Tama Hotel Santa Marta

Colombia , Santa Marta
SANTA MARTA, Vía Pozos Colorados km 8
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75 reviews shown

4/10

Poor

08 Jan 2026

Edgardo

Lots of mosquitoes and no hot water inside or outside the rooms

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

08 Jan 2026

Lorna

The location is great! Staff were mostly friendly but check-in was slow. Rooms were clean. The rest was not so great. Rooms and equipment are not well maintained. Broken tile, broken handles on shower faucet and electrical tape fixes on iron and hair dryer. There were small ants all over the room. The worst was the noise. There is a sitting area in the middle of the rooms. This is a motel with room doors adjacent to the exterior. One group (like 30 people) sat in the adjacent common area until 230 am one night and the night before New Year’s Eve we were unable to sleep due to noise and it didn’t end until 530 am. Wish I could post photos of the poor maintenance. We would never stay here again. It’s really sad because the location is great but management clearly is not spending any money to keep the property functioning well.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

13 Oct 2025

Sasha

Wonderful stay at TAMA hotel Santa Marta. Our room was large and comfortable with good air conditioning. The hotel is right on the beach with beautiful sunsets. Good restaurant with fresh food and good prices. Staff was kind and helpful. Not a lot of stores or restaurants close by, but easy to get taxi to shopping center. We came for a weekend and ended up staying two weeks! Muchas gracias

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

10 May 2025

John

Right on the beach!!!

Nice, but dated hotel. They have done a great job on the maintenance.

The place was almost empty when i stayed.

Great staff, nice food

Tiny pool
Ice cold AC

Self

8/10

Excellent

09 Mar 2025

Curtis

Loved this place. Simple and more than you expect for what you pay. Nice little breakfast spot nearby on the beach. Service was great from the staff. You'll have to renew wifi access almost every day at the reception. Trips into Santa Marta proper are about 5 USD and 20 mins. Would come back here. Cheers.

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

23 Feb 2025

Evaristo

The price is to high, base on the property condition, it do not represent on the picture

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Apr 2024

Margarita

This was a great place to stay, it is clean, safe, food is great (best arepa con huevo for breakfast). The staff is awesome too.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

06 Apr 2024

JOHANNA

We really like this place. All the staff we're very friendly and helpful.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 Aug 2023

Juan Manuel

The personell is amazing and lovable. Some areas were closed due to maintance. Our room whas clean and cozy

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

16 Jul 2023

Leonardo

The staff very helpful, the food is really good. The only thing we notice, flies have to be control in the dinning area.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

28 May 2023

Eric

Bugs, bedroom door locked itself, bathroom flooded, key card stopped working

Nice people though

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

08 Feb 2023

Bronson

Good service - cool beach bar/restaurant out front.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

22 Feb 2022

DAISY

Propiedad caída y muy mala condición ! Staff super nice

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jun 2021

Gary

What an amazing find. This beautiful boutique hotel has everything you need for a nice getaway. Beach deck bar and restaurant were awesome. The staff could not have been more friendly and serving. I will definitely stay here again...

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

12 Feb 2021

Verified traveler

The staff is very friendly and the food is delicious!

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

11 Apr 2020

PHILIPVARGAS

Everything was perfect, specially the front desk receptionist, I think her name is Gina, she’s awesome, i is will come back and recommend it....

Friends_and_family Friends

4/10

Poor

08 Jun 2019

Maggie

Don't stay here. I chose this hotel because it was close to where a conference I was attending was being held. I paid for 4 nights (through Orbitz) but only stayed one. I hated it that much. The area surrounding the Tequendama was bad. I didn't feel safe walking the 8-10 minutes to the conference hotel (especially with a laptop). And I didn't feel safe leaving things in the room because of the surrounding area (although, yes, there was a safe in the room). The room had A/C and a TV, but no desk, which I needed to work on my conference paper. I checked in and was shown my room, and within 5 minutes a mosquito landed on my bed and just stayed there-- atypical behavior for a mosquito-- so I killed it and an exorbitant amount of blood stained the sheet from the dead mosquito-- not a good start. The bathroom screen had huge holes in it and the bathroom door had a huge gap between it and the floor, so it didn't really help to close the door. I'm not up for sleeping somewhere with mosquitoes in the room--especially when paying this much. In addition to a broken screen, the shades in the second bedroom were broken. I put pillows against the window for privacy, but the pillows did not fully cover the area. I just wasn't happy here. The service in the restaurant is bad, as other reviews suggest. The food was good. It's not a horrible place to stay, but it's hostel-worthy, not hotel worthy and it's not worthy of the price. Find a cheaper hostel or an actual hotel.

