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Cartagena Slideshow
Top Hotels in Cartagena
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Almirante Cartagena
102 reviews -
Cartagena Hilton
140 reviews -
Hotel Caribe Cartagena
170 reviews
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Las Americas Beach Resort Cartagena
139 reviews
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Capilla Del Mar Global Hotel Cartagena
169 reviews
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Cartagena Plaza Hotel
133 reviews -
El Dorado Hotel Cartagena
113 reviews
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Sofitel Santa Clara Cartagena
220 reviews -
Charleston Cartagena Hotel
90 reviews
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Hotel Estelar Oceania Cartagena
41 reviews
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Bahia Hotel Cartagena
23 reviews
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Costa Del Sol Cartagena
116 reviews -
Hotel Lee Cartagena
23 reviews
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Hotel Playa Ltda Cartagena
22 reviews
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Solar Cartagena Suites Hotel
1 review
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Hotel Dann Cartagena
63 reviews
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Hotel Estelar Isla Tierrabomba Cartagena
5 reviews
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San Felipe Hotel Cartagena
8 reviews
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Regatta Cartagena Suites
57 reviews
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Monterrey Hotel Cartagena
34 reviews
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Isla Arena Beach Club Cartagena
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Cartagena Millennium
13 reviews
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Hotel da Pietro Cartagena
45 reviews
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Hotel San Martin Cartagena
31 reviews
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Hotel San Pedro de Majagua Cartagena
66 reviews
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Los Balcones de Badillo Hotel Cartagena
22 reviews
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Agua Hotel Cartagena
23 reviews
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Internacional Barahona Cartagena
2 reviews
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Bantu Hotel & Lifestyle Cartagena
76 reviews
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Hotel El Pueblito Cartagena
5 reviews
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Bovedas de Santa Clara Cartagena
21 reviews
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El Dorado Plaza Cartagena
55 reviews
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Hotel Charlotte - Cartagena de Indias
15 reviews
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Casa Pombo Cartagena
2 reviews
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El Marques Hotel Boutique Cartagena
18 reviews
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Casa Boutique Veranera Cartagena
77 reviews
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Hotel LM Cartagena
25 reviews
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San Pietro Hotel Cartagena
30 reviews
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Hotel 3 Banderas Cartagena
78 reviews
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Hotel-Hostal Santo Domingo Cartagena
18 reviews
Cartagena
Travel Blogs from Cartagena, Colombia
Sand gets everywhere...
This is a top pick! ... it's making me slightly uneasy... Adding to my paranoia is the fact that it is clear why people may want to invade Cartagena. Inside the wall, a narrow, maze of cobblestones wind between gentle, elegant plazas, each passage lined with an array of ...
You pick up the soap honey!!!
This is a top pick! ... I hate drugs I tell them, and I don't have my passport on because I am afraid to get robbed. And of course I love Colombia, there's no thieves here. But you still need police of course, they are very important, claro, and the police are very friendly. ...
Mud mud glorious MUD!!!!!!
This is a top pick! ... in sweltering heat and stink. Suprisingly we took the easy and quicker option and booked a flight from Panama City to Cartagena in the north of Colombia. It was the shortest flight, no sooner had we finished climbing it was time to land, perfect! We ...
Enjoying a mud bath....in the crater of a volcano
This is a top pick! ... went out for dinner. We had seen that there was an Australian place near to our hostel that was rated number 1 restaurant in Cartagena on TripAdvisor owing to the fact that its’ food was great value (you got loads) – just a hint of ...
The Most Beautiful City in South America
This is a top pick! ... are from and where you are going. So where are we now? Well, we are in the fascinating city of Cartagena which is located in northern Colombia on the shores of the Caribbean. The old walled city of Cartagena, or the historical quarters, is a ...
Sacking the fort and heading to the beach
This is a top pick! ... and we decided to take the value option of instead going to the fort (Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas - the greatest stone fortress in Cartagena) doing a bit of sightseeing then heading to the beach. We had a quick breako in bed of .... you guessed it, ...
Rum overload
This is a top pick! ... more as recently as 2003. And you thought the England team got a raw deal when they got home after messing up a game! Cartagena: A tropical flavoured Cusco? Anyway, we caught the bus from Santa Marta four hours along the coast to the walled city of ...
Hey Locombia, where's all the Gringos?
This is a top pick! ... the list that is. Warrants a visit if you ask me. Before I left Seattle I had already decided to go to Colombia, at least Cartagena on the Carribean coast, the colonial city legendary for it's history and beauty. I've read so much positive things ...
Cartagena
This is a top pick! ... that maybe the Colombians feel that they have enough drugs already and can do without any more being brought from outside. Cartagena We make our way from the airport to Cartagena, a lovely colonial city on the Caribbean coast. Our shelter here is ...
Revisiting The Old Walled City
This is a top pick! I finally left the beach bum life behind in Taganga only to go to yet another beach. I came back to Cartagena to take better photos than the ones I made four years ago and also go to Playa Blanca; said to be Colombia's most beautiful ...
