Mashpi Lodge

From centuries-old abodes in time-worn old towns to state-of-the-art bird-watching retreats in the misty cloud forest, Ecuador’s hotels take some beating. The South American nation’s scope of places to stay spans from (quite literally) breathtaking retreats high up in the mountainous Andean interior to luxury Galápagos lodges within boat-bobbing distance of the archipelago’s Darwinian wildlife. Here are the best.