Geotel Hotel in Antofagasta, Chile is fantastic — spotless, very friendly staff, secure parking, affordable, and a very well-equipped room. It’s true the room isn’t very large, but it’s extremely functional.
There are also some undeniable perks — the hotel is right by the beach, with tidal pools where we saw, among other things, starfish. We watched the sunset over the Pacific from our balcony, and in the morning, from that same balcony, we saw dolphins playing… all of this for a really great price.
Thank you, Geotel :)
It was unclear where to park at first, but after day one I figured out that you can park on the road going to the beach pretty much anywhere. So no worries!
Overall service was excellent and staff was very friendly. Room was excellent. Great views from the room of the ocean and the city. Can walk to the beach. The have bicycles, but they're a little beat up.
My girlfriend liked it so much we stayed a second night! It was a great location, I dipped into the ocean for a few minutes. The service from the front desk met our needs & they worked hard to make things right with our benefits from hotels.com. The only problem we had was with the gate to the beach, there were no instructions on how to operate it, so when we closed it behind us, other guests were stuck walking around the property to get back in. Then we saw later from our balcony another guest couldn’t operate it to get out to the beach. Aside from that, the hotel, breakfast buffet, bed, shower, etc was a 10/10!