Wallowing in mud - our last days
This is a top pick! ... . We'd have to come to terms with it over the next four days, there'd be some grieving to do... Cartagena, situated on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, is a historic port town founded in 1533 by the Spanish conquistadores, for whom it was the gateway ...
A Silent Night in Cartagena
This is a top pick! ... the bags, locked up the room and headed in to the walled city to take a look around and get some food. Firstly, Cartagena really is a beautiful city and it fully warrants its’ UNESCO World Heritage Site status. Within the walled city (Old ...
The venga (chiva) bus is coming
This is a top pick! ... would process the films for us for 3 pounds each and within 90 minutes, great. We found the only McDonalds in Cartagena and escaped from the stifling heat (it was blisteringly hot before noon) in to the cool and welcoming air conditioning and sat ...
Ever Been to Sea, Ellie? Arrgh!
This is a top pick! ... Older folks all, a few in their 70's, but most, probably in their 80's. They tramp through the humid streets of Cartagena's old city, where minutes into any walk your clothing becomes soaked with sweat. I'm sitting in Parque de Bolivar watching ...
where's all the coke?
This is a top pick! ... and they print you a ticket telling you the price you are expected to pay, if I was leaving to go into town I would've seemed out some public transport though. The tourist boards slogan sums up Colombia for me well, "The only risk, is wanting to ...
Comatose in Cartagena
This is a top pick! We woke up with a stinking hangover, and couldnt get out of bed. I found a note which said "Very look in you new life, your friend in Colombian, Georg and Nancy". Erica got up at 12 and we watched some Planet Earth. We had something to eat at ...
I knew it. I couldn't stay away!
This is a top pick! I am finally back in Colombia. This time only for a 3 weeks visit. Starting in Cartagena de Indias. I couldn't stay away for more than 18 months from this beautiful country on this beautiful continent. I really had other plans this year. Maybe tasting a ...
Caribbean Columbia!
This is a top pick! ... the wind gets up and the heavens open. Fortunately the crossing is still flat and it is quite nice watching the lightning over Cartagena. Wander around the old town at night where its a lot busier than the afternoon and lots of shops open. See a ...
¡Guerrillas + Paramilitaries + Drug Cartels Oh My!
This is a top pick! Cartagena, Colombia - Looking at a road map of the Americas you might notice the Pan-American Highway, which effectively runs almost uninterrupted from Circle, Alaska (100 kilometers south of the Arctic Circle) to Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost city ...
SOUTH AMERICA !!!!
This is a top pick! ... mention I hate sailboats. We all smell. Monday, Dec 20 -- Just after midnight, we arrived at the Yacht Club in Cartagena, Colombia. We will be off this damn boat first thing in the morning after the immigration guy processes our passports. The first ...
All good things come to those who wait!!
This is a top pick! ... 5 / 6 days! And to pee on a toilet was a pleasure, next up was a cold coke - divine !! We are staying here in Cartagena for a few days checking out the Old Town and maybe visiting a mud volcano which is nearby - we shall write again when we have some ...
A colourful, colonial city
This is a top pick! ... in the old town scatter for what seems like forever - it does feel like two totally different worlds. Our first night in Cartagena was as you know spent on the boat, floating on the waters of the marina that night and looking across the waters ...
Cartagena's Charms and Challenges
This is a top pick! ... Bistro, and a good night's sleep in a small family-run hotel, the next morning painted quite a different picture. Yes, Cartagena is Colombia's largest port and by association is an important but dirty industrial centre. However, it is easy to forget the ...
The fruitless search for factor 30
This is a top pick! We woke up somewhat late (well the lady did) and we watched a Planet Earth before wandering back into town. Although most of the shops were shut we were nearly out of suncream (except for the tanning oil given to us by R&E in Asia, (Erica edit: ...
Feliz Cumpleanos Dave and a long story!
This is a top pick! Next morning have a lie in and give Dave his little pressies. FEw of us then sit in reception to watch the England v Ecuador match. Must admit am glad we are not in Ecuador anymore as would feel bit scared! Flukely manage to win although painful match ...
Old Town Cartagena
This is a top pick! ... itself to be a quite fun and pleasant city ... actually one of the safer places I`ve walked around, believe it or not. Cartagena`s Old Town is one of the most amazing colonial towns I`ve been to .. by far much better than Antigua Guatemala and Granada ...
Back in the land of
This is a top pick! ... , but I couldn't buy another necklace. And truly wanted to be left alone for my remaining time there. And then I landed back in Cartagena, which I have described above. I haven't heard so many 'Hey you's since I was in Africa. But that's a tourist town ...
Goodbye Colombia, Hello 24 Hour Bus To Caracas.
This is a top pick! ... , but the sticking point was the price of airfares to Caracas - $1,000. The express bus would take us from Cartagena in Colombia, over the border, and onto Caracas in Venezuela for $200, without changing buses. After some internet and Lonely Planet ...
Countdown to Christmas in Colombia
This is a top pick! ... our final few days in Colombia leading up to Christmas at a very pleasant family-run hotel in the Getsemaní barrio of Cartagena. Martha and Alberto, and their daughter Daniela, at the Hotel Villa Colonial have looked after us very well, and we would ...