Tortuga Village — Hotel in Departamento de La Paz

We stayed here in July with the my immediate family and some extended members. My wife’s family is from Central America originally so I have traveled through El Salvador and Guatemala and have been to some of the best restaurants and venues these countries have to offer. At close to $300 a night the expectations were high. My thought process was if you are going to charge American prices then I expect that level of service and caliber of resort offerings. These expectations were not met and the Tortuga falls short.||||Let’s start with the overview of what this place is…. It is a small strip of land with a beautiful beach on the Pacific Ocean with 8 elevated thatched roof bungalows that room various size parties. The rooms are pretty unique in the sense they are elevated on poles with an open air sitting area and hammock under them and over looking the pools. No major complaints on the rooms except the AC was not up to the job of keeping the rooms cool during the daily heat which I might add was oppressive with little escape offered in the rooms .. The manager did attempt to alleviate this by bringing us a pedestal fan which at least for one or two people was a slight reprieve .The explanation that was given was the Bungalow was in the sun and got hot during the day. ( so get a additional AC with some of the money you charged us). Otherwise no complaints on the rooms and room service.||||The resort has two connected pools with one around 3 ft deep and the other one around two feet. Cute but nothing that any beach hotel in most places wouldn’t have. ||The Beach however was the crown jewel with dark sand stretching a beautiful distance in both directions met by the impressive waves of the Pacific. . Very clean and very private with no hint of trash or rocks. No complaints here. The beach, bungalows and pools abutted each other so proximity was also real nice. Watch out for undertow as the waves and sea was strong.||||The Bar and restaurant ( one and the same) was nothing more than a typical tiki bar with wood crates and plastic chairs abutting bar tables on the beach. No interior or modern dining. Bar and restaurant are not under the same owners so we had to pay our bar and restaurant bill each night. ( bar/ restaurant doesn’t take American Express like resort so that was a big pain in the a** as Amex is our go to card. Food was excellent and bar/ waiter service was also fantastic but again pricing was much higher than the venue should have offered . Put it this way we stayed two nights and paid around $600 for the room total ( not worth it but I could swallow that). The bill for two lunches and 1 dinner for 4 people ( limited breakfast included in the stay was over $600 !) To be transparent this also included drinks during the day but we are not crazy drinkers and also my family was four people total.||||The long and short was small nice location on the Pacific with little offer besides the beautiful Pacific and some privacy( probably because nobody could afford it) but it came with a disproportionate price tag that makes justifying the plus’s of the Tortuga a difficult task.||||My recommendation is find a place that better understands its locale and limitations and structures its pricing accordingly. The Tortuga is nice and quaint but unfortunately is like putting a coat of paint on late model Ford ( no offense Ford owners just an example :-) ) and calling it Porsche with a price tag to match the delusion. ||||I understand the limitations of Central American hotels and resorts usually make them fall short of the expectations and hype but usually that is forgiven by their pricing. The Tortuga is a case of overinflated self value in reference to their pricing and offering. It they want to play in the big leagues and attract more tourists especially tourist outside the region then they better step up their game substantially or get their pricing in line with what the area...

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We just came home a couple of days after staying here for 7 days. We stayed in Bungalow #5. We arrived to the hotel like at 8am and we were able to drop off our luggage at the reception area until our rooms were ready for us. Once we returned to the resort and got the keys and our luggage was already up in our room. Love that the rooms a/c was on and it was nice and cold in our room. The room was nice and clean and for a family of 4 felt spacious.

The staff here is super nice and friendly. Every time they would see us we would get greeted. The servers, reception area, cleaners, gardener etc. They were all very welcoming.

I loved that we had access to the beach at all times and loved that we could hang out with my family at the bottom of the bungalow, in the pool or in the ocean.

A couple of flaws about this places: location.Tourist attractions are really far away which unfortunately we didn't do our research and its no fault to the resort. -the kitchen closes at 8:00pm and with kids its hard because they do get hungry especially after being in the pool late nigh. But a couple of times they did accommodate us and let us order stuff after hours which we are very grateful for. -the food is ok..Could definitely be improved -Mosquitos: I would only get attacked when I was hanging out at the bottom of the bungalow. They definitely should be spraying stuff at least every time a guess is staying there. Thats the only place that they would really get me.

Overall this place is great to come and relax and enjoy the ocean. It was so relaxing and was super happy to have stayed here. Highly recommend if you are looking to get away from everything.

These people work very hard and I kept seeing the employees cleaning, and organizing.The would pick up our plates right away after eating. They did ask to clean my room every day I was there but I didn't need them to since we were not there all day. Anything that we needed like towels, toilet paper, etc they would bring it to us right away.

They also accommodated my driver every time he would come and pick us up or drop us off to the resort.

It was such a wonderful experience since it was the first time coming to El Salvador.

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