Motel Venus Santiago

This is a "thematic" place for dates. Nothing bad about that, but you will be surprised if you didn't realise this before arriving. You have to stay locked in your room. If you need anything, you have to call reception, and stuff speaks only Spanish. It is allowed to smoke in the rooms,you smell it.

advert implied a restaurant. we had to have food served through a hatch in bedroom. never saw a member of staff. decor was an oppressing red and black/even the sheets. it felt like we were in a brothel. a leaflet showing explicit sexual positions was in the room. we couldn't leave for a walk round block without calling reception. we were effectively locked in. in event of fire it would have been disastrous. in fact when we tried to leave( even after phoning our request through to reception) the garage door wouldn't open. The garage was also the entrance to the bedroom. the only entrance!

It isn't advertised, but this motel is meant as a sex motel. The room stinks of tobacco. The walls are paper thin which means you constantly hear sex noises, music, talking and tv's from other rooms. Sometimes so loud it wakes you up in the middle of the night. Room service tasted horrible. You also can't leave the apartment without calling the reception which makes it feel like a prison.

We were locked in

No anti-skid mats in the bathroom shower. No grab bars in the shower either. High difficult to access bathtub. Having the climb a flight of stairs to enter the bedroom. No big deal but still annoying.

Lack of comfortable sleep due to the sound of sex in motel rooms