Hotel in Santiago?

[rockero]

It does exist it was in other posts here what happened on Rotonda???

Originally Posted by AZB

Ok, here is the real deal:

Forget about rotonda or whatever rockero thinks its called. The metro bus station is in a nice location so there are no cheap hotels around. The only place I can imagine such a classy hotel for 250 pesos / night would be near transporte espinal. This is a scary neighborhood and I am sure some crack-head hookers may use some cheap hotel named rotonda in some dark alley. There are a few dangerous street in bad neighborhoods where crack-head hookers are seen doing business. The hookers charge like 100 pesos for oral jobs and may take you to some stinky hotel called rotonda with sticky beds and a few springs popping out.
So much for Rotonda hotel now lets move on.

Camp david hotel is too far out on the hills. No real intelligent life around. Just you and a view of santiago. naaa, boring.

Take your business card to hotel platino and tell them you are here for a convention at some place in santiago. They will give you a corporate rate which is cheaper than regular rate. Its a nice hotel, right in front of the entrance of pucmm hotel. Lots of young girls around at certain hours of day and night.

Hotel los jardines is nice and new with small clean rooms. Its located near residential neighborhood. If you are white and seem like a tourist then simply walk out, go up to gran almirante hotel around the block and go to 2nd floor and wait for someone to open up the door to the pool section. Now use the bar, drink beers and enjoy free wifi and free swimming pool with a million dollar view of santiago and mountains.

century plaza is also a nice hotel but I have never been inside yet. Its also far away from action if you have no car.

Colonial is a nice clean hotel as well but in a nasty street. At night, it becomes ugly there and lots of cheap crack head type hookers are seen waiting on the corner. If this is your favorite view then you will feel right at home there.

Hotel matum has a swimming pool there but I think its not as good as in gran almirante. Matum is near monumento and next to chinese restaurant (expresso jade) and famous yaroa street food vender. You can walk out and be in monument area within 5 minutes. Good location for tourists. The casino is nice and has live musical acts on certain nights of the week. If you are single, you can easily find a wife for the night there.

Gran almirante is the classiest hotel in santiago. Its right next to TGI fridays and has a nice clean swimming pool with a precious view of the green mountains. It also has a small airconditioned gym with basic exercise equipment. The bar is relaxing at the pool and you can enjoy free wifi for your laptop. I was there yesterday.

If you need an apartment for longer stay, I suggest you contact hillbilly. he rents apartments with internet and a/c. His place is in one of the best residential areas of santiago.

Good luck.
AZB

P.S. Hotel Aloha sol is on calle del sol (sort of like canal street of santiago). You can walk up to monument area in a few minutes. There are a million small stores to peek in but they all sell cheap stuff. The girls are cute walking up and down the street. American fast food restaurants are also within walking distance. Pizza hut is on next street corner.

[HS10]

Went to Hotel Jardines as a result of perusing this thread. Upon checking in, I checked out various rooms and selected one for 1800 pesos. (not the cheapest but a decent room).
Went about my business and upon returning at night, after a long day, I could not get into my room.
They accused me of locking the door incorrectly (?????!!).
They could not get into the room.
I was hanging out.
I insisted that they break the lock, which they eventually did.
I said give me another room as the door on this one now cannot be locked.
They give me a room without a window. (the original room had a nice/normal window.
I don't take it.
They give me another room with a very low ceiling.
I don't want it.
Why should I get a worse room if they mess up? Why should I sleep in a room I would never have selected?
Well they say "if you want to pay more money we can give you a better room"
At this point the entire staff ...waiter..security guard..reception...so called manager...etc. are involved and I am very upset and tired but I cannot bring myself to accept the stupidness and injustice of the situation and pay more money or sleep in those ridiculous rooms.
1.5 hours later (after I asked them to return my money and I'll go somewhere else and they refused) I am about to succomb and sleep in one of the ridiculous rooms when in walks a guy and a cop.
The guy is a (?) manager.
We each tell our side of the story, he apoligises to me and gives me a decent room.
The new room is mabey 5% better than my original room and could not cost much more than the 1800 pesos I was paying. but those stupid heads could not see that it was appropriate to put me there.

Much aggravation and I will certainly never stay there again.

[noni]

Oh yeah he was definitely in the dom rep...