Crowne Plaza BOG

A solid historic hotel in the heart of Bogota.  I didn't realize the history at booking, but there were quite a few photographs lining the corridors with famous individuals on them, from musicians to politicians, movie stars and more.  Heck I even recognized a few.

The rate I booked was inclusive of breakfast, so I got to enjoy my best breakfast in Columbia here.  With wait staff, it was a buffet style (that I could figure out with limited spanish) and was able to get some excellent cafe con leche.  However one difficulty was finding the restaruant through the labyranth of hallways.  But once I did, my name was on the list.

Ended up with a nice room with a great view from the 12th floor.

A Kingsize bed greeted my entry.  Very comfy, especially after my flight in from the USA and the fiasco of the taxi and ATM's.

The room had a nice view both daytime and night.  It ended up with heavy curtians for my corner room, and didn't impact my sleeping at all.  But for the short time I was awake in my room, it was a nice distraction.

Even a park across the street.

The Front Desk did a solid job, no complaints and even found out a bonus.  The hotel offers a complimentary shuttle to/from BOG.  This was a nice discovery, as I was dreading figuring out a taxi back, especially with traffic building into the afternoon.  I think I ended up on the last ride of the day (3 PM or so) and zipped right along to the airport.  I was the only passenger onboard, so I did feel slightly guilty, but a nice convenience.  I was even given a goodie bag as a base IHG member at checkin.

Those were some tasty chips that I never did find again, despite visiting numerous stores.

Checkin was smooth, no issues with my rate, ended up with a corner room, and asked about late checkout.  No wait for my late arrival.

The hotel worked out fine for my overnight stopover in BOG.  Its proximity to the airport isn't very good, but that is the only negative I can think of (aside from traffic).  I did some walking in the morning and into afternoon, and saw lots of fun stuff around town, including very touristy streets that were blocked off for pedestrian traffic only.  And it seems to be well located for business folks as well with various headquarters nearby.  There was an odd thing going on with security in the morning; the evening prior I just walked up to the Front Desk.  The next day there was quite a bit more activity with a visible security presence in the hotel, so a dignitary may have been visiting.  This did not impact my stay however.