Hotel Miramar

The air conditioning was great and really appreciated, the room got pleasantly cool quickly when it was on. The breakfast was basic (consisting of arepas and eggs, or fruit salad) but tasty, and it also came with coffee and fruit juice. We had a little trouble communicating what we wanted one morning, but still ended up with a tasty breakfast. The terrace area was nice and had colourful pallet furniture to sit on. We used it a few times during our stay. The views weren't anything to write home about, just the surrounding rooftops, but still a nice place to sit and read for a while. The staff were nice and helpful and advised us of where to get the bus for Tayrona National Park when we asked. Having a beer/drinks fridge was a bonus and the prices were very reasonable, at only 2000 COP for a bottle of Aguila. Location is good and you can see the sea from the front door just by looking down the road. A nice easy walk to the beachfront and plenty of restaurants and bars.

Our first night and morning were very disappointing and frustrating, because the room walls were so thin our neighbours kept us awake with the sound of the television, which sounded like it was in our room. They were awake at 5:45am and turned on a music channel, which they were singing and laughing along to and we could hear everything. Luckily they left that day. We also had someone playing a guitar right outside our room (where there was a seating area) during the day, but that was OK. The bathroom wasn't great. The toilet had long black hairs around the base (neither of us has long hair!), and the shower didn't have a curtain so the water from it went all over the bathroom, which made the floor slippy and dirty pretty quickly. We didn't have sufficient insect repellent during the first two nights and were viciously attacked on those nights. Not the hotel's fault, but we woke up on one morning with no AC and then realised the electricity was off. When we went outside we realised that it was because of the building work over the road. The water was then turned off later that morning, so the shower, taps and toilet didn't work. We went out for a couple of hours and luckily it was back on by early afternoon. A bit annoying when we'd paid for AC and a private bathroom and no explanation from anyone as to why it wasn't working or when it would be fixed.