Cordia Hotel Makassar Airport

Strategic Location: Most reviews highlight proximity to the airport and convenience for layovers.(based on 14 reviews)

We've used the Cordia Hotel at UPG Airport for our long layover and found it very confenient. The airport was under massive construction, so the accessibility was a little difficult. However, the hotel is only a 5 min walk from the arrival hall and provides free shuttle transfer to the departure hall. All in all nice stay there.

Room was cheap so one cant expect too much, but the floor space around the bed was so small that a medium suitcase could not be put flat and opened. Not insurmountable if you are a solo traveller but somewhat inconvenient. No bottled water in the room, No means of heating water to make a cup of tea, coffee or packet soup. Bed pillows were way too big and hard for me to sleep comfortably. Shower water ran from cold to luke warm, back to cold again. Mind you it was midnight when my flight arrived at the airport but I was sooo looking forward to a nice hot shower. Breakfast, which was included in the price consisted of 4 food warmers, all with just a few scraps of food remaining (cold), an almost empty dispenser of Milo Flakes breakfast cereal (which was stale), no sugar and no cold milk. Breakfast was advised as being available between 3am and 9am. I came down to the breakfast area at 7am. Only 1 young kid on duty who really looked as if he had no experience. The only food available upon request was lumpy soggy steamed rice and that also was not hot. Overall, I suppose one could say that for the really low price the hotel was adequate. But forget the breakfast if you have onward travel by air and buy something decent at the numerous cafes on the quarantine side of the airport's departures area.