Hotels near General Ulpiano Paez Airport - SNC, Salinas

Salinas was pretty much what we expected for a beach town in SA. People were friendly and the sea food was great. Outside the beach area you will see a lot of poor people and a lot of garbage all around. Something about the South American countries that bothers me is people throw garbage everywhere?? It broke my heart to see all the stray dogs around. I collected left overs from the restaurants after we ate and went to the beach to feed them. All in all we loved it and would come back! The beaches are beautiful!

Salinas shouldn't even be called a beach city.... the beach part is very small and crowded... so you feel like you are in the city... people dress and party like they are in the city.. It's just not worth it... you have very nice beaches down the spondilus route... and a lot of food.. and way cheaper than in Salinas... I almost never visit there, because I don't feel "outside of the city"...

I didn`t like Salinas at all, but lot of people does, so it is just my point of view. For me it is a place without soul, dirty town with depressive streets, but luxury buildins on the coast. I liked small villages like Machalilla or Montanita much more.

I didn't see anything of interest here. Beach is very mediocre. Trust me skip this city and try somewhere else. I went to Manta and it was much better. i didn't find Manta to be overly exciting but it was much nicer than Salinas. I thought the Salinas was not nice at all- no nice buildings, no fancy restaurants etc.

Even though the address of El Faro is technically Salinas, it's really about 8 miles from the city center, and my only excursions into town were for dinner. I had no complaints about the quality of the food, which is generally excellent, but Salinas itself has very little charm, since it's more of a beach community for people from Guayaquil. If I return to the area, I will make a point of heading further north on the coast, to slightly more remote, quiet places (NOT Montañitas).

It's just too crowded and the air is very polluted. If you like big city life then you'll like Salinas. But if you want a place where you can just relax on the beach, this is not that place. Beaches are VERY crowded, lots of background noise. Honestly the air pollution here is horrible for a peninsula. It smells like Newark, New Jersey.