Caribe Hotel, Cartagena

I stayed at this hotel back in May of 2010 for four day and it was great. Great staff and great service. I will definitely come back to this same hotel.

It is a great hotel. It is clean. The staff is very nice. The rooms are very comfortable and if u have any concerns the managers will be more than pleased to help you to make your stay the most pleasant one. The food is great. You can enjoy of many things, They even have a mini zoo. I can't wait to go back!

We did not like the buffet that was included with the rooms. The area is not air conditioned where the food is served and the food is laying out with any covers for the food or refrigeration. While the setting is pleasing, one has to wonder when eating fish and or salad items that are sitting for hours out on a table with out any type of cooling area for the food. The taste of the food left something to be desired as well. The location was nice and the view of the ocean through the small windows was good as well.

My partner and I just returned from a one week all-inclusive trip to Cartagena, Colombia. We booked through Go Travel Direct and stayed at the Hotel Caribe (4 star resort). We had a wonderful time and we are already talking about going back. The hotel is quite old but it is well taken care of. Our room was nice and had lots of character. It had the basics - king size bed, television, small table and chairs, stocked mini fridge ($$), room safe, closet, washroom. The pool is large and kept very clean with plenty of lounge chairs surrounding it. Beside the pool area is the main restaurant which serves a buffet meal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The food was quite good. We ate mostly at the buffet but decided to eat at the BBQ/grill restaurant one night. There is also a fancier restaurant which we didn't try. We never went hungry - there was always plenty to choose from. The resort itself is unlike other resorts I have been to. For instance, if there was an entertainment team, they certainly didn't make much of an effort to keep the guests busy/entertained - which I think is a good thing. Guests were left on their own to relax by the pool or participate in tours or explore on their own. Also, although the resort is very close to the beach, it is not a beach resort. Most beaches in South America are public and the fact that Cartagena is a popular vacation destination for South Americans means that the beaches are busy. Vendors rent chairs out on the beach and sell whatever they can to make a few extra bucks. We took a walk along the beach one day but didn't spend much time there during our stay. We chose to take 2 tours offered through Go Travel Direct. The Old City Tour was our favourite. We saw the giant wall that surrounds the old city, the fortress, and a monastery which is the highest point in the city. We got a good sense of the layout of Cartagena and saw some interesting historical sites. The other tour we took was the Mud Volcano Tour. The Totumo volcano is dormant and people can visit and bathe in the mud in the volcano. I decided not to go in but my partner did and he enjoyed it. We spent a great deal of time wandering around the old part of the city exploring. We took a cab to and from our hotel which was only about $4000 pesos ($2 US) each way. Cartagena was very safe and the locals were extremely friendly. We shopped, visited the museum of modern art, saw a lot of beautiful old buildings, and enjoyed dinner out at nice restaurants a couple of nights. There were a lot of vendors everywhere we went but we just said 'no thank you' and they left us alone. Some people may find this annoying but we just got used to it. We found that the majority of locals did not speak much or any English. And we do not speak Spanish - but we managed to get by. It was a challenge but also kind of fun. All in all we had a wonderful experience. The weather was fantastic and we loved exploring. Towards the end of our stay we felt familiar with the city and we were sad to leave.

Under construction, lots of noise and bad service. Don't go there... many other places around with better facilities. Wifi Internet servide was down for hours everyday but I was charged for entire week. Phone did not work and several ligths in the room were burned out and never replace in the week we were there after reporting several times. Breakfas buffet was not very good at all, old fruit and bad meat. Think twice!!!

Iwas there in 1979.Female, early 20'S. I was so happy!Nothing could of made me happier.I loved the gardens with the colorful birds. I felt like I was in Heaven! the restaurant in the hotel, I had the best steak ever, in my whole life. Every thing was a dream, the room the casino,pool and the horse and buggy right outside the hotel that took us for a ride on a gorgeous night! It was a time of my life I will alway's cherish. I can't wait to go back there soon especially to see all the changes that have been made. I thank you from the bottom of my heart!