Faranda Express Puerta del Sol Barranquilla

10/10

Exceptional

28 Mar 2026

Hubert

this hotel is old. it needs an upgrade to infrastructure. but i will likely stay there my next visit to barranquilla

Self

8/10

Excellent

24 Feb 2026

Kibwe

The staff was wonderful.

Self

2/10

Poor

20 Feb 2026

Jarrhyf

Been trying to contact the hotel for months before the stay and no answer. Not Spanish not English not even local friends could get in touch. Make the no refund feel like a scam when you have no contact whatsoever with the hotel especially in another country.

Friends

2/10

Poor

19 Feb 2026

Mario

The hotel facilities, especially the rooms and bathrooms, are in a very poor and dilapidated state. I could list countless things I found wrong, but I'll simply recommend that the owners undertake a complete renovation of the hotel soon.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

13 Feb 2026

Christopher

Always great!

8/10

Excellent

28 Jan 2026

Adriana

Good

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jan 2026

Gilberth L.

Once again this is the best hotel to stay in my vacations. Excellent service f rom the Mgr. Ilse and all Staff.

I'll return always when i visit Barranquilla.

Thank you Ilse, and share this review with your staff.

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

14 Jan 2026

Kibwe

Breakfast was okay but not the variety that a person from the US would expect but it was definitely a Colombian breakfast. I wish they would have had more choices in breakfast juices. This was overall a very nice hotel though and I like it because it's kind of on the older side but it's cozy and away from a lot but it's close enough to a small Mall.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jan 2026

Rafael

Everything was perfect, overall breakfast, very good. I prefer to have hot water on the shower.

8/10

Excellent

07 Jan 2026

Kibwe

The front desk staff was very accommodating! This was a big change since my last visit. Of course the housekeeping was good along with the gentleman that help you with your luggage. The only reason I don't give this five star is strictly due to breakfast. Breakfast was minimal in my opinion when comparing it to the other places that I've stayed. Overall I was very happy with this hotel on this trip.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jan 2026

Gilberth L.

I Love this hotel , the staff is very wonderful and the Manager ITZE is a great person, they attended all my requests to my healthy condition ( ciatic ). I recommend this hotel 100% for all your travel needs.
Thanks ITZE and all you wonderful staff. I'm enjoying my stay ,(almost 2 months) Christmas 2025-26
Thanks 🙏👍👍👍👍👍

Family

6/10

Pleasant

23 Dec 2025

MARTIN

Great location as it is a walk to Unico Shopping Mall. Breakfast was a plus. Room does need a bit of refresh, however the bed was perfect.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

08 Dec 2025

Alex

Bueno

10/10

Exceptional

27 Oct 2025

ANGY

Es hermoso y comodo
Habitaciones gigantes
Excelente recepcion
Piscina
El desayuno increible, delicioso y variado
La atencion muy regular en el bar. Demorada.
Pedi unos cocteles una eternidad. Pedi comida y nunca fueron a recoger los platos sucios y esas moscas encima muy fastidioso. Yo pensaba cuando vengan a recoger pido mas cocteles. No volvieron ni a cobrar. Me fui a la habitacion y a la media hora fueron alla a cobrarme. Es triste un hotelote de esos con una atencion asi.

Family

2/10

Poor

21 Oct 2025

ayeza

Realmete la limpieza de la habitación estuvo buen , lo malo es que las personas que limpian la habitacion se roban las ropa de los huéspedes se llevaron 2 franelas y una faja. Mi maleta la abrí y la cerre en la havitacion al llegar a casa y busques mis prenda de vestir no estaban que molesta estoy que el hotel tengan personas trsbajando que tengan malas manas y mi referencia para el hotel terreroble.
Estuve desdé 24 sep. Al 18 oct. Y no pence que estaba contenta con mi estadia esta accion de estas personas lo dañara todo hab.512

6/10

Pleasant

15 Oct 2025

Kibwe

I didn't have the breakfast because I was not enamored with the variety or the breakfast that they had so I just skipped it. They put me in a room that was an afterthought because again when I paid for a suite they initially try to give me a regular room which means something is wrong with the reception because this is the second time I order one type of large room but they tried to put me in a small room. I've noticed that I've had this problem with each visit. I specifically asked for a room with a bathtub which their website says they have but they gave that room to someone else so my experience was bad when it comes to the reception and the type of rooms they've been giving me. Each time they had to send somebody to put things in the room that wasn't there and the room was in poor condition. It was obvious that they put me in a spot that was an afterthought once I told them that they need to correct the mistake from putting me in a regular room when I paid for a suite. Housekeeping and the porters were good and friendly. It's sad that they have to bear the brunt of a bad review because of the service of the reception. I did not know why the reception keeps putting me in regular rooms instead of the sweet that I paid for and reserved.