Business_and_leisure Self

4/10

Poor

06 May 2019

andrei

Hotel stay

Wonderful hotel, very attentive service, the best sunset, BUT bad neighborhood. I was attacked by “security dogs” from nearby small businesses at night twice. Very aggressive animals. The beach door was locked at 8pm, so if you planning to walk on the beach after dark-good luck. Scary experience.

Friends

8/10

Excellent

24 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

On the Caribbean, big sandy beach. Rooms cleaned daily, beds maid. Staff very friendly and helpful. Pool was small. Only had breakfast which was limited. Only used it a base. Quiet at night, which I liked.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

13 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

Long chairs were in poor conditions and pool was not really clean.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

23 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

The deck provides you with the most beautiful sunset . The place is very relaxing. The room's are small but confortable the balcony is to small you can not fit two chairs.
In general is a nice affordable place.

10/10

Exceptional

11 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Everything was great. Enjoyed my stay throughly! ! Will be back

10/10

Exceptional

25 Aug 2018

Verified traveler

Very close to the beach, feels as if it's a private beach.

8/10

Excellent

17 Aug 2018

Verified traveler

Good option at a good price.

Had a nice stay here. The hotel is clean and the employees are attentive. If you want an ocean view you need to ask for a room in the tower. The beach is nice and much less crowded than Rodadero. That may be a good or bad think depending on your preferences. The biggest drawback is the location. If you want a daytrip to the nicer beaches or Parque Tayrona, you hace to drive or take a cab to Rodadero. Same for downtown and the better restaurants and bars. Also, the breakfast is good but not great. If you don’t care about any of that, then this place is a good option. We enjoyed our stay.

Partner

2/10

Poor

07 Aug 2018

Verified traveler

Very bad - not what it seems on the description

This hotel is not what appears to be from the description at Hotels.com. I have stayed at other hotels in Santa Marta and this one is way overpriced and not a 3 star hotel. The surroundings of the hotel do not seem safe at all. When we arrived at the hotel we had to carry our 50 on bag up the stairs because the elevator was broken and no one offered to carry them for us. Our room was dirty, some pillows didn’t have pillow cases, our bathroom had a bad smell, we had to kill around 20 mosquitoes and 1 cockroach. When we complained about this there was no one at the from desk, only a kid that was working as a doorman so the only solution the offered us after 30 min was a can of bug spray.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

29 Jan 2018

RENE

Good value for price, directly at the beach

The hotel has direct access to the beach, great for morning walks or swims. A little crowded in the afternoons, but still more relaxed than Rodadero Beach. The restaurant has a terrace with a great view. If you wanna have a room with a sea view, you must choose a room in the tall main building, on the upper floors. They cost a little more. From the pictures on hotels.com it is not so obvious which room has a view and which not. The more economic rooms are in a low building where you don't have a sea view. The management was very helpful and offered us an upgrade to a room with a view when we complained about the not-so-clear description of the rooms on hotels.com. The wi-fi does not work consistently in all corners of the hotel, but with a few steps you will always find a spot.

Family

8/10

Excellent

22 Jul 2017

Verified traveler

Nice hotel on the beach

Friendly and helpful staff. Nice, clean and comfortable rooms. Good breakfast. Only downside is that there are no restaurants/places to eat around. Although the hotel has a restaurant (the same that serves breakfast) it would be nice to have other options.

8/10

Excellent

29 Apr 2017

Verified traveler

Nice hotel close to the beach

Nice hotel close to the beach, comfortable room, friendly staff, good food but not available at night.

10/10

Exceptional

18 Mar 2017

Sebastian

Beautiful hotel right on the water front!

Family

8/10

Excellent

05 Jan 2017

Rafael

Nice but basic hotel with great beach and service

Nice but basic hotel in the expensive side of nearby Santa Marta. Lovely beach, great kiosk overseeing the beach, very good service and good food. I liked the breakfast but my family found it a bit strange. The small apartment we had was very clean but a bit cramped. Nevertheless, its location with a quiet and very good beach makes it a fun stay. Juan Carlos the manager if fab, gave us a lift back to the airport when our taxi didn't show. I would stay there again.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

01 May 2016

Close to the beach, two small pools.

Could not check until 3pm. Then the lock on the broke, so another 1 hour of waiting. Nice and quiet, shame about the bad service from the staff.

