Belmar Category 2 stars

Hotel Belmar is very quaint and very local. One thing not mentioned is that there is NO ELEVATOR and trying to get someone to bus our bags to the second floor was interesting. We are two older ladies who don't negotiate stairs very well so we had to first convince the concierge to change us to a lower floor than the 4th. We only stayed one night, a Friday and I did not find the noise too bad. There was no hot water the next day, though and if you leaned forward on the commode the door to the private part of the bathroom popped open! The beds were clean and not too hard, the folks were all friendly and I would probably stay again if I wanted just one night in the downtown area. Walking to Isla Cuale and through the flea market is always fun. We ate dinner at Le Bistro and watched the Rio Cuale flow by and then breakfast at Oscar's on the river again next morning. I wouldn't recommend this for a long stay unless all you wanted is a cheap place to sleep.

You get what for what you paid. In fact the hotel is cute , clean and secure, but you have to know it is very noisy (from the street). Mario (Montréal, Québec, Canada)

We stayed at the Belmar between Christmas 2005 and New Year's. I thought the location was great. It's easy to go back to the room to change or rest. There are several good resteraunts within a couple of blocks. Our room was in the back and noise wasn't a problem. The staff is very friendly.