Hotel Palma Blanca
Private,comfortable, friendly and attentive staff, and a great swimming pool. All rooms have air- conditioning and wireless internet access.
La Brisa Loca Backpackers
With a much more central location than the tenth street hostels, it is situated directly between Plaza San Francisco and Parque Bolivar. Owned by two Californian brothers and built in an 80 year-old, neo-republican mansion and restored to recover its genuine colonial Caribbean feel , this is one hostel where you wonât feel like youâre still backpacking. While bringing comfort and convenience to your stay, it also imparts history and style. The large, high ceiling manor, with its eleven dorms and suites houses up to 60 people and provides beverages for many more. With pool, full size bar, hammock room, nightly meals, wifi, free internet and much more. This is actually the trendiest backpackers place at the moment 2012 in Santa Marta, expect to find dozens of english-speaking travelers around. Prices starting at 20COP for a dorm with fan.
Casa Familiar
Private, mild mannered and friendly staff. Rooms are small and basic.
Hotel Sierra's Sound
Air- conditioned rooms from 25 USD per person. It offers a calm and totally natural atmosphere and one of the best restaurants of Santa Marta.
If you are looking for a place to stay, there are somewhat more expensive hotels. 10th street is less expensive. These include:
Hotel Nueva Granada
(http://www.santamartahote...) calle 12 no 3- 17, historic centre of santa marta. nice and small, with pool and jacuzzi, bar, comfortable and clean double and multiple rooms with air- conditioning or ventilators from 33 usd, as well as unlimited internet access and breakfast for free. the staff is very kind and helpful.
Hotel Imperial Caribe
Nice rooms, friendly staff. Singles with fan for 30,000. Doubles, Triples, A/C more. Free Wi-Fi in lobby.
Sun City
calle 18-3#28. less crowded. this place offers comfort at low price privates for 25'000 up, dorms 16'000. run by a nice family that really cares. a place to get off the gringo trail a bit... see (http://www.sahlmann.net)
El Kool Koala Backpackers
* Hostal SolyMar, Carrera 2 No 19-06, â 57-5-431-0208, . Only 5-years-old, this is an immaculately clean hotel, which is a change from a lot of the places in Santa Marta. The immediate area is probably the best in Santa Marta, as opposed to the sketchier Calle 10 barrio. The colonial rooms are recommended, with very tall ceilings and fan for 30,000 for a private room single. The staff is incredibly friendly. edit