Family

2/10

Poor

22 Feb 2016

freedy

The hotel wasn't what we thought it was...

It wasn't good at all... This hotel is not even an half star... It was really dirty, the room in a terrible condition, the pool was dirty, and it wasn't worthy what we paid... Very disappointed from Expedia not knowing the real category of this hotel....

8/10

Excellent

02 Feb 2016

Verified traveler

Friendly staff. The staff went the extra mile to make us feel comfortable.

8/10

Excellent

24 Oct 2015

Verified traveler

Will stay there again

This was a good hotel, with friendly, helpful staff. Well located near the beach, but outside the city. Quiet, spacious room with desk. Wifi was generally good and fast. Reasonably priced. There was no hot water in the room. The hotel restaurant was understaffed: Once I had to wait 40 minutes to get a simple order.

6/10

Pleasant

10 Sep 2015

Marie

friendly hotel

Booked last minute. It was fine. I liked the people who worked there, they were very friendly and helpful. The restaurant was surprisingly good for a hotel restaurant in Santa Marta. The wifi was great and strong everywhere until it went down on the last day. There is NO business center although it says so in the hotel description. And there isn't even a computer for a guest to use. The rooms are big and all have two bed room. The shower is great, good water pressure, tepid water, which is all you need in Santa Marta, it's too hot there for hot.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jul 2015

Alejandro

A nice and friendly small hotel, the staff was great

Family

8/10

Excellent

06 Apr 2015

Zamir

Regular hotel with all that everyone needs

Very peaceful and lovely beaches.

It is really close to the beach and located strategically (near to Rodadero and Sta Marta)

Family

8/10

Excellent

05 Apr 2015

Reynaldo

QUIET

Hotel was very quiet that was ny best impresion i was not especting that because i know my people but when i find that i was so happy and pluss the services that we receib from all the stuff especialy front desk EXCELENT

Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Feb 2015

Verified traveler

Highly recommended.

Great beach. My room had 1 queen and 2 single beds. Air conditioners worked well. Staff was very friendly and courteous. This is a great place to stay.

10/10

Exceptional

19 Nov 2014

hector

nice hotel closed to a clean beach

I was there for 4 days perfect
a quit hotel
pleasure servers

Family

4/10

Poor

22 Jun 2014

Verified traveler

Disappointment

It took over one hour to check in. They claimed that we had no reservation although i has my expedia confirmation. All srvices were extremely slow. If you don't have a lot of patience, you may want to avoid this hotel.

6/10

Pleasant

14 Jan 2014

Verified traveler

Nice hotel near the beach

We stayed for 3 days. The dinner is very good and cheap.
It is near the beach, also we go to Santa Marta, Bahia Concha and Taganga.

Family

8/10

Excellent

15 Oct 2013

Camilo

Nice days at the beach

The place is just what you´d expect for the price to pay; nice hotel, small but clean and confortable. The beach is right next to the restaurant, however the pool is not up to the stándar a resort should have, The food is good but very limited and there seems to be no rules regarding the very early morning noise of the staff and hotel guests.

Family

4/10

Poor

20 Jul 2013

not bad, but not worth it.

My room was okay, but my friend`s room was really small and there`s no hot water, and there`s nothing to eat for breakfast even drinks, they put too much water to juice. So i went to the other hotel to eat. Also I lost my t-shirt there. Anyways there`s more options for better deals.

8/10

Excellent

19 Mar 2013

Vane

Comfortable, small pool, easy access to beach

The room was ok, it actually had two different rooms, one with a bunk bed and one with a double bed, the fan in the room with the bunk did not work, the AC in the room with the double worked well.

The room door was almost impossible to open, and it seems like nly hotel staff are used to them, I had to try several times before I could open he door, and at one time I had to go to reception for help.

The beach is right outside the hotel, so itis very convenient, and there is direct entry from the beach to the hotel. The pools are too small, and if you want to swim that is not possible in them.

The staff at the reception was very helpful, specially Marlon, but the staff at the restaurant seemed flustered and scattered, i only spent one night at thisnhotel. And wehe. i went for lunch on the first day I asked for a bottle of water, I was served my food and the water was not there yet, I had to ask 4 times before they brought it to me. The menu lacks chicken options, but if you like seefood you'll find plenty of it.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

15 Mar 2013

Brigitte

Hotel for family

The beach is beautiful and very quiet, the room are spacious and very clean. For the range of price this hotel should have hot water (not only warm water), they will need to take care of the noise, strating to hear hammering at 7:30 a.m, it's not what you are looking for in vacation. The target clientele is really family, not for honeymoon gateway because the bar has only juice and beer, no coktails or cup or bottle of wine to accompany our meal, really disappointing.

