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Sneak Peek at The Cartagena de Indias Boutique Hotel

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Calle Vélez Danies 33 No. 4-39, Cartagena, Colombia
October 8, 2009 at 11:18 AM | by CourtScott | 0 Comments

Jaunted correspondent, Courtney Scott, was one of the very first guests to stay the night at Cartagena’s newest luxury boutique hotel, the Cartagena de Indias. Watch the video above as she takes you on a guided tour.

The six floors and 32 rooms of the Cartagena de Indias are sitting on prime real estate -- centered on a quiet street between Cartagena’s three bustling plazas and a five minute walk to some of the sexiest restaurants in the old city, including Oh La La, Don Juan and La Perla.

Although typical hotel amenities will not be fully operational until the November 11th grand opening nears, the rooftop infinity pool and Jacuzzi are both open and boast surreal 360 degree views that more than compensate for the lack of room service and WiFi.

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The Hotel Caribe Cartagena Looks Grand But Really Isn't

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Carrera 1a no 2-87, Cartagena, Colombia
March 10, 2009 at 2:33 PM | by The Lost Girl | 0 Comments

Last month, Amanda Pressner gave Jaunted a report on her jaunt down to Colombia. This week, she is giving HotelChatter reviews of the hotels she checked into during her trip. Any questions or suggestions about the Colombia Hotel Scene? Let us know. Enjoy.

In the Bocagrande section of Cartagena, a crook-armed, sea-level stretch of beach primed to sink under the weight of so many tightly-packed, modern high rises, you’ll find the Hotel Caribe, a pastel wedding cake of property that appears left over from another era, a earlier time when the wealthiest Colombians escaped the chill of Bogotá and Medellin to winter along the coast.

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A Holy Night's Stay at the Sofitel Cartagena Santa Clara

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Calle Del Torno 39-29, Cartagena, Colombia
March 9, 2009 at 4:52 PM | by The Lost Girl | 0 Comments

Last month, Amanda Pressner gave Jaunted a report on her jaunt down to Colombia. This week, she is giving HotelChatter reviews of the hotels she checked into during her trip. Any questions or suggestions about the Colombia Hotel Scene? Let us know. Enjoy.

There’s something a touch naughty about shacking up for the night in a 400-year-old former convent that once housed an order Clarisian nuns. You wonder, as you prepare to spend a weekend living in sin in a room transformed from the women's spartan sleeping quarters into a sexy, 500-thread count love den—what would the sisters say if they could see you now?

Fortunately, while staying at the Sofitel Cartagena Santa Clara may qualify as a religious experience (it’s widely considered the most luxurious hotel in the old city) there’s no need to act discrete or be on your best behavior.

What was once a nunnery in the 1600s, and then a charity hospital in the mid 19th century was painstakingly restored in 1994 and eventually turned into a five-star 121-room property that’s has hosted everyone from the King of Spain, Bill Gates and Mel Gibson to Jasser Arafat, Fidel Castro and Mick Jagger.

We can bet that no matter what kind of bad behavior you’ve got cooked up for your stay, you’ve already been trumped by one of these guys—so have at it.

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