Cartagena Hotels and Rental Apartments

[Web Connect]

I'd like the same info if someone can PM Juan's contact info (or does he have a website? I don't see it in this forum (I skimmed back to 2014).

I don't think there is a need to PM the info, because from what I understand Juan has a good reputation on this site.

http://www.venpro.net/fotosapartamentos/

He also has some other apartment / condos listed on AirBnB and said if you contact his directly the prices could be cheaper than what is listed on AirBnB.

This page shows 7 of of his listings: https://www.airbnb.com/s?host_id=21897102.

[Drf1987]

I am looking for the same information for this coming July.

I would need a good internet connection.

I stayed at the Hotel San Felipe last month. It was $12.00 to take a girl up. The hotel was okay maybe 2.5 or 3 out of 5 stars. Only 3 minute walk from the Clock tower. I also had one session at a hotel with in the Clock tower plaza also. The cost was only $4.00 and it was clean and good enough to take care of business. I will say the San Felipe pictures look a lot better than the actual building and the area can be noisy in the morning but it didn't bother me as my main objective was fulfilled hot chicas!

[Rumpus]

Can anyone PM Juan's contact information and experience with his apartments. Where are his apartments located and how much he charges? Is there a website link to the apartments?

I'd like the same info if someone can PM Juan's contact info (or does he have a website? I don't see it in this forum (I skimmed back to 2014).

Has anybody stayed at the Hampton Inn (Calle 8 San Martin)? Hampton is quite generic in the states, but it looks well located. Chica-friendly?

[Web Connect]

Looking for some girl friendly hotels preferably near the Clock tower. Can anyone provide a list or hotels they've stayed at that allowed girls in that area?

I am looking for the same information for this coming July.

I would need a good internet connection.

[Member #4398]

Can anyone PM Juan's contact information and experience with his apartments. Where are his apartments located and how much he charges? Is there a website link to the apartments?

[SlamCity7777]

Big thanks for the list! I am planning a non monger trip and wanted to find a nice hotel or apartmente. Great place to start! Gracias Cerebro!

Does anybody have any tips or avoid notes on any hotel or apt? This would help weed out the dreges.

Since the websites in Colombia only last until the server pays the server, I am putting the listing from http://www.manualdehoteles.com/caribe/cartagena.htm on words just in case the website goes out of service. I also added on the list...

[CarnifeXXX]

Looking for some girl friendly hotels preferably near the Clock tower. Can anyone provide a list or hotels they've stayed at that allowed girls in that area?

[Miami Bob]

I am importing my chica from Medellin and the Hotel Dann has some great specials so I will be there.

Exchanging money? Safe, ease and good rate? At airport is there any special place? Near hotel, is there any specific place? My visa after fees is exchanging at just under $2900=us $1.

Citibank or other recommended ATM near Hotel Dann?

Sim card purchase at airport or near hotel. Looking for easy more than to save us $2.

Hotel for airport pick-up wants cop $29,000. + tax. Which cab or airport car services are reliable, safe and reasonably priced?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Bob

[Miami Bob]

I am making a reservation for two and using my paisa friend name on the reservation.

I should not have any issues?

My paisa lovely will leave the day before I leave and of course, if she leaves any leche, I will likely go to find a lovely chica at LDV. How can I minimize problems at the hotel Dann?

[Member #4398]

Since the websites in Colombia only last until the server pays the server, I am putting the listing from http://www.manualdehoteles.com/caribe/cartagena.htm on words just in case the website goes out of service. I also added on the list the Hotel Pueblito Playa (#19):

1) Hotel BARAHONA 446 Av. San Martin (57) (5) 665 27 34 - 665 61 44 - 665 13 49.

446@hotelesbarahona.com www.hotelesbarahona.com.

20 habitaciones con aire acondicionado, TV cable, teléfono, internet WIFI, restaurante. Bar, lavandería, miniba. Cafe Barahona.

2) Hotel INTERNACIONAL BARAHONA Av. San Martin No. 4 - 110 (57) (5) 665 16 46 - 665 8968.

internacional@hotelesbarahona.com www.hotelesbarahona.com.

