Hotel berhampiran La Tour S.A., Cali

I want to leave this note during my stay from Dec.16,2020-Jan.03,2021. This studio apartment was one of the best I have been in Cali; very good location; excellent mountain view from the studio balcony; near to local transportation, good restaurants; very clean; good amenities, very comfortable; and the best, all employees from the front desk to Housekeeping; all of them very friendly and provided me a very good service. Thank you Natalia, Junior, Gary and Bryan, you guys have a very and professional customer service skills. I do highly recommend this studio apartment. I will use it for my next stays in Cali, Colombia. Thank you. Carlos Correa

My friends and I stayed at the Faranda Cali on a friends trip to Colombia. The Faranda is located in the historical center of Cali, close to the boulevard and other historical sites, like Iglesia Ermita. Check in was relatively smooth and the hotel is relatively modern, given its surroundings. The area around the hotel is not the best, but they don't reflect the inside of the hotel. The general vibe of the hotel is Art Deco. I don't know what that has to do with Cali, Colombia, but that's what the Faranda was giving. There's one small elevator for the hotel, so if you don't mind stairs, I would advise using them at least to walk down. There's also a bar on the top floor that gets very loud when there's an event. So again, if this is a problem, request a room on the lower floor. I also wouldn't count getting any kind of workout in their ”fitness room” which is a tiny room with ancient equipment and no ventilation. The bar staff also randomly come and go, so if you go to get a drink at 8:00 p.m. there may or may not be a bar tender at the bar in the lobby which is the first thing you see when you walk into the place. On the positive side, the room rate seemed to be excessively reasonable. Breakfast was pretty okay and security is very tight at night, so you can feel pretty good about staying there. It was good to try but I think I'll pay a little bit more and stay somewhere with nicer amenities next time.

20/10 It was amazing from Check in to Check out, the room was beautiful, you could feel the quiet and heritage in the property, and the best bathroom amenities in Colombia, the food was just stunning, I wish I could leave a review in every place I visit, but this one really deserves, you can have all you can eat but you can order from the menu that's great, I hope I can come back soon.

This hotel is located on a VERY busy street; luckily, they have a private garage. The rooms are super small for a party of two. So small that they improvised a closet with two pieces of wood in the corner of the room. The beds are SUPER uncomfortable. You literally feel like you are sleeping on the floor. Our first night, we contacted the front desk at 2 a.m. to complain about the beds and to request another room, and they confirmed that all beds are the same and that they have received plenty of complaints about the same thing. The buffet breakfast was a joke. Cold food, no flavor, and not enough variety—I will not recommend this hotel and will definitely not stay there again!

When you show up you're pleasantly greeted by a security door you have to be buzzed in to enter. At this point you're probably realizing you made a mistake. It gets better when the attendant is rude and seems like she's very unhappy to see you or any ”guest”. Hotel has ridiculous policies like leaving the key at the front desk when you leave for ”security” purposes. Terrible. If you like hearing ambulances and police cars pass frequently this is the place for you. Barely luke warm water in the shower. On the bright side the shower and bathroom look nice. The room is a good size (I had the Junior Suite) and some of it looks nice. AC works well. The bed is two single beds put together -real classy. Built in ”desk” seemed like it would break if I leaned on it at all. Desk chair is absolutely un-sittable, as is the rock couch in the living room. Nice that there is a mini kitchen, but no plates, silverware, pans, etc provided. They give you two whole glasses. Really would avoid this place.

Kleineres Hotel,sehr sauber, großzügige Zimmer und erstklassiges Frühstücksbuffet. Das Ganze zu einem tollen Preis. Die Angestellten waren sehr freundlich und bemüht. Das nächste Mal, wenn ich in Cali ein Hotelzimmer brauche, komme ich sicher wieder.