La Madriguera

Beautiful view from the balcony

This hotel was very nice and a very reasonable rate. The manager was unfailingly nice. So nice. Unfortunately, there were a few things that could have been better: 1) As of Feb 2025, there is construction right next door, as new apartments are being built. It makes things quite noisy between 8 am and 530 pm. It would have been nice to receive notice about this in advance of our visit. 2) It would have been nice if shampoo was provided; 3) Breakfast was delicious; unfortunately, however, they both ran out of yogurt & had limited options for children [no cereal, no pancakes]. 4) I also thought it was too bad that, even though our room rate included breakfast, they felt it necessary to charge for more than one drink with your meal (so if you got a coffee, you got charged for wanting to drink a juice, too). 5) They had kayaks for use; but it was 50.000 for a four hour minimum. This is very expensive for Colombia to have this type of four-hour minimum at a hotel. and 6) It was also unfortunately noisy with trucks going by in the early morning. 7) We were supposed to have a water view, but they had a tree which had overgrown our window and they had not gotten around to cutting it. Again---like running out of yogurt, like the noise next door, like kayaks---these are just things they can communicate, can do, are fixable. All told, a good backpacker hotel. Beautiful water views. But just felt like even though the manager was so so so nice and lovely -- the hotel itself can get better, even if you have to charge a few more pesos in a nightly rate. Nice hotel, convenient to town, but will not return

A lovely quiet location away from the noise of the town centre but close enough to walk easily. Our room had a small private deck and a bath. Breakfast was included and was cooked to order. The staff were attentive and helpful and very caring when I had a medical emergency, not hesitating to provide me with first aid (there was a lot of blood and they didn’t flinch at cleaning and dressing my wound). Bonus is the lovely ginger cat!

This hotel has the most beautiful location in all of Guatape. The grounds are so beautiful and there are so many nice places to sit to enjoy the view. We stayed in a bungalow and loved it. The view is fabulous. Everyone who works here is so kind and friendly and helpful. We needed help setting us activities and were always helped with a smile. The breakfast is delicious with a fantastic view. We loved everything about this hotel and will definitely be back. It is an easy walk into town, but far enough away to feel secluded and tranquil. If you are considering this hotel, it is absolutely worth it to stay here! There are very reasonable kayaks and stand up paddle boards to rent.