My family of four stayed at the Bahia del Sol hotel, and it was mid, as the kids say. The suite was well laid out, with separate bedrooms and bathrooms for the adults and kids, a small kitchen with barebones equipment, and even a lounge and giant terrace with comfortable couches. Sounds pretty sweet, right? Well, only if you donât need to sleep.
CanaTico, a restaurant-bar just down the street, pumps music so loudly until about midnight every evening. Some nights, itâs karaoke too, so we get to enjoy drunkards scream-singing the hits instead of the pros. In the bedrooms of the family suites? Itâs like they are in your room. The rooms are so poorly insulated, with rickety patio doors in lieu of windows, that you hear every word and every note of every song, on top of the booming bass. And that happens even with the loud A/C, a white noise app, and ear plugs.
Surprisingly, the owner of the Bahia del Sol hotel also owns the building that the CanaTico is in. The hotel staff seem pretty indifferent, just acknowledging that everyone complains about the noise and that there is nothing that can be done. Cool. At least they called the police once when I went over there in my pyjamas to ask them to keep it down so my family could sleep.
Besides not being able to sleep, which is a core function of a hotel, the place is okay. The breakfast is fine, with passable food. The cleanliness of the hotel could be improved. Itâs got a grimy feel, especially the bathrooms - think old soap dis