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Decameron Los Delfines

San Andres, Colombia

4.2(1,601 reviews)

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Decameron Los Delfines, A Ramada All Inclusive, is a 36-room boutique hotel on Avenida Colombia in the heart of San Andrés, styled with contemporary Antillean architecture and pitched by Decameron at travellers who want somewhere small and quiet-feeling in the middle of everything. The location is the point. San Andrés sits off the coast of Nicaragua but belongs to Colombia, English Creole and Spanish coexist, duty-free shops line the boulevard, and Spratt Bight (Bahía Sardina), the island's longest beach, is a few metres from the lobby. You are also squarely in the zona rosa, which the hotel itself says, so the nightlife is on the doorstep whether you want it or not.

Traveler Insights

Pros

+El Muelle, the hotel's restaurant, is built on a dock over the San Andrés sea and serves Colombian-Peruvian fusion at breakfast, lunch and dinner, so every meal comes with that multicoloured water view
+Two places to swim on site: a natural saltwater pool fed by the sea in the beach zone, plus a separate freshwater pool for adults and kids, which is unusual for a 36-room hotel
+Meals are served à la carte rather than from a buffet, with snacks running 11am to 5pm, a coffee break with pastries late afternoon and a late-night snack until 2am
+Spratt Bight, also called Bahía Sardina and billed as the longest and most beautiful beach on the island, is a few metres away with shops all around it
+On Avenida Colombia in the middle of the zona rosa and about 10 minutes from the airport, so the shops, local seafood spots and seafront walk are all on foot
+The Decameron inter-hotel plan lets you use the facilities, bars and shows at Marazul, Maryland and San Luis between 11am and 5pm, book lunch or dinner there, and reserve a spot at the Rocky Cay beach club
+Small enough that service feels personal, which travellers compare favourably to the anonymity of the big all-inclusive complexes
+San Andrés itself is the draw: duty-free shopping, an English Creole culture distinct from mainland Colombia, and reefs that hold their own against pricier Caribbean islands

Cons

−Traveler reviews over several years have reported tired rooms and maintenance lapses, including door handles that fail, doors that don't latch, hot water outages and air conditioners dripping condensation, so ask for a recently serviced room
−One restaurant does all three meals, so the menu can feel repetitive on a longer stay; the inter-hotel lunches and dinners (booked ahead by QR code or the reservations app) are the fix
−The hotel sits in the zona rosa by its own description, and club noise from the street carries in, worst Thursday through Saturday
−Wi-Fi is included but guests have long reported it as patchy and prone to re-login prompts, not something to rely on for remote work
−The beach is a public town beach a few steps away, not a private hotel beach, and the dock restaurant is exposed when the weather turns
−Standard rooms cap at two adults and one child; families of four need one of the 11 Junior Suites
−No spa, no gym, no kids' club and one bar (Ocean Bar at the pool), so this is a base for exploring the island rather than a resort to stay inside
−The Royal Decameron Aquarium next door, long the hub for nightlife and non-motorised water sports, has been closed since September 2025 for structural problems with no announced reopening, even though the hotel's own page still points guests to it

The on-site experience is compact. Every meal is à la carte at El Muelle, a Colombian-Peruvian fusion restaurant built on a dock over the sea, with snacks through the afternoon, a coffee break and a late-night snack menu. There is one bar, the Ocean Bar by the pool, a freshwater pool for adults and kids, and a natural saltwater pool in the beach zone. Rooms split into 25 standards (two adults plus one child) and 11 Junior Suites (up to four), with air conditioning, safe, mini fridge and hot showers. Traveler reviews have long flagged ageing rooms and patchy Wi-Fi. The inter-hotel plan stretches things: lunch or dinner, bars and shows at Marazul, Maryland and San Luis, and the Rocky Cay beach club, all by reservation and without transport. Isleño is excluded, and the Royal Decameron Aquarium, once the nightlife hub, has been closed since September 2025 for structural problems.

Los Delfines works best for people who treat the island as the attraction and want a central, inexpensive base for snorkelling at Johnny Cay, the Sea of Seven Colors boat tours, a day trip to Providencia and the seafood stalls in town. Within Decameron's San Andrés lineup it sits on the Ramada All Inclusive rung with Marazul and San Luis, below Maryland and Isleño, which carry the Trademark All Inclusive label. Travellers expecting a polished resort with a spa and a big pool deck tend to be disappointed; those who arrive knowing they have booked a small hotel in the busiest part of town usually enjoy it.

Common Questions

Is San Andrés Island worth visiting if I've never been?