Self

8/10

Excellent

18 Sep 2025

mario

Restaurant service is awful. Little things that could be solved easily but exist due to staff shortage! no napkins at tables, you have to search for sugar, salt. Constantly requesting staff to supply coffee mugs, butter, utensils. Don't think it's the kitchen staff as they are seen hustling, they just need to add personnel. A person in charge of it and at the restaurant who could notice this small things happening would easily solve this issues. I saw many patrons upset about this.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

16 Sep 2025

Christopher Steven

Absolutely a great time at this place everytime! Safe and clean and located central to every thing really!! Will be back again! Fins up!!

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

02 Sep 2025

Iveth

Convincente and location

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 Aug 2025

Rafael

Everything was perfect, except no hot water in the shower.

6/10

Pleasant

08 Aug 2025

Kibwe

VERY DISAPPOINTED!

The first thing they went wrong was that I rented a junior suite but they didn't have it available when I got there. They put me in a regular room even though I paid for a junior suite. The porter is the one that helped get me into a bigger room. The bed was very uncomfortable in that room and I woke up sore everyday. They have better rooms so I cannot explain why this makes up happened. The maids service or cleaning ladies. The porter is the only reason I am writing this is high as I did because he was that excellent and bailed them out of a worse rating. I'll try going back there one more time when I come back and see if anything improved but for now this is why I rated it the way that I did.

Self

8/10

Excellent

04 Aug 2025

Melvin

You get what you pay for

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jul 2025

Nohelia

Comfortable

4/10

Poor

19 Jul 2025

Sacha

Need better customer service. And cleanliness..

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

07 Jul 2025

Arleth

Dirty place

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jul 2025

Milena

Very nice place for me and my family.
Safe environment and great breakfast.
The Gym needs an improvement but overall a great place

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

13 Jun 2025

Daniel

A

8/10

Excellent

13 Jun 2025

Daniel

Very convenient for our purposes. Several of the staff were great.
The property shows its age
On the negative side there were problems with internet access

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

09 Jun 2025

Jose G

Mal olor en la habitación, sobretodo en el baño

6/10

Pleasant

05 Jun 2025

James Clinton

It is very dated and unpaid Fitbit but actually never stayed one night.

Business_and_leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 May 2025

CAROL

Thank you

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

02 May 2025

Amilkar

Place is not clean, 43 minutes to check in, room keys not working, water leaks in bathrooms, double room with only 2 towels.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

16 Apr 2025

RICHARD

Nice hotel- poor area around hotel

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

15 Apr 2025

Jonathan

The breakfast buffet is authentic colombian food. The location is very safe and clean.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

11 Apr 2025

Elmer

Buen hotel para el precio que pague lo recomiendo personal amable

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

06 Apr 2025

Chris

Love it and will stay again here!!

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

01 Apr 2025

victor

Está un poco viejo el hotel. Falta una actualización. La atención del personal muy amable. Los desayunos buenos. La ubicación muy buena.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

29 Mar 2025

Omar

Necesitas mas modernizarse

Business_and_leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

27 Mar 2025

Daan

Outdated and bad check-in process

Not a good experience. Had to wait 2 hours for check in, room is dated and rather Spartan.

Self

2/10

Poor

12 Mar 2025

Jimmy

Terrible experience

Business

10/10

Exceptional

05 Mar 2025

Howard

The property is close to different local restaurants. Taxis are available across the street. Staff was attentive. Good place to stay.

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

27 Feb 2025

Robert

El wiffi es muy malo y algun personal no todos eh cepto una no me gusto el trato hacia ciertas personas osea huspede

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

06 Feb 2025

jaime

Night security. You came late no one at the front door. Just walk in and go thru. No good.

Business_and_leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jan 2025

Isabel

Everything was perfect at farranda, puerta del sol. Nice location, good breakfast, staff very nice and room very comfortable.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

24 Jan 2025

James

A lot of empty shops. If remade it be really good hotspot

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jan 2025

Jose

It was aight. Maintenance guys always ready to help.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

08 Jan 2025

Rene

Excellent

Family

6/10

Pleasant

25 Dec 2024

Elmiro

Nothing

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

23 Dec 2024

mario

I rented a suite hoping and expecting to get the best they had. Well, TV didn't display any color which I am sure they knew about!! shower water strength was poor, toilet leaked . This place used to be one of the best in bquilla but it seems that they only want to squeeze as much money out of it as possible, without re-investing any back! Only great thing about this place is it's location and both the security and the reception staff. Can;t beat the location.

