Featuring Spanish and French architecture circa 1945, the Hotel Casa Medina Bogota lies ... more
three kilometers from the Zona T restaurants and shops. Situated in the heart of the new financial, commercial and gourmet restaurant district of Bogota, Colombia, the hotel is less than 12 kilometers from Monserrate hill, a popular pilgrim destination that is home to a church and shrine devoted to ''El Señor Caído.'' The Gold Museum, along with the Botero Museum, which houses the work of one of the most famous Latin American artists, is 12 kilometers away. The Museo Nacional is located five kilometers from the hotel, and El Dorado International Airport is 15 kilometers away. Outfitted with stone floors, columns and wrought iron bars, the Hotel Casa Medina features a business center and conference rooms, and provides wireless high speed Internet access in public areas for a fee. Guests can dine at Casa Medina, the hotel's split level French and European restaurant that features colonial décor. The Terrace is anotheron site eatery outfitted in French furnishings with a patio and adjacent fountain. The Casa Medina Bar features live piano music. The 58 guestrooms at the five story Hotel Casa Medina Bogota offer high speed wired and wireless Internet access (surcharge), multi line telephones, cable television, minibars and in room safes. Bathrooms include telephones, bathrobes and slippers. Limited room service is also available.
Information: :Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Featuring Spanish and French architecture circa 1945, the Hotel Casa Medina Bogota lies ... more
three kilometers from the Zona T restaurants and shops. Situated in the heart of the new financial, commercial and gourmet restaurant district of Bogota, Colombia, the hotel is less than 12 kilometers from Monserrate hill, a popular pilgrim destination that is home to a church and shrine devoted to ''El Señor Caído.'' The Gold Museum, along with the Botero Museum, which houses the work of one of the most famous Latin American artists, is 12 kilometers away. The Museo Nacional is located five kilometers from the hotel, and El Dorado International Airport is 15 kilometers away. Outfitted with stone floors, columns and wrought iron bars, the Hotel Casa Medina features a business center and conference rooms, and provides wireless high speed Internet access in public areas for a fee. Guests can dine at Casa Medina, the hotel's split level French and European restaurant that features colonial décor. The Terrace is anotheron site eatery outfitted in French furnishings with a patio and adjacent fountain. The Casa Medina Bar features live piano music. The 58 guestrooms at the five story Hotel Casa Medina Bogota offer high speed wired and wireless Internet access (surcharge), multi line telephones, cable television, minibars and in room safes. Bathrooms include telephones, bathrobes and slippers. Limited room service is also available.
Information: :Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Advantages: There comes a day when you can leave the hotel. Disadvantages: Too many to mention.
This hotel is expensive and the rooms are quite dirty. This seems to be the standard in many Colombian hotels, so I guess you can't hold it against them.
We were 3 people visting: My wife and I in a double and my mother-in-law in a single room. The hotel still uses keys for its doors, and the room key for our room had disappeared with the last guest, so we had to ask members of the cleaning staff to let us in every time we needed anything.
When we were about to check out, we were asked if we had taken anything from the mini-bar since the day before. We answered "No". This, apparently, was not enough for the staff, so we had to wait until a bell-boy had checked if our statements were true. We had a plane to catch at the airport, but we waited the 5 minutes until he came back. To our dismay he uttered that there was a candybar ...
Advantages: A unique and quaint hotel... Disadvantages: Lacking a few mod-cons...
We stayed in this hotel for a few days while on a little tour of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico, including visits to Cancun (don't bother), Playa del Carmen & Cozumel (much better) and the amazing ancient Mayan ruins at Uxmal, Chitzen Itza and Tulum. (I'll try and get round to reviewing all these later...)
We arrived by taxi from Merida airport (a short journey), having flown in from Cancun, where we had arrived in Mexico the day before, and were delighed with what we found, a massive improvement of the brash touristy-ness of Cancun !
The Casa del Balam Hotel was formerly the family home of Fernando Barbachano Peon, pioneer of Mexican tourism. A blend of Mexican tiles, terracotta and wrought iron, it has a small pool in a walled courtyand, complete with a stone carved fountain and tropical plants, a restaurant and bar, along ...
Advantages: excellent service, cheap prices Disadvantages: left hand drive may be struggle for some!
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THINGS YOU WILL NEED TO HIRE A CAR
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You will usually have to be over 21 years old to hire a car on the Canary Islands. Some companies will expect you top have a clean license. My partner was lucky enough to have a clean license so we didn't get to find out if Cabrera Medina required clean licenses. You will need your full license and passport.
CABRERA MEDINA
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Cabrera Medina is a hire car company based on the Canary Islands. The company was founded in 1967 by Mamerto Cabrera Medina on the Island of Lanzarote. The company started out with only six cars and was designed to cater for the developing tourist industry on the island. The Cabrera Medina logo (see photo 1) was designed by the famous artist Cesar Manrique.
Despite the company starting out ...
leofluffy69 15.09.2007 (13.09.2007)
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Product details
Rating
4 Stars
Rooms
58
Type
Hotel
Address
Carrera 7, n° 69A-22, Cundinamarca, Bogotá
City
Bogotá
Country
Colombia
Manufacturer's product description
General information:The elegant Hotel Casa Medina, set in the heart of Bogota\\\'s new business district, has become one of Colombia\\\'s national monuments. Hotel Casa Medina was declared a national monument in 1985, undergoing a careful and exciting restoration to become Bogota´s most exclusive and elegant hotel. Wrought iron railings and banisters, stone walls and pillars, hand carved wood ceilings and veneers create a delightfully warm atmosphere, decorated with classic and antique furniture. Location:Hotel Medina House, located in the new commercial and financial center of Bogota.Area details:Bogotá, the country\\\'s capital, is a great city: a city of futuristic architecture, a vibrant and diverse cultural and intellectual life, splendid colonial churches and brilliant museums. The amazing mixture of prosperity and contrasts makes it one of the world\\\'s most fascinating places to visit. The hotel is nearby botanical garden.Recreation:The restaurant Medina House keeps the harmony and the good taste off the all hotel and has a select variety of international specialties The Bar, with its traditional elegance, is intimate and tranquil, perfect to taste exotic liquors or cocktails. Casa Medina has five conference rooms with a capacity ranging from 10 to 100 people. In addition to a perfect business environment, the hotel is provided with a gym and business center available 24 hours.Rooms:Hotel Casa Medina offers its guests 58 elegantly decorated rooms of classical style, 14 Standard deluxe, 18 Superior deluxe, 17 Junior Suites, 8 Grand Suites, and the Presidential Suite. In addition to the usual comfort of the house, the facilities fully satisfy the visitor\\\'s expectations. Suites and Grand Suites have the charm of fireplaces.