Yes. The Sea of Seven Colors off the coast is one of the most striking stretches of Caribbean water anywhere, with shallow bands of turquoise, green and deep blue. The island has its own English Creole culture, duty-free shopping and reef diving that competes with better-known Caribbean destinations, and it is well connected from Bogotá, Medellín and Cartagena.

How bad is the noise from the nearby nightclubs?

Worth planning around. The hotel describes itself as being in the middle of the zona rosa, San Andrés's nightlife and shopping district, and music carries in on Thursday through Saturday nights especially. Bring earplugs and ask for a room away from the street side. If unbroken sleep matters more than location, a Decameron property outside the centre is the better pick.

What does the all-inclusive rate actually cover?

Breakfast, lunch and dinner à la carte at El Muelle, daytime and late-night snacks, an afternoon coffee break, standard national and imported drinks, live music in the evenings, Wi-Fi, pool and beach towels and loungers, a nurse and board games. The inter-hotel plan adds lunch or dinner and facility access at Marazul, Maryland and San Luis plus the Rocky Cay beach club, all booked ahead. Transport between hotels, excursions and motorised water sports are extra.

Is there a buffet?

No. Decameron lists all three meals as à la carte, served at El Muelle on the dock. For variety, book an inter-hotel lunch or dinner at Marazul, Maryland or San Luis, or The Islander, a seafood restaurant on the Spratt Bight pedestrian walk next to Isleño that Decameron lists for Los Delfines guests by reservation.

How does this compare to the other Decameron hotels on San Andrés?

Decameron's open San Andrés hotels are Los Delfines, Marazul, San Luis (all Ramada All Inclusive) and Maryland and Isleño (Trademark All Inclusive). Los Delfines is the smallest and most central. The Aquarium closed in September 2025 after an engineering study found structural anomalies and has no announced reopening, and Isleño is excluded from Los Delfines' inter-hotel plan, so if those matter to you, book them directly.

What are the best excursions from San Andrés?

Johnny Cay is the classic day trip, a short boat ride from Spratt Bight with calm water and good snorkelling. The Sea of Seven Colors tour visits the shallow gradient zones the island is known for, and divers can take a longer trip north to Providencia's reefs. The front desk can arrange most of these, but independent operators at the pier often charge less for the same trip.

Restaurants (8)

Type	Restaurants
Buffet	Restaurante La Terraza (at Decameron Marazul), Restaurante North End (at Decameron Maryland), Restaurante internacional (at Decameron San Luis)
Japanese & sushi	Restaurante Japonés (at Decameron San Luis)
Seafood	Restaurante The Islander, Restaurante Pastafary (at Decameron San Luis)
International & fusion	Restaurante El Muelle, Restaurante Caravelle Rodeo (at Decameron Marazul)

From the resort's own dining pages. Only restaurants the resort lists are shown. All are covered by the all-inclusive rate, per the resort.

What's nearby

Rocky Cay
6 min drive · 3.9 mi
Johnny Cay boat trip
5 min walk · 0.2 mi
Acuario and Haynes Cay boat trip (with stingray stop)
5 min walk · 0.2 mi
First Baptist Church (La Loma)
6 min drive · 3.4 mi
Casa Museo Isleña
8 min drive · 5.1 mi
Big Pond lagoon
8 min drive · 4.4 mi

More things to do (12)

Muelle Casa de la Cultura · marina5 min walk · 0.2 mi
Spratt Bight Beach · beach3 min drive · 1.1 mi
Green Beach · beach5 min drive · 3.5 mi
Cocoplum Bay · beach5 min drive · 3.9 mi
Mirador La Loma · viewpoint6 min drive · 3.4 mi
San Andrés Botanical Garden · nature6 min drive · 4.7 mi
Sound Bay (San Luis) · beach7 min drive · 5.7 mi
Morgan's Cave · historic site9 min drive · 6.6 mi
West View · nature10 min drive · 6.6 mi
South End beach · beach11 min drive · 8.6 mi
La Piscinita · nature11 min drive · 7.5 mi
Hoyo Soplador · nature11 min drive · 8.8 mi

Amenities

Diving

Snorkeling

Beach

Seaweed & sargassum

San Andrés gets sargassum, typically worst March through September, with documented influxes in March, April-May and September.See the month-by-month guide →

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Google Reviews★ 4.2 · 1,601 reviews

Didi G.

10 months ago

“We only dined here. It is a nice, chic boutique hotel. Nice little pool, the sea pool needs up keeping when the sargasus comes, but not as great as the Aquarium natural pool.”