22 habitaciones con aire acondicionado, TV cable, teléfono, internet WIFI, restaurante. Bar, lavandería, minibar.

3) HOTEL COSTA DEL SOL Bocagrande Av. 1 a. Calle 9 a esquina ventas why reservas: (57) (5) 665 0866 - 665 3576.

Telefonos: (57) (5) 665 08 44 - 665 08 35 Fax:(57) (5) 665 3755 - Cel. 313 532 0867 reservas@hotelcostadelsolcartagena.com www.hotelcostadelsolcartagena.com 19 habitaciones, internet, televisor LCD, terraza al Mar., espacios mas modernos why acogedores, gastronomía llena de creatividad, servicio de taxi, cage internet, centro de negocios, salones de eventos, servicio de lavandería, carpas en la playa, sala de belleza, agencia de viajes, piscina.

4) Hotel CAPILLA DEL MAR Bocagrande, carrera 1 ra. No. 8 - 12.

(57) (5) 665 11 40 - 650 15 00 reservas@capilladelmar.com www.capilladelmar.com.

5) Hotel CARTAGENA PREMIUM Bocagrande Avenida San Martíand No. 11 - 113, frente a la base naval.

PBX: (57) (5) 655 19 99 telefax. : 665 30 35 celulares: 300 310 80 26 - 318 556 04 22 direccion@hotelcartagenapremium.com.

www.hotelcartagenapremium.com 22 pisos, 140 modernas habitaciones, minibar, TV cable, plasma TV, aire minisplit, cajilla de seguridad, room services, restaurante, cafeteria, piscina panorámina, jacuzzi, bar mirador, salones de eventos, centro de negocios WI FI, asensores panorámicos, servicio de lavanderia, agencia tour operadora, parqueadero abierto.

6) Hotel CENTENARIO Getsemaní Avenida del centenario No. 30 - 40 segundo piso.

(57) (5) 664 82 76 cel. : 301371 70 54 hotelcentenario@gmail.com www.hotelcentenariocartagena.com.

Habitaciones con baño, aire acondicionado, TV cable, cocina, sala de.

Internet why WI FI. Ambiente familiar, excelente servicio why buenos precios.

7) Hotel SAN NICOLÁS DEL MAR La matuna Calle 34 No. 11 - 15 Cartagena.

PBX (57) 5 6600327 Cel: 315 727 88 20 hotelsannicolas@hotmail.com www.hotelsannicolasdelmar.com.

8) Hotel SAN SEBASTIAN REAL Carretera la cordialidad No. 95 - 28 terminal de transportes (57) (5) 652 54 7.

9) APARTAHOTELES EL LAGUITO Laguito Edif Tres Carabelas L-17 Teléfonos (57) (5) 6658873.

10) Hotel PEGASO Un hotel que sabe lo que usted necesita. Bocagrande Av. San Martíand No. 13 - 89.

(57)(5) 665 40 40 - 655 17 83 Fax: (57)(5) 655 17 83 info@hotelpegasocartagena.com.

11) CARTAGENA REAL Avenida del Malecóand No. 10 - 150 665 5555 - 665 0945 - 665 3766 Reservas Telefax: 665 5590 - A. A. 8198.

12) CASA CASTEL BED & BREAKFAST Manga Av. De la Asamblea Calle 25 A No. 21 A - 72 (57 - 5) 660 99 89.

Cel. (+57) 311 651 19 99 castel@cartagenacastel.com.

13) CASA GRANDE HOTEL Cra. 1 No. 9-128 Bgde (57) (5) 6653943.

14) CASA INDIA CATALINA. CASA BOUTIQUE Centro calle del Coliseo No. 5 - 67.

(57)(5) 664 43 61 Cel. : 316 694 85 43 - 316 694 85 50 casaindiacatalina@gmail.com.

15) HILTON CARTAGENA El Laguito Cra. 1 No. 4 - 00 (57) (5) 665 0666.

16) HOSTAL BALCON DEL GETSEMANI Get 29-76 P-2 Calle de La Sierpe (57) (5) 6642105.

18) HOSTAL LEONELA Bgde Cra. 3 No. 7-142 Teléfonos (57) (5) 6654761.

