Hotel Perla Suite Santa Marta

Didn't really have any trouble finding the place, other than the entrance. We were really impressed with how nice the lobby was and the overall quality of the hotel. Looked either new, or at the very least semi-recently renovated. Each room has it's own little name, though I'm not sure there's any special design to differentiate them from each other. The room was very nice, but also very small. To be there for a couple days is fine, but if you had like 1 week's worth of clothing and 2 people, you'd be a little hard pressed to keep the place from being a total mess. The AC worked really well, but unfortunately the in room mini-fridge didn't work and the iPod dock/radio thing didn't even have a plug in, it seemed to just be there for show. Those two things didn't bother me, but at least in my room, 201, which I believe was right above the lobby, the wifi didn't work. Connected sometimes, but wasn't really usable if it did, then the connection would drop. All that being said, again the property was really nice and didn't cost an arm and a leg. There was also a restaurant on the 6th floor, which I'm not sure really makes sense. I feel like they could've had 2-3 more rooms instead of an unproductive restaurant. But I didn't try the food, maybe it's great! Just seemed unnecessary. 5th floor features a nice little sundeck and covered open air area with tables and a bit of a bar. This area was a very good idea. A pool might have been preferable but the hotel is on a really small footprint. The rooftop deck has 2 cold water jacuzzi's, first time I've ever seen that, but in the climate of Santa Marta, probably a good idea. Hotel is only about 5 minutes walking from the beach and even at night we weren't at all worried about security walking back to the hotel. I'm not sure I'll be back in Santa Marta any time soon but I wouldn't hesitate to stay at Perla Suite again.