andean musical group.
The outer court leads to a dining and meeting room each for
50. We
have a full professional kitchen where we produce delicious,
nutritious
and energizing organic meals drawn from the Andes’ mineralized
volcanic
soil. We offer a special diet based on shamanic principles taught
by
the Taitai Yatchaks that is a delicious, abundant, fulfilling
and
purifying fare.
Everywhere you turn you see stunning views from
the hotel. The hotel is
nestled between three mountains. This is Mount Imbabura.
Five minutes away is La Mirage, a Relais and
Chateuax Spa.
The spa offers many treatments including a private,
personal, hour and
a half, Shamanic Purification Treatment. The female Shamana has
inherited years of experience, from her father a recognized Shaman
in
this region. Her purification room has been specially designed
on
indigenous healing principles to unify the body, mind and spirit.
She
blends relaxation techniques using the rose petal filled float
tank
and completes your healing process with an hour long aromatherapy
spiritual massage.
The Shamana Estella
20 minutes away is a national park and crater
lake for picnics. Walk in
pure air and nature along nearby Cuicocha Crater
Lake. Cuicocha was formed by a massive volcanic explosion 3,000
years
ago. You picnic on a carpet of grass by pure, azure, 600 foot
deep
waters amidst breathtaking scenery.
Here's my wife, Merri, our hound dog, Ma, and
me at the lake.
An hour away is Chachimbiro Thermal Springs
(pictured below). You can soak in
the wilds of its mineralized waters.
Locals knew of pools of healing waters since prehispanic times,
but the
majority of these medicinal thermal waters began to flow after
an
earthquake in 1868. They come from a volcanic complex that has
existed
10,000 years and flow at temperatures ranging from 92 F to 132
F.
The chemical composition makes them among the best healing waters
in
the Americas as they contain chlorides, sulfides of iron, copper,
fluorine, bromine and iodine. They act as a digestive, purgative
regulator, stimulant of the cardiovascular system, diuretic and
a
central nervous system stimulant.
Thank you for sharing Ecuador with us. Join us
for our next International
Business and Investing Course at El Meson.
Gary and
Merri |
