Mercure Santa Marta Emile

Close to the best beach! It's very safe and you can spend hours in peace at the beach. Super clean as well. Breakfast is also really good, plenty of options. Very happy overall.

I stayed at a deluxe suite , it was bigger than expected and with a great balcony from where you get a nice ocean view. The bed is comfy and everything you will need is provided. The staff has a great vibe and very helpful. 100% recommended.

The room service menu could be longer and should include vegetarian options.

Breakfast was pretty good and getting a table to sit down at such a busy time wasn't very difficult. The room we stayed in was 1604 with a queen bed, one balcony and pool view. It was spacey, modern, clean and well worth the price we paid. The hotel staff was very attentive and helped us out with an hour or so after check-out for free so we could get things sorted out. We had arrived that night from a wedding so an extra hour was good news. The hotel is twn minutes from the airport and a taxi should cost $20,000 pesos. There´s a small shopping mall a couple of minutes walk or a $6,000 peso taxi drive away. The city center is half an hour away by taxi so if you´re planning to party in the city center I wouldn't recommend staying here.

The restaurant is quite expensive for Colombian standards. The hotel is between two big buildings so there is almost no view and the pool only has sun in the morning. You have to pay for early or late check-out, but atleast you have the option. For some reason the hotel lost its beach resting area permission so there were only six umbrella stands for the whole hotel. That means that if you didnt wake up early getting a spot later on in the day was almost impossible and you would have to pay someone at the beach for chairs and lie under a tree for shade. We had called for someone to pick us up at the airport and when we arrived there was nobody there so we had to take a taxi. It's no big deal but it's dissapointing when you agree to something and someone doesn´t follow through.

It was a reenergising stop in our trip because of: Great facilities Nice pool Well equipped gym Spa Spacious and design room, with balcony Delicious breakfast

Laundry is surprisingly slow for a hotel of this kind