Blue Apple Beach

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.