In the Cartagena vacation rental lottery, this bountiful bolthole is like hitting the jackpot.
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This is What We Love
- The decor details only possible from a top-notch interior designer's eye
- Who needs a bookshelf when you can shelves stocked with vintage whisky
- The beautiful black and white photographs that showcase Cartagena's rich past
- Being so central, in the midst of Cartagena's touristic highlights
- Having our favourite bars and restaurants on the doorstep
- A dining room that screams luxury banquet
- Staff that really know how to cook and understand service
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What you Need to Know
- This 7-bedroom house is made up of 1 twin, 1 superior suite, and 5 master suites
- This house can also be rented by the room during low season
- Breakfast is not included
- A bar on the second floor should be completed by mid-2016
- Guys only groups are asked to pay for a surcharge of 20%
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Written By
Rainbow Nelson
Founder of This Is Cartagena. I've been writing about travel in South America for Wallpaper*, VICE, WSJ Magazine, Jetsetter and the Robb Report for 20 years
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The Details
Number Of Bedrooms: 7 Bedrooms
Optimum Occupancy: 16
Beds: 9
Price: $2,500.00/Night
Price (High Season): $3,488.00/ night (rates) ?Rates for colonial and luxury houses during Cartagena’s high season can vary considerably. The high season rate for this property applies for bookings between Dec 15 - Jan 15
High season
Dec 15- jan 15
Address: Centro, Calle Santos de Piedra, Cartagena, Colombia
Neighbourhood: El Centro
Rating: This is Cartagena
WHY THIS IS CARTAGENA
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With Us, The City's Yours
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Concierge Services
Arriving in a new country can be daunting. To make you feel right at home we’ll …
Quality Assurance
We’ve slept in every bed in town and have hand-picked a blissful collection of C…
Insider Intel
We really do know Cartagena better than anyone. Our talented team of local insid…
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With Us, The City's Yours
We've got more than just the keys to your house. Our talented team of local insiders has hand-picked the very best Cartagena has to offer. From tailor-made tours and bona fide experiences to the best places to stay, eat and play in Cartagena. We've got the keys to Cartagena, and we'll leave them under the welcome mat for you
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Concierge Services
Arriving in a new country can be daunting. To make you feel right at home we’ll send out a member of our Cartagena travel team to check you in and get you plugged into the Caribbean groove
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Quality Assurance
We’ve slept in every bed in town and have hand-picked a blissful collection of Cartagena’s top pads that will make you yawn with yearning. We even up the specs at most places with complimentary airport transfers and a breakfast of champions served fresh every day on all of our vacation rentals
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Insider Intel
We really do know Cartagena better than anyone. Our talented team of local insiders has cherry-picked the very best the city has to offer so you can experience Cartagena like a local. We’re on-the-ground, all-year-round so we can share with you all of our favourite things to do and places to eat, drink and relax
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THE LOWDOWN
Amenities
- Air Conditioning
- Family rooms
- Swimming Pool
- Rooftop Terrace
- Jacuzzi
- TV
- Wi-Fi
- Concierge Service
- Room service
- Lounge bar
- Safe Deposit Box
- Non-smoking
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FULL LISTING
Ironic since it was occupied in the 16th century, by Anglo-colonial crusader (the locals call him a pirate) Sir Francis Drake, who 'camped' out here after sacking the city in 1586.
A seriously handsome house with show-stopping details, Casa Higo, can only be accused of modesty in terms of the number of bedrooms - the house only has seven rooms - we'd love more.
The magnificent seven, however, are totally in keeping with a house that places quality over quantity and avoids any 'who-gets-stuck-with-this-room' scenario, an issue in other less lavish vacation rentals.
Thankfully for lucky guests at this property, the house's owners avoided the temptation to squeeze more rooms in.
Even the traditionally bland twin room offering is sexed up wonderfully with two queen beds, sleek four-poster masts and sophisticated design touches.
The smallest room practically requires a hoist up to reach the blissful bed that dominates the glorious sun-lit space. There are two split-level suites with fancy bespoke chaise longues. Need we say more?
The remaining five master suites are spacious, designer knockouts, thanks to the French owner's mother who could outdo Coco Chanel when it comes to stylish use of monochrome.
The top floor rooms are true heartbreakers, equipped with a walk-in wardrobe and jacuzzi bath - talk about having some serious Je ne sais quoi.
The emerald ground floor pool - deliciously inviting with a backdrop stonewall water feature - clashes ever so beautifully with the rest of the mansion's two-tone colour scheme.
The contrast is even greater when you are perched on the living room's balcony with the Santa Catalina de Alexandria Cathedral's burning red and orange cupola flirting outrageously in sight.
Boasting what's probably Cartagena's most insanely picturesque, baroque backdrop, the rooftop plunge pool provides the cherry on top of this pretty, Oreo-themed cake.
There's no need to think that all tropical fun is taking place outside Casa Higo's walls, there's a charismatic toucan called Francois to remind you that you’re in the middle of the Caribbean – not the French Riviera.
LOCATION
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Centro
Cartagena's nerve centre serves up breathtaking colonial architecture, the city's top attractions, finest hotels, eateries and drinking dens as well as being the administrative and cultural heart of the city.
Centro has lost none of its importance thanks to the universal lure of its colonial pomp and the concentration of government buildings, hotels, tourist attractions, bars and restaurants in the area.
Cartagena's finest hotels and restaurants have taken over the uber-casas built by slave traders and Spanish plunderers in the 17th century.
The richest residents knocked up stunning two and three-storey mansions by the westernmost tip of the walled city, where they bagged the sea breeze and first whiff of pirates. Today only those at the very top of Colombia's rich list can afford to maintain these opulent houses in their original residential state.
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