There’s a difference between a room that has a Hot tub and a room built around that experience. The Martini room at Hotel El Zarzo belongs to the second category. The integrated bathtub isn’t an amenity added as a last design detail: it’s part of the room’s architecture, visible from the bed, incorporated into the logic of the space.
In a city with Medellín’s climate, where the temperature invites rest at any hour of the day, that changes the experience of staying there considerably.
The Martini room: design and space
The Martini is Hotel El Zarzo’s superior category. It covers 33 square meters, ten more than the hotel’s Negroni and Old Fashioned rooms. That extra surface area is distributed across a more generous layout around the king bed and, above all, in the bathroom, where the integrated bathtub has the space it needs to function as the center of the experience rather than a compressed element in a corner.
The design follows the same line as the rest of the hotel: architectural arches, concrete ceilings, warm lighting and textured materials that give the space a sense of warmth without losing the contemporary edge. The Martini room has that same aesthetic but with more volume, which allows each element to breathe.
Amenities include a Marshall speaker, Nespresso machine, Harney & Sons kettle, linen robes and minibar. The same details that appear throughout the hotel, but in a more generous spatial context.
Why the Hot tub matters more than it seems
A Hot tub in a hotel room can mean many things. In some cases it’s a decorative element that ends up unused. In others, like the Martini at El Zarzo, it’s the core of a rest experience that no other room category in the hotel replicates.
The integrated bathtub invites a different pace of stay. It’s not the room you leave to explore all day without stopping. It’s the space you return to with intention: after a night at the rooftop, at the end of a day walking through Provenza, or simply because the afternoon allows it. That purposeful return is what distinguishes a well-thought-out Hot tub room from one that merely has the plumbing.
In Medellín, with its temperature between 18 and 26 degrees and natural light that comes in differently depending on the hour, that experience has additional value. It’s not a beach resort Hot tub. It’s a bathtub in a temperate mountain city, with the sounds of the neighborhood drifting in from outside. Different.
The Martini as a space for couples
The Martini room is the natural choice for couple trips with any special element: anniversary, birthday, honeymoon or simply a weekend that deserves more than the usual.
Hotel El Zarzo has romantic plans available exclusively in the Negroni and Martini rooms. The most complete, the Full Plan, includes breakfast for two, a cheese board, rose petals, a bottle of wine, a romantic dinner for two and a 60-minute SCAPE couples massage. All coordinated by the hotel, with no separate arrangements needed from the guests.
The combination of the Martini with one of these plans gives a stay its own narrative: arriving, finding the room ready, having the bathtub available and knowing dinner and the massage are already set. It’s the kind of experience a boutique hotel can deliver with a level of attention that larger chains struggle to replicate.
To understand the concept behind the name and how each of the hotel’s three rooms has its own identity, the story of the Martini, Negroni and Old Fashioned rooms explains the full concept in detail.
Check Martini room availability at hotelelzarzo.com/en/rooms/.
Medellín as a destination for quiet luxury travel
Medellín has changed considerably over the past decade as a travel destination. The city the world knew for reasons it would rather forget has become a reference point for urban transformation, emerging gastronomy and quality hospitality. El Poblado, and Provenza specifically, concentrate the best of that new version of the city.
Luxury in Medellín doesn’t look like luxury in Miami or Mexico City. It’s more discreet, more human in scale. A 16-room hotel in a walkable neighborhood, a rooftop with views of the hills and a room with an integrated bathtub where time passes differently. No monumental lobby or excessive protocol. Personalized attention, design with intention and an interesting city right outside.
That’s the kind of experience the Martini room at Hotel El Zarzo offers. And in Medellín, that kind of luxury carries more value than in any other city in Colombia.
What makes the Martini different from other options in the city
Medellín has a broad accommodation offer in El Poblado. There are budget options, apart-hotels, international chains and some boutique properties. Within that landscape, the Martini room at El Zarzo occupies a specific place: not the largest room in the city or the most expensive, but probably the one that best combines design, location, personalized service and that integrated bathtub that makes the space memorable.
The Provenza location is part of the argument. Being in the heart of El Poblado’s most interesting neighborhood, with Zarzo Bar available in the same building and the sector’s best restaurants on foot, gives the Martini room a context that no isolated hotel can replicate.
Frequently asked questions
Does the Martini room at Hotel El Zarzo have a Hot tub or a bathtub?
The Martini room has an integrated bathtub. It’s not a hydrotherapy Hot tub but a design bathtub incorporated into the bathroom’s architecture, visible from the bedroom area and the central feature of the space.
How large is the Martini room?
The Martini room is 33 square meters, ten more than the hotel’s Negroni and Old Fashioned categories. It includes a king bed, integrated bathtub, Marshall speaker, Nespresso machine, Harney & Sons kettle, linen robes and minibar.
Are romantic plans available in the Martini room?
Yes. All three of the hotel’s romantic plans are available in the Martini room: Tejido de Amor, Gastronómica and Completa. The latter includes breakfast for two, cheese board, rose petals, wine, romantic dinner and a 60-minute couples massage.
How many Martini rooms does the hotel have?
Hotel El Zarzo has four Martini rooms out of a total of 16. It’s the category with the lowest availability, making early booking particularly recommended during high season or around special dates.
Does the Martini room have an exterior view?
The hotel’s rooms are designed with natural light. For specific information about the orientation and view of the available Martini room at the time of booking, contacting the hotel directly is recommended.
The Martini room isn’t for every trip. It’s for the ones with a concrete reason to be there: a date worth celebrating, a break that deserves more than the ordinary, or simply the decision that this time the accommodation is going to be part of the experience and not just where you leave your bags. Medellín has plenty to offer outside. The Martini offers something equally valid inside.
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