Hotel Bantu by Faranda Boutique, a Member of Radisson Individuals

cute hotel. kitchen staff were super helpful and friendly, and made sure we enjoyed the breakfast

Great location & welcome. Very comfortable room with authentic setting. Very polite and helpful staff. Make the most of the rooftop pool.

Hotel Bantu was well situated in the historic old city. The room was spacious and comfortable. The common areas were unique and picturesque. The breakfast food was tasty and made to order. Most impressive was the attentive, friendly and high touch service. We had a great stay including enjoyable and reasonably priced massages.

Everything was so lovely and amazing at the Faranda Bantu! We had a wonderful time and will definitely return. We came here to celebrate our birthdays and the staff surprised us and made everything so special. Cannot recommend this hidden gem enough. The staff were friendly and so welcoming and helpful.

We really loved the hotel Bantu. The room was large, the hotel staff friendly and very helpful. They smiled like they genuinely liked working there. Nothing was too much trouble. They recommended some very good restaurants to us. We didn't have a bad meal the whole stay. And the location was perfect for sight seeing and going out in the evening to eat. But although the old town feels reasonably safe daytime or evening, be aware that outside the walled city, is another matter. It is very rough out there. We were disappointed with the hotel for organising a trip for us to Playa Blanca and Playa Tranquila, about an hour away by bus. These are very basic beaches lacking running water and any good standard of facilities and they are best avoided, although the people the hotel organised it through tried their best to give us a good experience in difficult conditions. Not up to the standard we would have expected of a hotel otherwise providing a very good standard of service, which the Bantu does. The swimming pools at the hotel are both small but OK for a dip in the evening in quite pleasant surroundings. We would use the hotel again if we came back. The breakfasts are basic but perfectly OK. They will make you a decent omelette. And the Colombian coffee there is very good. Good coffee makes or breaks my holiday! And ignore all the internet rubbish about being followed around constantly by hawkers and rappers. It is no worse than Greece. A polite "no thank you" and they leave you alone. We almost cancelled our holiday reading about that and we are so glad we did not. The hotel has a security gate into the building which is manned all the time and you never feel unsafe there or in its surroundings. Yes you can dress up nicely, wear some jewellery and carry a nice bag when you go out in the evening. Just don't flaunt it and you will be fine.

We enjoyed our 5-day stay at the hotel during a business trip. The hotel is neatly tucked away on a quiet and quaint street, in close proximity to many good restaurants and an easy walk to the sights of the walled city. The accommodations are a bit small but very clean, and the air conditioning works well. The rooftop pool and jacuzzi are also small but refreshing during the hot/humid day. The loud music from a few blocks away can be heard faintly at times but we did not think it impeded our sleep. The breakfast was very good. We also had dinner there one night which was also well prepared. The staff are the stars of this property - all are very kind and professional, especially German and Arnold.