Gran Hotel Bahia

The staff are the best thing about this hotel, but otherwise, there’s not much to be positive about. The hotel is pretty old and tired, there was no safe in the room, no hot water (although this did get fixed after two days) and the cistern kept refilling unless you opened it and put the plug back in. It’s also incredibly noisy outside - not the hotel’s fault - but we were woken every night by loud music going on until the wee small hours, lorries revving in the street outside waiting to board the ferry and the local cockerels who liked to start up about 4am, just as the music finished. The staff were friendly and helpful and breakfast was nice (you get a voucher for a restaurant just down the road), but we wouldn’t have stayed here if it wasn’t part of the package we booked.

No breakfast. The hallways had a coffee tea hot/cold water set up w a bowlful of sticky candies. Dated interior. Spotty WiFi. For the price I would not recommend this. There are lot more choices for lodging in town. I chose the hotel as it was closer to the Bocas dive center.