Hotel Wittmer is by Playa Negra, in Puerto Velazco Ibarra, on Floreana Island, one of the first islands of the Galápagos archipelago to be inhabited. The island is known for Post Office Bay, where 18th-century whalers set up a barrel used as an informal mail drop, a tradition that continues today.
Floreana has a small population and a peculiar history of early 20th-century European settlers, preserving a quiet, isolated character within the archipelago.