Guest Tips

Trust the amazing hotel staff. They have extreme local knowledge that you need to tap into. Make them your personal concierge to book a trustworthy and safe taxi, recommend you the best authentic salsa show – with something from the Delirio or Ensálsate fame – or inform you about what’s happening around town. They’ll turn your trip, from a usual visit, into an ultimate local experience.

Take advantage of your position in the south of the city and take a day trip to explore the beautiful natural surroundings. Highly recommended is hiring a car or driver for the day to Pance River, one of the most-trod local escapes within an easy drive from the hotel. There you can swim in the cool refreshing mountain river, have a riverside restaurant serves traditional ‘Sancocho’ soup, and learn how ‘Caleños’ spend their weekends.

While it’s good that breakfast is on the house, to get a real taste of the local fare you have to have ‘Cholado’. A five-minute cab ride from the hotel brings you to canchas Panamericanas, a neighborhood acclaimed for its numerous street food stalls hawking this unique and delectable Cali specialty – a cooling concoction of crushed ice, fresh fruits, condensed milk, and assorted syrups. Just right for a hot afternoon.

Last but not least, you cannot leave the city without trying its renowned enthusiasm for salsa dancing. The best-known clubs are in other parts of town, so ask the hotel staff to recommend a good, safe ‘salsateca’ to go and check out that’s popular with the local crowd. Even if you do not know how to dance, merely watching that amazing skill and energy of local dancers becomes a mesmerizing and unforgettable part of any visit to Cali – “The Salsa Capital of the World.”