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Hotel Marlin Cartagena

Calle de la Media Luna, Calle 35 No. 10 - 35 Cartagena, Colombia

TravelPod Member ReviewsHotel Marlin Cartagena

“It has a giant marlin”

secretseaton 12 contributions
Sydney, Australia Flag of Australia
May 21, 2011

Average hostel with average rooms at an average price. Nothing great but nothing diabolical either. But it DOES have a giant marlin above reception. Hell, everyone needs something a bit different, non?

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“Not as good as expected”

rodrigofdez 1 contribution
Punta Arenas, Chile Flag of Chile
Apr 28, 2011

Though the rooms are a bit unclean and you can hear everything that's going on in the corridor, the place is exactly what you need if you want to save money and are not going to spend much time inside the hotel.
It is located outside the old city walls, which is a disadvantage, and you have to walk through a quite scary park and a few blocks (if it is dark and you don't see many people on the streets, get a cab, they are cheap and you'll be doing yourself a favour).
The employees are very nice as most colombians tend to be.

One hint: If you want to party, don't miss the parties they throw at the hotel crossing the street!!

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“Hotel Marlin”

sullivo 10 contributions
Ireland Flag of Ireland
Sep 29, 2009

Not great. Pretty cheap and does have air-con, which is an advantage in Cartagena.

The staff sucked, were rude and tried to rob my lonely planet - nuff said.

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Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HostelHotel Marlin Cartagena

Cartagena Colombia

A travel blog entry by barrysarah

29

I'll keep this short because we're a month behind schedule on the old blogaroo and I'm pretty sure all you people care about is the photos anyway!

So Cartagena....Beautiful place. We bused it down from Santa Marta with our new English friends Charlie and Christian. We had 3 days there where we spent our time wandering through the old town …

Old Colonial Port

A travel blog entry by carlo_divita

22

Cartagena is a beautiful city - definitely the best city we have been to in South America and the old town area would beat most European cities too! The old town - surrounded by old stone walls to protect it from attack by sea - is full of narrow winding streets with buildings with brightly coloured facades and balconies overgrowing with greenery. …

Another colonial city...

A travel blog entry by danandloulou

12

Having made our way successfully but slowly across Panama City to Tocumen International Airport on a Red Devil, we just had time for a quick coffee (and bacon and egg sarnie for Dan) before we boarded the plane that was taking us out of Central America and into Colombia. It was cheaper for us to transit through Bogota than fly directly up to …

Mud, glorious mud!

A travel blog entry by dcinternational

25

Cartagena, a beautiful Colombian colonial city. A good place to to make first impressions of this new and supposedly infamous country.

Unfortunately, despite being picturesque, lively, and full of activity it took only about an hour to spoil our impressions by an attempted pickpocketing. No harm done other than to Columbia´s reputation but …

Cartagena, the Latin American - New Orleans

A travel blog entry by gypsylifestyle

48

We arrived in Cartagena after a short 5 hour bus ride. We stayed in a hostel just oustside the "inner" walled historic district (5 blocks away). The city is just beautiful! If you've ever been to New Orleans and Disneyland’s New Orleans Square, well.... imagine a city as beautiful as the one in Disneyland.

The city was full of …

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