Hotel Or Opitours — Hotel in Cartagena

This hotel has its pros and cons:

Pros:

-If you're seeking an affordable place within a short walking distance to the beach, this hotel is an excellent choice. Boca Grande beach is just a 3-5 minute walk away.

-The neighborhood is safe and offers convenient access to amenities like banks, shops, and restaurants. It's also easy to find transportation to the city center within 10-20 minutes.

Cons:

While they provide daily room cleaning, the sheets won't be changed unless you specifically request it. The air conditioning doesn't have an automatic shut-off, leading to uncomfortably cold nights, especially since there are no comforters. Curiously, they keep tight control over the towels, as if they're afraid they'll be stolen. Your towels often disappear as soon as you step out. The hotel enforces numerous rules, giving the impression of being confined in a restrictive environment such as a jail. For each visitor you have, there's a charge of 70,000 COB before they're allowed to enter your room. This policy applies even if it's just a brief 1-hour massage, which can become quite costly if you have many friends visiting. Additionally, the staff's attitude towards visitors can be quite impolite. Complimentary bottled water is not provided. The breakfast experience is quite underwhelming and minimal. However, considering the price you pay, it's acceptable.

In conclusion, I would not choose to stay there again. Best of luck in your...

This tour is what is called tourist trap. Cost:300k COP.||We went in June 2022 to three different islands and the experience was as follows:||Boat and time of departure 5/5||Isla tintipan 4/5 beautiful island but too little time to stay there and enjoy the island.||Islote Santa Cruz: 0/5 the entrance fee is 10k COP and there’s a local who gives you a tour through streets where some people are drinking since 10 am. The last attraction was an improvised aquarium where there are 3-4 different species of fish for the tourist to take pics with. Poor life quality for those animals. Pretty sad experience.||Isla Múcura: it’s a gorgeous over exploited island that cannnot hold all the people these tour agencies take there. The beach is gorgeous but the water at the shore has hard rocks and coral so water shoes are recommended. Vendors are pushy and tourists have to pay 15k COP for the right to sit down near the shore. There is no room for you to place a towel if you don’t want to pay for a space at the beach. ||Food:3/4 fish is good. Rice is meh. Plantain is great. Salad is very little. Soda was missing.||Lastly, if you want to have a good time in any of these islands the best is to hire a boat early in the morning and come back before all the tours arrive to...

This small hotel in Bocagrande suited our purposes just fine! We stayed here for two nights. We love walking and had no trouble walking to the main historical sites of Cartagena from here. ||There is a huge selections of food for the included breakfast. Also there is a small swimming pool – so welcome after a hot day touring Cartagena. Furthermore, there are plenty of restaurants nearby. ||The front desk staff was very friendly and helpful, and one young lady in particular, who was extremely kind and patient with us, was getting quite fluent in English! ||The rooms are clean, quite small, and the shower water was rather lukewarm for us. ||The beach is a only a 5 minute walk away, and we enjoyed it briefly one evening but found out it strictly closes at 6 pm! ||I would highly recommend this for a safe, budget stay in the Cartagena area. Probably the best value...