Camali Hotel

Beautiful and clean property with a great pool area and lots of open shared spaces to hang out in. We had a lovely room, decent size and it had its own balcony. The staff are excellent, helped us with restaurant recommendations, calling taxis and organised a cheap and good laundry service for us (a godsend as we’re travelling for 6 months).

Camali Hotel is paradise. I wouldn’t stay anywhere else in Santa Marta. The staff are lovely, the pool area is a tropical oasis with beautiful palm trees, the rooms are comfortable, and the breakfast is great. The area around the hotel is cute and you can walk to a small park, restaurants, ATM, and a grocery store. The front desk can call you a taxi to town.

I stayed here for a week after injuring my back on a boat trip to Tayrona from Santa Marta. It is a lovely modest hotel full of caring staff and delightfully designed. It has a lovely though a bit chilly swimming pool and plenty of seating around it. It has a little honesty bar where you just take and sign. Breakfast is a little repetitive but hey it isn’t an expensive hotel. It is by parque cundí, a 20 minute walk from the historic quarter if you don’t take a taxi and 30 minutes by car from Rodadero beach The parque is surrounded by local restaurants and at weekends it is packed with tables everywhere. I had a lovely burger at La Gloriosa. There is a marvellous pizza place, Little Ouzo, - 10 minutes walk away. Everyone all around was really friendly