Villa Maria Tayrona, Jungle and Sea Experience

Let me first say that I was fortunate on my last day of checking out to meet the owner, Roberto, who is in from Rome, and I gave him this exact review which I want to share with my fellow TA followers. This place has all the bones to make it into a world class 5 Star resort to stay, it just needs some additional effort. For the pluses: 1. Great location with excellent rooms in the treetops and ours, which was room 26, which was the furthest away from the main area looked out to the ocean which we could hear. 2. While the rooms are not the most luxurious I’ve ever stayed in, for the price point and where we were, they were more than adequate and quite nice other than the very small shower. 3. The staff really tries very hard and I want to specifically recognize Andre who spoke decent English, and helped us a lot since we did not speak English, and also the front desk office manager was awesome. Now for the area of improvement: 1. First, we did not have any hot water for the first two days we stay there until someone finally fixed our heater. 2. The food is at best average and overall below average. For example, I ordered the fresh fish the day which was a whole fish, and it was deep fried or fried and completely uneditable and butchered to a point of so dry know no one would ever eat it, we had other meals where the meat was overcooked, even though I specifically asked if not to be. 3. Housekeeping needs a major upgrade as a room was not properly prepped when we got there with broken switches and lightbulbs out and overall things like toilet paper not being reloaded each day and just general things that are not of a five-star hotel. Overall, I do recommend the place. Just realize you think you’re getting a five star treatment, this is not the place, at least for now. Roberto, do you have a great opportunity to make a rural class place? I hope you take the cruise positively and implement the changes that you and I discussed.

Property is perfect if you want to enjoy nature with comfort. Staff is wonderful

This was an amazing experience and we plan to return. The food was good, especially the breakfast and the spagetti bolonese excellent. The room had an amazing view and the place incredible in the middle of the jungle, walking distance from a beautiful and cleaned beach, accessible by a well designed and maintained path. The staff was execptionally friendly, I will mention Cesar, Jose and others.

Our stay at Villa Maria Tayrona was absolutely perfect. We had the deluxe double room that had a stunning all around sea and jungle view. The food was great, the staff was incredibly accommodating and so very friendly. The beach is at a 7min walk on a beautifully adorned and paved walkway. If you are looking for a quiet place in the middle of nature with a jungle feel but close to the sea I definitely recommend this place. We came during the holiday season for our beach wedding our stay made this special week even more magical. We will definitely be back!

Go! If you like to stay in a (good) hammock, relaxing and listen to the sound of a rain forest - this is the place to stay!