8/10

Excellent

07 Mar 2012

Cecilia

Hotel Tequendama in Santa Marta in late February.

Included breakfasts were very good. Location was excellant. Staff helpful and pleasant. The price was very fair for all attributes.

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jan 2026

CAMILO A

Todo perfecto, el desayuno delicioso.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

20 Dec 2025

Juan Carlos

Los desayunos estaba muy buenos y fresco, el check in un poco lento pero nos resolvieron, las facilidades le hace falta un poco más de mantenimiento pero la limpiezas es buena. Tiene una buena accesibilidad a la playa con una vista hermosa, en fin es una buenas estadía para estar en la playa. Las observaciones nuestras no fueron impedimento para disfrutar de ellas.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

14 Dec 2025

CAMILO A

Limpieza del hotel y el desayuno

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

11 Sep 2025

CAMILO A

LUGAR PARA REGRESAR

DELICIOSO DESAYUNO Y EXCELENTE SERVICIO

Partner

8/10

Excellent

02 Jun 2025

Johny

Acceso directo a playa , sitio económico bien ubicado

Leisure Friends

4/10

Poor

17 Feb 2025

Carolina

Hotel 2 estrellas, básico.

Es un hotel dos estrellas, no ofrece mayores comodidades. El administrador es muy querido pero la verdad es un hotel muy básico, las duchas son tipo eléctricas entonces se ven los cables, no hay buena presión. Las toallas estaban manchadas entonces no me dió sensación de limpieza. En la almohada encontré pelos. La habitación que te muestran como estándar no es esa , es la estándar plus así que ojo porque le pueden dar una más sencilla a lo que cree. Realmente la estándar es muy básica y pequeña.
Es un hotel que ya tiene sus año, el ascensor huele a húmedo y la llave de entrada a la habitación no servía. No ponen toalla de manos, así que me tocó pedir una adicional.
Si se va a quedar una/dos noches en Santa Marta h no tiene plata. Esta es una buena opción porque el ambiente es agradable en las noches.

Friends_and_family Friends

4/10

Poor

30 Jan 2025

Jose

Decepcionante

Propiedad no acorde al precio..falta de mantenimiento y no es lo esperado según la página…colchones muy duros!!!

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

18 Oct 2024

Jessica

No tenía internet en la habitación, solo eso no nos gustó

10/10

Exceptional

02 Sep 2024

Dorally

Es un lugar muy acogedor , el desayuno súper rico y la tensión muy bueno

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jul 2024

EUGENIO

TIENE SOLUCIÓN

La llegada al hotel es deprimente la vía sin pavimento y al lado está descampado con una mala impresión
Huele a humedad en el baño y los empleados con cara de malos amigos deben de cambiar de actitud o cambiar de empleo pues viven de los huéspedes

10/10

Exceptional

23 May 2024

Cesar

Muy económico y tranquilo

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

03 May 2024

Juan Esteban

Excelente servicio de parte de todo el personal. Los precios del restaurante estaban algo elevados. Habitaciones cómodas y buena limpieza. Playa agradable.

Partner

4/10

Poor

20 Apr 2024

Verified traveler

En general muy regular. Deben trabajar más en el mantenimiento del hotel y sus instalaciones, los aires acondicionados muy regulares en su funcionamiento y mega ruidosos, la recepción del hotel súper calurosa y sofocante tanto para los empleados como para los visitantes, máquina dispersadora de alimentos y agua no funcionó en toda la estadía, el servicio del restaurante es regular y cierra muy temprano, la llegada al hotel es fatal, el personal muy atento y súper pendiente para tratar de solucionar los impases del hotel pero muchos de los inconvenientes se les salen de la mano. La salida a la playa compleja con los partidos de boli de playa en toda la puerta y a la altura del restaurante. La limpieza e higiene de las habitaciones muy bien lograda, el ascensor súper deteriorado, muy poca opción de frutas para el desayuno, les falta tostadora para el pan

Business

10/10

Exceptional

04 Apr 2024

Verified traveler

Un buen momento para descansar

Cuando se hizo el check-in se reporto que la Caja Fuerte no funcionaba y nunca fue el de mantenimiento a solucionar.

