Suyox Tarapoto — Hotel in Tarapoto

The staff were good, helpful and pleasant. When they understood me they tried to help. When the didn't they went to google translate and then helped. The breakfast was basic but just about adequate. The ladies who served it were nice, friendly and helpful.||||The AC worked.||||The room was small. The toilet and shower were even smaller. The double bed was only a tad wider than a 3/4 bed.||||and ... yes and THERE WAS NO HOT WATER. ||||What would you want hot water fvor on the fringe of Amazonia?||||There was no hot water and I wanted to wash my hair. There was no hot water and I wanted to have a shower before breakfast.||||There was no hot water pipe, just slightly cooler than tepid water coming out of the taps.||||I can just about bear a tiny room where one might just be able to swing a small hampster but combined with NO HOT WATER and NO Possibility for Hot Water makes me feel that in giving this place three blobs I have been kind because the staff cared and were...

Tarapoto seems full of them. From hotels offering 'mountain views' where there are none, to Suyox Hotel which offers an offsite swimming pool with free moto transfer but (in)conveniently it is closed for maintenance on weekends. Wait. Isn't the weekend the busiest time of week for hotels, when most guests would want to use a facility like the swimming pool. Also how convenient that the swimming pool happens to open again at 12.30pm on Monday, the exact same time as checkout. We chose this accommodation specifically for the swimming pool and we even asked how to get there while we were checking in. We were told where it is but of course he neglected to tell us that it was closed, until after...

On various booking sites, Suyox Hotel offers an offsite swimming pool with free moto transfer but (in)conveniently it is closed for maintenance on weekends. Wait. Isn't the weekend the busiest time of week for hotels, when most guests would want to use a facility like the swimming pool. Also how convenient that the swimming pool happens to open again at 12.30pm on Monday, the exact same time as checkout. We chose this accommodation specifically for the swimming pool and we even asked how to get there while we were checking in. We were told where it is but of course he neglected to tell us that it was closed, until after we had paid. The breakfast was absolutely terrible and the coffee is...