It's a cosy cottage size, with four rooms that sleep up to eight people, so it's perfect for a low-key break for small holiday groups or families.
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This is What We Love
- It's a cosy option for small groups that never feels pokey
- Looking down at the pool from the quant balcony tops above
- The vintage inspired bathroom that's a welcome break to the sterile shower cubicles you get used of seeing on holiday
- Great restaurants literally on the doorstep - seafood specials El Boliche Cebichería, La Cevichería, Agua de Mar and the French trio of Montmartre, Frenchie and 1621 are all less than a block away
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What you Need to Know
- There are four bedrooms with 2 double beds and 4 singles. Which makes this a better spot for mixed groups rather than couples.
- There are no laundry facilities
- This property is not available during peak high season as the owner is in town
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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: 4 Bedrooms
Optimum Occupancy: 8
Beds: x
Price: $1,234.00/Night
Price (High Season): $1,234.00/ 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: San Diego, Calle Cochera del Hobo, Cartagena, Colombia
Neighbourhood: San Diego
Rating: This is Cartagena
WHY THIS IS CARTAGENA
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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
- TV
- Wi-Fi
- Safe Deposit Box
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FULL LISTING
Modest certainly doesn't apply to the décor and use of space. This place punches way above its petite size to deliver a stellar quality lux abode that brushes on the side of contemporary without completely losing its historical soul.
We love a good bathroom, and we certainly hit pot luck when we woke up for a shower at this place and stumbled across a stunning cast iron free standing bath in a warm tangerine toned room.
Lather up with a knockout view and bucket loads of natural light that will leave you more refreshed than any shower session you've had in your life.
Once you've freshened up, slap yourself on a sunbed and slip into holiday book mode while appreciating the cute balconies from your shady retreat.
Bedrooms are nicely edited with all the key essentials: A smooshy bed wrapped in finely woven sheets, an amazing view to bask in some vitamin D goodness without having to leave your bed and of course, plasma screen TVs.
The kitchen - note the nice electric blue cupboards - marks another sweet spot in the house. Congregate here for a salad mash up and get some copas down you before heading out to a night spots, the best of which are right on your doorstep.
LOCATION
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San Diego
A healthy mix of sub-cultures makes San Diego one of the most interesting and varied districts in the city, something reflected in its diverse gastronomic offering.
San Diego is formed by 16 blocks north of Calle de la Universidad de Cartagena and west of Calle San Agustin and Calle de la Moneda and stretches to the Baluarte de Santa Catalina and the walls that protect the city to the north.
Architecturally the houses are smaller and were built principally for the military, artisans and clergy. There are fewer of the two-or three-storey holiday homes for the ultra-rich that characterize the centre and you will still find traditional families living in some of the more modest houses in this part of town.
After Cartagena's moneyed classes swapped the claustrophobic centre for expansive mansions in Manga and later Bocagrande and Castillogrande in the mid-19th century it took the renovation of the former Santa Clara Monastery, converted for the hotel chain Sofitel into the city's pre-eminent hotel in 1995, to put this barrio back on the map.
Colombia's farandula, or celebrity set, has since colonized San Diego including John Leguizamo who bought a place here after filming Mike Nichols' Love in the Time of Cholera.
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