10/10

Exceptional

11 Nov 2024

Isabel

A good place to stay

Business_and_leisure

10/10

Exceptional

31 Oct 2024

Buenaventura

Nuetral

Business Friends

6/10

Pleasant

22 Oct 2024

Oakland

service and communication not good at all I feel and property conditions are not good to

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Oct 2024

Sandra

Very nice place!

8/10

Excellent

07 Oct 2024

Madeline

The rooms/bathrooms are a bit outdated. Breakfast was great. Front doors were always open so anyone could walk around hotel even if they weren’t a guest. Overall, For the price and location, I would stay again.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

07 Oct 2024

Salvador

Centrally located and close to restaurants and stores.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

28 Sep 2024

David

Ok

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

24 Sep 2024

Martin

Stayed here twice. Staff is friendly, and it's a pretty & relaxing place in the middle of a busy city. Well priced, decent breakfast.

Leisure Friends

4/10

Poor

23 Sep 2024

mario

Service at restaurant is awful. constantly waiting for milk, coffee and eating utensils!! which I believe is caused not by the staff but the lack of it...They seem to try and save money by operating with minimal staff insane small things but its constant. Can't operate a restaurant with 2-3 people out front serving and cleaning. not fair to the restaurant staff because they are the ones taking the heat for poor management!! I had a reservation for 2 but a staff member wanted to charge me extra for taking a meal to my room when there was actually no tables ready as they were all taken or not cleaned of used plates!! door to my room was very hard to close-open and I warned them that if it broke that I did not want to be blamed - well it took them more than 6 days to fix! they don't allow visitors to go to your room and its not due to security reasons, its done for money! they will charge you 40K pesos PP even if that person simply goes up for an hour to visit you. Security can be satisfied by simply registering that person using their personal identification like other surrounding hotels do! crazy changes at this hotel which I believe will cause me to NOT stay there again!

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

22 Sep 2024

Jairzinho

Furniture must be changed to newer or modern ones. Room was ok but needs modernization. Breakfast was very limited. Restaurant had a less appropriate smell.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Sep 2024

Julian

El hotel esta bien de paso, pero las amenidades estan muy viejas

6/10

Pleasant

16 Sep 2024

Jesus

Edificio necesita un poco de mantenimiento.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jun 2024

Shirley

Staff was very nice and the facility was clean

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

23 May 2024

Gustavo

Good all

Business

8/10

Excellent

16 Apr 2024

DANILO

The a/c don't cool the rooms, it is unbearable hot in Barranquilla and the a/c needs to function properly. Also had to ask for small refrigerator as there was none in the room.

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

09 Apr 2024

Erica

Not bad

2/10

Poor

13 Feb 2024

steve

Very old and outdated property. We ended moving to a much better hotel after the first night but should have left right away but it was late. We got to our rooms and they smelled musty and the bathrooms smelled like sewage. The room walls and doors were dirty and everything was very old. We found a ball of chewed up gum on the inside door handle, no fridge in our room that was supposed to be there, no toilet seat, our safe didn't work, the shower drain didn't drain and filled the tub up very quickly, the sink taps were almost impossible to turn on, the air-conditioner barely worked and the room did not cool down. The elevator was disgusting and probably hadn't been cleaned in weeks, if that!
Our friends had pretty much the same issues in their room but had a fridge and toilet seat, but no hairdryer.
This hotel needs major renovations and I would not recommend unless that is what you're looking for.

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jan 2024

Julian

Nice place

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

09 Jan 2024

lorena

Is old, I would like them to remodel, the facilities are old such as: bathroom, air conditioning, table, doors.

10/10

Exceptional

04 Dec 2023

Maribel

Hotel was decent and located near lots of shopping.
The room was spacious and great, but i found the shower slippery so had to be careful.

The staff and service was excellent and very responsive and helpful.
The pool was pretty.

I found that the lobby & pool restrooms were less clean. The stainless walls had fingerprints, and so did the elevator walls. Some places looked dirty.
Other places were well kept and clean.

I noticed many stairs and no ramps.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

23 Oct 2023

OLINTO

Average.

Should be rating themselves 2 stars, despite having three!! Taps to use in the shower , all were cold water. The air conditioning is ancient and only blows air, it does not cool the room. Rooms basic with old furniture and no fridge. Despite my partner going out with friends and me staying in the room alone one evening. I was harassed by security asking how many people were in my room (I was alone). Breakfast not exciting. They serve pink meat that looks like dog food. The highlight was the pool which we took use of with friends who we were visiting in Barranquilla.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Oct 2023

Rafael

The first 2 days, I had some problems with the room assigned, but they resolved the problem and everything was nice.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

21 Sep 2023

Ariel

Instalaciones bonitas y vale la pena para el precio que se paga.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

05 Sep 2023

DANILO

Hotel is fine, staff is friendly, breakdast could be better.

