Grace Chapinero

“+” Updated, clean, and stylish-looking hotel. Very good location in a fun, lively, and festive area of Bogota surrounded by many nightclubs, bars, restaurants, and shops. A 24-hour front desk staff is available. Super reasonable rate I paid for my stay - only $37 per night. Free complimentary upgrade for me from the originally booked Junior Suite to a Deluxe Apartment (#305). Huge 2-level pretty designed apartment with a King Bed and a TV on the second floor. Well-soundproofed apartment. Big, long windows that let in plenty of natural daylight. Very spacious living room with a table, chairs, sofa bed, and luggage rack. A kitchen corner with a small stovetop, electric kettle, microwave, kitchenware, and large refrigerator. Nicely designed bathroom section, which is part of the living room and separated by glass, with a large glass shower stall. Fast Wi-Fi. “-” Very poor English level of all hotel workers, making it super hard to communicate without using Google Translate. No elevator in the hotel. The hotel information and room number are printed on the room key card, which is unsafe if the key is stolen or lost and some random person finds it. Very dangerous spiral stairwell in my apartment with high metal stairs that hurt my feet if I didn’t wear socks or shoes. Uncomfortable mattress on the bed and extremely uncomfortable pillows. Originally, there was no hair dryer in my apartment; I had to ask for it at the front desk. Only 2 large towels provided in the bathroom, and the front desk guy was cheap to give me even 1 extra; he strictly exchanged 2 used towels for 2 clean ones. No shower gel in the shower, only shampoo. No toilet brush.

This was a nicely located (in Chapinero), somewhat funky, boutique hotel with clean rooms. Although I speak very little Spanish, the staff were patient and always pleasant. The restaurant was convenient and served good food. The only "concerns" I had were the absence of an elevator and adequate ventilation. The former was challenging to this basically fit 70 year old male carrying luggage up two floors at about 8500 feet above sea level. The larger loft room understandably lacked an air conditioner, but it had only one small panel window for ventilation. The loft got quite warm for me, in the afternoon. Nonetheless, it was a safe and comfortable hotel near numerous restaurants and bars. More than worth the cost and worthly of consideration on my next trip to Bogota.