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The Best Resorts in Cartagena

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The best resorts in Cartagena, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide and The 50 have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Four Seasons Cartagena comes out on top.

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  1. A Four Seasons spread across a collection of restored colonial landmarks in Getsemaní, with tropical gardens, sea views, and eight restaurants and bars to choose from, including one inside a 1920s building designed by a French architect. Two rooftop pools, a spa, fitness classes, and a hair salon round things out. The neighborhood outside is one of Cartagena's most interesting, and the hotel will happily arrange ways to see it for you.


  2. Twenty minutes by boat from Cartagena, this eleven-room boutique hotel on Tierra Bomba takes its cues from south-of-France beach clubs: rosé, a DJ spinning afro-latino beats, and a turquoise-tiled pool ringed by sunbeds. After dark the party clears out and the place turns quietly yours. Rooms come with private terraces, many with hammocks and plunge pools, and there's a PADI scuba center for the coral reef just offshore.

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  3. You arrive by boat from Cartagena, which is itself half the point. Hotel Las Islas is a thatched-bungalow resort on the island of Barú, inside a national park, where the rooms either hang in the tree canopy or open directly onto the Caribbean. The bungalows run generous and come with Hermès bath products, because nature immersion and five-star comfort are apparently not mutually exclusive. Snorkeling, diving, and kayaking fill the hours the hammock doesn't.

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