Cristama Residence Inn

The rooms are nicely arranged, but the outside looks rough. The finish is poor, with badly done plaster and walls.

You can walk to the center from here, which is handy. The room was just like the listing photos, small but really comfortable. I recommend it.

I don't think I'd stay here again. We waited almost an hour to use the pool because it wasn't clean when it opened at 10. The parking area was muddy too, and when a car pulled out from in front of ours, it splashed a lot of mud onto our car. The room cleaning could have been better: there was dirt under the bed, the glasses looked used, and the bathroom was dirty. Renovations also left dust and mud all over the outside area. We were on the first floor, and the two glass windows right beside the stairs had no barrier. That seemed dangerous, especially for children who might lean on them. The stay itself was otherwise calm.

The apartment had air conditioning throughout and a decent pool, but a lot of things made the stay frustrating. The road in is so muddy that a low car scrapes everywhere, and if it rains, forget it, you need an SUV. There’s nowhere to dry beach clothes, no kitchen utensils, and what they call a fridge is a minibar. The bathroom is small, the living room TV isn’t smart, the Wi-Fi keeps dropping, and the curtains don’t block out light. The stairs are uncovered and get slippery in the rain. They charged the adult rate for my 10-year-old son even though he slept on the sofa, which felt unfair. There’s no breakfast either. On top of that, the hallway smelled of marijuana every day, especially when we came back at night.