19) Hotel Pueblito Playa Av. San Martíand, No. 4-115, Bocagrande, Cartagena de Indias.

http://www.hotelpueblitoplaya.com/ (57) + (5) 665 54 35 (57) + 300 600 9069.

312 601 6529 315 724 8377 hotelelpueblitoctg@yahoo.es info@hotelpueblitoplaya.com grupos@hotelpueblitoplaya.com.

85 k or 31 USD per night chica friendly, but a chica fee 45 K, clean hotel, nice beds, very close to Playa Hollywood.

20) HOTEL ALMIRANTE CARTAGENA Av. San Martin Calle 6 Esquina (57) (5) 6658811.

21) HOSTAL SANTO DOMINGO Centro Cra. 3 No. 33-46 Calle Santo Domingo (57) (5) 6642268.

22) HOTEL ANDES PLAZA Cra. 1 A No. 6-154 (57) (5) 6654000.

23) HOTEL BAHIA Bocagrande Calle 4 Cra. 4 Esquina (57) (5) 6650316.

24) HOTEL BARLOVENTO Bocagrande Cra. 3 6-23 (57) (5) 6653027.

25) HOTEL BOCAGRANDE DEL MAR Bocagrande Av. San Martíand No. 7 - 159 PBX (57 - 5) 665 44 35.

bocagrande@hotelesbarahona.com www.hotelbarahona.com.

26) HOTEL CAPILLA DEL MAR Cra. 1 No. 8-12 Esquina (57) (5) 6651140.

27) HOTEL CARIBE Bocagrande Cra. 1 2-87 (57) (5) 6650155.

28) HOTEL CARTAGENA PLAZA Bocagrande Cra. 1 a. No. 1 6-154 (57) (5) 6654000.

29) HOTEL CASA DEL ARZOBISPADO Centro calle del arzobispado No. 34 - 52 PBX: (57)(5) 664 41 62.

30) HOTEL CHARLOTTE CARTAGENA Bocagrande Cra. 2 7-126 (57) (5) 6659365.

31) HOTEL CLUB ISLA DEL PIRATA Islas del Rosario (57) (5) 6686155.

32) HOTEL COCOLISO ISLA RESORT Bgde Cra. 2 8-19 L-1 (57) (5) 6658884.

33) HOTEL COLONIAL Centro Calle 36 6-15 Calle San Agustin (57) (5) 6601432.

34) HOTEL COSTA DEL SOL Cra. 1 9-18 Av Malecóand (57) (5) 6650844.

35) HOTEL COSTA NORTE BEACH RESORT Anillo Via Km 2 (57) (5) 6567241.

36) HOTEL CHARLESTON Ctro Plaza Sta Teresa Cra. 3 A 31-23 (57) (5) 6649494.

37) HOTEL CHARLOTTEBgde Av San Martin 7-126 (57) (5) 6659298.

38) HOTEL the PRIETO Bocagrande. Cra. 3 4-101 (57) (5) 6651837.

39) HOTEL DECAMERON Bocagrande Cra. 1 10-80 (57) (5) 6654400.

40) HOTEL EL DORADO Bocagrande Cra. 2 4-41 (57) (5) 6656221.

41) HOTEL ESTRELLA DE MAR Bocagrande Av. San Martíand No. 4-46.

(57 - 5) 655 13 49 - 665 61 44 estella@hotelesbarahona.com www.hotelbarahona.com.

[Member #4398]

I found this website with some listing of hotels in Cartagena and other areas in Colombia:

http://www.manualdehoteles.com/caribe/cartagena.htm

Cerebro

[MikeMillen123]

What's up guys, I'm new here. I'm going to CTG in September for 4 days with a group of friends (5-6 guys total). Flights already booked. Staying Thursday-Sunday.

So I've done some research on this thread. I've read about the last 50 pages or so, and I can't seem to find the answer to my question:

Does anyone have any advice / guidance / connection on a 5-6 bedroom house / apartment that can be rented out?

I have Juan's website and email, and I am going to email him after I'm done here, but his website shows mostly 1-2 bedroom apartments.

I also checked AirBNB and VRBO, but most of these places say they come with a cook and staff, which we don't really need.