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

04 Sep 2023

Juan

Hotel didn’t have towels placed at room, we had our room cleanup only at 5 pm after we requested, probably they just were short of stuff

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Aug 2023

Wilberto S

I really enjoyed the stay. Was really good and very friendly. Very honest and educated staff.

10/10

Exceptional

13 Aug 2023

Eugene

I think we received a good value for the price. We were able to walk around the facility to find a mall nearby and also some restuarants.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

17 Jul 2023

Enrique

Not a great location

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

25 Jun 2023

Yasmin

Hotel needs a lot of upgrades And the AC does not work properly

10/10

Exceptional

04 Mar 2023

Antonio Ismael Ulloa

stuff was very friendly I will recommend anyone

Business_and_leisure Family

2/10

Poor

02 Mar 2023

Vera

Nothing good

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

27 Dec 2022

Edward

I’m from barranquilla, and I knew this hotel previously. I know it’s an old hotel but, need to update room furnitures, bathroom appliances and make the breakfast menu more varied.

Family_with_children

4/10

Poor

06 Mar 2022

Juan Ramon

No internet on 4th floor where I was staying, very short of staff. Was charged 34 dollars to washed my clothes , 4 thousands pesos for each bottle of water

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

03 Jan 2022

David

Horrible hotel

Old hotel, dirty. All the family was really uncomfortable

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

11 Oct 2021

LUIS

It’s a very old place. Smell like old, rooms are not confortable. Showers are puro of dark spots. Not recommend at all thrust me.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Oct 2021

Arasay

Horrible todo

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Oct 2021

Javier

quick stay but good location, facilities, and the price very cheap

Business_and_leisure Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

10 Sep 2021

Michael Joseph

It was filthy there was black mold on the walls in the room.The lobby was filled with what looked like homeless transients.There we’re whole drywall panels missing from the walls in the hotel.I took many pictures and will be filing a chargeback with my credit card company as I was forced to stay in a different hotel.We spent 30 minutes in this hotel and it was disgusting.

Business_and_leisure Friends

2/10

Poor

24 Aug 2021

RICHARD

The guy at the front desk want me to pay for each person and gave me attitude, I show him in the app that I couldn’t put the names of the person at the time I booked but, he insisted that I have to pay for the room plus every person ( 4 ) for 2 double bed , I never stay there again

Business_and_leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

07 Aug 2021

Verified traveler

Good service good price

Business_and_leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

24 May 2021

Maria

Staffing is great. The hotel is so charming and cozy I am so satisfied with the service

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

22 Mar 2021

Larry

Tonight stay in Barranquilla

Nice people, acceptable room, Nice pool, decent food.Exercise room at outdated and broken down equipment

Self

10/10

Exceptional

14 Oct 2020

Adriana

The hotel was close due to quarantine but the security call the owner and they take me to another hotel near to. Very good service. Thanks

Self

8/10

Excellent

26 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

It was good need more maintenance, paint, missing light

Friends_and_family Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Feb 2020

CHARBEL

Bang for your buck

The shower was horrible
Very old and poor upkeep
The rest was ok

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

21 May 2019

Verified traveler

The staff was amazing, the rooms are clean with modern bathrooms. Good hotel for shopping, Unico mall is walking distance.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

Everything was fine, personal every nice ,and foods

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

07 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

Very friendly staff and clean rooms. Great overall

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

06 Mar 2019

Joseph

Good stay

All was good

Friends

2/10

Poor

21 Oct 2018

Emilio

Very bad stay

First the check in took forever the front desk attendant got on the phone and make us wait about 7 to 10 minutes while he dealt with an un coming guest over phone I had to literally asked him to please put the phone down and finish my check in. Mind me it was 11p and my son was asleep on my wife arms. Hotel is older and it really show in the rooms it has mildew smell and rooms are outdated.
Bed are extremely hard even my 8 year old said so himself and he can sleep on top of a rock, but the worst came in the am we were a family of 8 I had 2 rooms went to breakfast and the server there got verbal with my wife because we were eating too much and that we had to pay an extra fee we had 4 kids and 4 adults they took 15 minutes to bring coffee to the table and he was extremely rude to my family. We will never stay here again and do not recommend this property at all there are so many options in Barranquilla I just wanted to change I stay in Barranquilla every weekend.

Family

2/10

Poor

14 Aug 2018

Josealbarracin

Bathroom nd towel dirty, ac no working , breakfast bad buffet