Casa de Leda, a Kali Hotel

This just didn’t really do much for me. A funky decor and the room was big enough. It’s just those small things that tick you off. Ignore breakfast, eat out. Breakfast really was disappointing. No buffet, just a menu. There is a steam room, NOT a sauna. Decent location for all things. Rooms do let a lot of noise in. So if you’re a light sleeper, you’ll suffer.

We booked one suite for five nights. We stayed in suite nr. 9, facing the cathedral, on the highest floor. Rooms are distributed on two levels around an internal courtyard, connected by suspended iron hallways. Fortunately we had help to carry our heavy luggage up to the second floor. The overall hotel architecture is quite nice. The property, although quite compact, features a covered scenic pool in the lobby and an additional small one located on the rooftop, both well frequented. Location is very good, just a few minutes away from the ocean’s shore and surrounded by many restaurants. The suite itself was rather large, although much taller than wide, simply furnished, with a very small wardrobe closet and a large - but unfortunately quite creaking - bed. Staff, particularly Jorge, did their best to be helpful to us on various matters. Unfortunately the hotel doesn’t provide any laundry service. There are laundries scattered around in S. Marta, but if you are on a tight schedule you’ll be on your own. The hotel serves a simple breakfast starting from 07:00. No option and no service even exists before that. As we had twice a tour with pickup time 06:00 we had to elaborate a plan B on our own. Fortunately there is a shopping mall (Exito) a few block away, on Carrera 5 / Calle 19. Furthermore, WIFI in the room was rather patchy. Although staff tried to help us with this, the only real solution was to repeatedly stay in the lobby to perform sensitive tasks which required stable connections (such as credit card checks or bookings). Finally, soundproofing was definitively a serious issue. The location is very busy till late at night with restaurants, lounges, people and traffic and sounds could enter the room as if windows were open. The cathedral itself features external loudspeakers to follow the mass… and this was the holy week, notoriously a very busy time for everybody in Colombia. All in all an instructing experience, but for another time we would rather look elsewhere.

Great customer service! Had an issue booking online but the staff quickly resolved it. Very helpful staff, especially Jorge. Clean facility, great room, it was near parque de novios, where most of the nightlife is. They have a great breakfast included. Would stay again.

Jorge and his colleagues were fantastic! We spent four nights at the Casa de Leda last week. The rooms were very clean and the location was great - close to old Santa Marta and located right in all the action. The small roof top pool was very relaxing. The breakfast was also very good in the upstairs restuarant! What stood out for us the customer service. Jorge and his colleagues were fantastic! Our spanish is not the best and they helped us with everything including a telephone problem and suggestions for excursions! I would highly recommend this hotel if you are planning a stay in Santa Marta!

Big room with jacuzzi and a very big doble bed. Very nice interior Central location close to zona rosa, so be prepared to have some noise. Very helpfull reception.

Jorge in reception was very helpful in arranging for ta xis. Hotel has many hanging plants which gives a natural setting.

Hotel is close to restaurants and night life, the staff are very helpful and friendly. The rooms were designed beautifully, very clean, updated and spacious.

The hotel is very pretty inside, the breakfast was very good

Fantastic stay beautiful old style hotel with fantastic staff