Our flight home was the day following our domestic arrival to Bogota and we wanted to see family in the area near GHL Hampton so we stayed here one night for location purposes. In the absence of visiting family we would have stayed at the airport (GHL's other property GHL Capital or Marriott). Obviously this hotel is not great for airport transport since the drive, without traffic is 30 minutes. With traffic it can get as bad as 80 minutes. Whereas airport hotels are a mere 5-10 minutes from the airport. Hamilton is good if you plan to do some touring of Bogota. Location aside, the hotel is nice. It reminds you of a New York City hotel with regard to size, stuffed between two buildings, while the design is very rustic like a boutique hotel. The lobby is very pretty. The rooms are decent but could use some work. Most nice Colombian hotels use tile floors but both GHL properties (Hamilton & Capital) use carpet and frankly, both carpets are pretty gross to be honest. They really need to get rid of the carpet. The window blackout curtains look like they are from the 1900s. I'd much prefer more modern replacements. Bathrooms are very pretty. The room was very comfortable though. Bed was excellent. The breakfast, while included, really could use some improvement. If this breakfast was in the US I'd give it a 5 star rating because we all know US hotel included breakfasts are trash. But being in Colombia it's like a 2 out of 5. The juices are not fresh - they are from box. The sliced fruits are clearly mass produced. The eggs seem to be from a carton. Options are very limited. Seating is also very limited. If you get to the breakfast after 830 you might find yourself waiting for tables to free up. This is all very strange to me because the breakfast at GHL Capital is a lot better, so we had high expectations coming in. Price was pretty good. I recommend you book on their website instead of third party sites. If you signup for an account you'll supposedly get a 10% coupon. I couldn't figure out how to get it to go but whatever. You'll get a discounted price that is lower than any of the third party booking sites (and I love using those sites). Moreover, you may qualify for free transport to the airport from the hotel. One thing that bothered me about the booking process, both from their website and third party sites is that you can't book anything besides a single twin room or two twin room. But the hotel has suites! I had to ask at the front desk to get an upgrade (at a cost). Would i stay here again? If a similar family visit situation occurs, i might, but I'll probably see if there are other options first. I was happy to select this hotel because it was GHL and we like GHL Capital a lot.
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