Se generó expectativa por las actividades de la Semana Santa, tanto en la mañana, tarde o en la noche... pero resulta que no se realizaban las actividades por lo que en nuestro plan familiar no se pudo disfrutar de torneo de billar, domino o la de Tarzán por citar algunas... ya que al momento de proceder no estaba la persona encargada de la experiencia... tampoco hubo mucha difusión de las mismas salvo la hoja de recomendaciones dada en el Check-In o la publicada en la caja del restaurante.

Con respecto a la habitación excelente camas cómodas, un punto a validar es tema de la presión del agua, aunque se detecto que la bomba del sanitario estaba obstruida y lo arreglaron en el momento.

El servicio de restaurante algo costoso para lo que no se incluía (almuerzo/cena) salía mas barato ir a comer a otros sitios o pedir domicilio. El area del bar con vista a la playa espectacular pero los empleados poco atentos a la gente que se encuentran para ofrecer servicios.

La vía de acceso toca pensar en pavimentar teniendo en cuenta que hay varios hoteles alrededor.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Apr 2024

Carlos Andres

Un buen momento para descansar

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

30 Jan 2024

cecy

Fue tranquilo. Si considero que es algo elevado él precio
El personal fue muy atento y por solo 2500 PC llegaba a rodadero y o santamarts

Self

6/10

Pleasant

03 Nov 2023

Guilherme

Boa, mas sem agua quente

Foi boa, mas uma coisa que me incomodou que foi a falta de agua quente nos quartos!

Business

2/10

Poor

08 Aug 2023

Arturo

Cancelación. De reserva

No pude quedarme en el hotel y tampoco pude cancelar la reservación porque los números
Telefónicos están errados.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jul 2023

Jesus

Volvería a ir...

Nuestra experiencia fue genial nos hospedamos con nuestra hija, y las personas brindan muy bien servicio con una sonrisa y atienden muy bien, todo aseado y la comodidad de los aires excelente, volvería a ir.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

30 May 2023

EDNA M

Falta mas empatia con el cliente

En general la estadía fue buena pero falto mas stencio. Al cliente eramos 4 smigas tres enfermamos y una fue por los desayunos pidio si le ayudaban a llevarlos a la habitación y le dijeron que valía $15.000 y no lo cancelo ella los llevo sl llegar al lobby habian dos empleados la vieron cargada y no les intereso en ayudarla.
La presion del agua es mala para bajar las cisterna.

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

16 Mar 2023

Key

Servicio regular

El hotel en general es bonito, muy alejado de todo, la comida muy muy regular, nunca había lo que quería comer así que tocaba ir hasta santa Marta a buscar un buen restaurante, sus empleados no tiene actitud de dar un buen servicio, son indiferentes a la atención al cliente. Mey regular.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

01 Feb 2023

Mónica

Volvería siempre

Es la segunda vez que voy, la habitación estuvo muy bien, amplia y con muebles nuevos y linda decoración. El aseo diario muy bueno. La ubicación del hotel es fantástica, frente al mar, con balcón para ver el atardecer, playa no muy concurrida. Lo que se puede mejorar es el servicio del restaurante que es muy demorado, y tener mas variedad en el desayuno, no todos los dias el miso menú. Por otro lado, Lástima que no tengan carpas propias del hotel en la playa, pues los de las capas no son muy amables con el turista, cobran un montón y la atención es muy mala. Volvería siempre a este hotel por su ubicación de playa, aunque si se quiere ir seguido a Santa Marta, Taganga o el Rodadero, el precio de los taxis es bastante elevado, así que si puede ir en bus, lo puede tomar en la primcipal que queda a 2 cuadras caminando

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

25 Jan 2023

Haydee

Buena

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

01 Jan 2023

Blanca

Tratan muy bien a las mascotas

Muy bien, no tiene estacionamiento pero hay donde ubicar el automóvil, las camas un poco duras pero se puede descansar, el acceso a la playa es muy bueno y es pet friendly.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

07 Dec 2022

Gabriel Alberto

Excelente experiencia, muy buen trato, excelente la calidad de personas que atienden en el restaurante y en todo el hotel, buenos momentos se vivieron con mi familia en el hotel...

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

23 Nov 2022

Yeny

The staff is beyond amazing. They are always ready to help and make you fell comfortable. The food is delicious. The bar has nice drinks and they pleat the music that you want. I’ll come back for sure

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

19 Nov 2022

Carlos

Calles de acceso en pésimo estado, barro y charcos por todas partes.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

19 Oct 2022

Alexander

La experiencia fue muy buena, fuimos en familia para descansar y así fue. El mar al lado del hotel estuvo genial.