“VERY NICE HOTEL”

The hotel is very nice; it is even bigger than the photos that are shown on the web page, it is not far from the central plaza and if you don’t want to walk the 20 minute distance to the central plaza there is a shuttle that can take you there and it is available three times a day.

“Excellent hotel except for the extreemly loud music from the pool area.”

My traveling partner and I were in Antigua to see the Holy Week processions - a very solemn week. The hotel Soleil La Antigua was perfect in every respect (friendly, knowledgeable staff who spoke English well and were accomodating; nice size and clean rooms and restrooms; beautiful grounds and hotel lobby and hallways; wonderful food and restaurant staff; price was fine, etc.) except for the loud, blaring, pounding noise (music) coming from the pool area which was centrally located to the rooms. After getting up at 3:15 AM to go to a procession leaving a church at 4 in the morning, we came back to the hotel around 1 in the afternoon on Good Friday to take a nap before going back out for more processions. The music, which was across a playground and on the other side of the large courtyard, could be heard quite loudly in our room - it was very annoying and did not allow us to sleep. We should have complained then, but did not. Otherwise, the hotel was superb. We usually are gone all day and are only in a hotel room to sleep at night. If you plan to spend much time in your room during the day and would like peace, I would check with the hotel about their pool music. They may have turned it down had we asked. Otherwise, I wouldn't have changed a thing.

“Antigua 2012, The place to be!”

The hotel is beautiful. The gardens are splendid with views of all three volcanoes and very typical of the city of Antigua. The pools are nice. I took my Guatemalan in laws there and they were very impressed. The kids loved it! It was definitely worth the price. Flat screen television sets with good variety of cable channels. Excellent steam room. Gym has very few options. Beautiful lobby and gardens for reading and relaxing. Great security. I will stay here again! I just got back from Rome and Amsterdam last month and Antigua is just as good a tourist destination. I prefer visiting during the rainy season. (April-October) It is also warmer in that period.