Sonesta Opens Hotel in Calama, Chile
Third Sonesta in Chile
SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 - Sonesta International Hotels Corporation announced its third new hotel in Chile, the 148-room Sonesta Hotel Calama. Opening today, this business class hotel features a casino, business center, restaurant, and meeting space. The hotel is located 760 miles from Santiago. This hotel (and its sister properties in Concepcion and Osorno) are the result of a partnership between GHL Hoteles and Sonesta.
The Sonesta Hotel Calama features guest rooms with first class amenities, a full service business center, restaurant, room service, 24-hour concierge service, WiFi throughout the hotel, fitness center and spa, swimming pool and 2,625 square feet of meeting space. The hotel also offers an executive floor with private lounge and breakfast daily.
Calama is the capital of the province of Loa in Northern Chile. Calama is a refreshing oasis in the middle of the most arid desert in the world. It has become the starting point for tours to a series of small villages of Aymara (Andean ethnic group) origin. Points of interest in Calama include Padre Le Paige Archaeological Museum, Apache Ojo Beach - a natural pool and waterfall, Chuquicamata - the largest open-cut mine in the world, San Pedro de Atacama, and the Geysers of El Tatio. The area is serviced by the El Loa Airport (CJC) in Calama.
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