When we first arrived, I automatically wanted to give this Motel a five stars just ‘cuz its charming appeal. It felt like a nice, quiet, little “vecindario”. Check in was old school… a bit slow, and the check in time is strictly 3pm. No flexibility if you arrive at 2:30 like we did. Upon entering the room you could tell they didn’t really spend much time trying to bring this place to a new decade. The beds were so soft that if you lay a bit to the corners you’ll slide right off. Not a good thing when I’m a corner of the bed sleeper. Felt I was sleeping on a cliff! If you go in the winter, you won’t need the little, yet powerful, fan they have hidden in the closet… however, you will be bothered by the clanking of the heater in the room. At least room 40 had a clanking during the night, and a sound of gas escaping the heater. Perhaps one of the most annoying, if not the only, thing about the Marina Motel is the parking. Yes everyone has their own “designated” parking spot… but if someone takes the spot under your room, it becomes a hassle. Especially if big TRUCKS are parked on the side parkings and you can’t make your way around them. Or perhaps what’s even more annoying is having the gentleman from the front desk call you yelling, while you’re having cocktails, that your car is facing the wrong way in the parking spots at the side of the building, and then abruptly hangs up. Well, if LARGE CARS weren’t blocking the other side we could’ve parked correctly. Other than that, if you have a problem, don’t worry… one of the ladies who works there will happily pick up the phone at 2 am (not from her bed sleeping) to answer any of your questions. Yeah, no one works the front desk after late evening. Location is great to most sightseeing… if they’re open.