Also, I don't know how that works with having chicas coming back to the place and there's staff there.

Any advice you guys can give me would be super helpful.

Thanks

[Admin]

Greetings Everyone,

I have read several forum posts and received additional emails complaining about Aunsa's business practices, including allegations that he has been "renting" apartments that do not exist or that he does not own, and his repeated failures to return rental reservation deposits for said apartments.

Accordingly, I have revoked Aunsa's right to advertise or otherwise promote any apartment rentals or to post any other offers of commerce on the forum.

Please govern yourself accordingly.

Thanks,

Jackson

[Hioctane]

Sorry I wasn't able to post this sooner. I just got back from Colombia.

This is a warning about Aunsa aka "Ricky Shah" who claims to have apartments in Medellin and Cartagena. My friend and I needed an apartment in Cartagena for the Summerland festival early this year. Juan was asking double normal rates due to high season. This guy Aunsa claimed to have apartments for slightly below Juan's normal rates. He asked for $80 for a 2 bedroom apartment and wanted a 1 night deposit and a $100 refundable security deposit via Western Union. My friend was skeptical about sending WU to someone he didn't know. They agreed on $120 deposit. Fast forward to the day of rental. We got the apartment building but no apartment number. We had a long layover in Bogota and had a midnight flight. We called Ricky to let him know. He happened to be in Bogota and asked if we would like to meet for drinks. We were in the Santa Fe area and met up at the Calle 22 bus station. Ricky is about 5'11", pudgy, middle aged Arab looking guy with a British accent. He came with this young Colombian kid maybe 20 years old. Ricky tells us that is family is starting an apartment rental business in South America. Anyways, we go to the Santa Fe stripclubs for drinks. Even though, he supposedly made so much money, he never offered to pay a cent. He tells us that he has been a member of ISG for 8 years and that he personally knew Jackson and another mod. We are drinking and then he makes us another pitch. He has another 3 bedroom penthouse in the same building for $120. We talk it down to $100. He asked for another $140 for first night and additional deposit. He said to drop his name and my friend's name and the guard would let us into the apartment. If there was any problems we should call him. So we get to the building around 1 am. Lo and behind. The guard does not know of a Ricky nor are there any rentals in the building! We call Ricky but of course he does not pick up. My friend sends him an angry email. It is the middle of the night and all the hotels are booked due to high season. Some tout on the street pitched us apartments for rent. He gets on his phone and makes some calls. He gets us a 2 bedroom apartment for 400 k. It looked like someone's home who just left it so they could make some money. Seeing as there was no choice we stayed there the night. The tout said he would take us around in the morning to find another apartment. So the next day, Ricky replies to the email and says he doesn't know what happen and to give him 2 hours to sort this out. We ended booking a 1 bedroom (they rolled in another bed into the living room) for 300 k. About 5 hours later, he responds with no explanation. We call him a con and he said he would make it up to us. He offered us a refund of what my friend paid plus $100 for that one night rental so $360 in total. He gives us a WU confirmation code. Of course it was a fake code. More promises to check it out. Eventually he stopped responding to emails. I have a email trail to prove all this. Jackson, I hope you ban this user Aunsa and delete all his posts so other unsuspecting ISG users get sucked as well. If we get a refund, I will report back. I don't have high hopes.

[Otiers]

Mary Salence contacted me back and she has a guest friendly studio apt available at Mirador Del Laguito for $75/ night. I think I am going to go with that. Has anyone stayed there? Let me know. Thanks! This will be my last thread about my quest for an apartment LOL. Medellin is so much easier!

FYI, her name is Mery. I have known her for over 12 years and she is a nice person. I usually rent a 2 bedroom (1002) for $100 a night. She asks for more, but I usually stay for at least 10 days, so she gives me a break. Mirador del Laquito is a building about 8 years old. Building is quiet and a 5 minute walk to LDV. There is a small convenience store and pharmacy close by. The pool is usually quiet and overlooks the small lake looking towards Bocagrande.

A fun thing to do is sit outside around dusk and go fishing. Wait for a nice young lady to walk by, smile and then reel her in.

Enjoy your stay.