Cartagena Palms

A staffed villa more than a home rental -- this is as close as you can get to a private hotel, with a talented chef making incredible breakfasts, cold face towels on arrival, and daily housekeeping. The house is gorgeous and perfectly maintained, in a great part of the city center (around the corner from one of the best restaurants in town too!). Bring earplugs, though: locals here are known to party late and street noise carries, even though it's a quieter and residential block.

My group came on a bachelorette trip and wow were are expectation exceeded. The house was very spacious with lots of rooms and space for everyone to have their own area. The house was kept very clean and attended to very well by the house staff. The breakfast served every morning was delicious and the chef that cooked us dinner on one of our nights in was out of this world, best food all weekend. Overall the house was very central to everything in the old town and walkable as well. I would like to highlight that the top two things about a the trip were our concierge Maya and our driver Ivan. Maya went above and beyond for us to make sure our stay was perfect and that all the decorations were set up perfect for us when we arrived to really give that wow factor. She helped with restaurant recommendations, booking a private bartender, chef and overall facilitating a smooth trip. Now I want to thank Ivan as well for making us feel so safe and protected while getting around, we loved him!

Can’t recommend this place more. We were meet with fresh squeezed local fruit juices. Miquel and Margaret were there every morning to cook breakfast and answer questions and help with anything we wanted. We had the in house cook prepare dinner for us the first night which was out of this world and very affordable for a group of 9. Place was immaculately clean with everything we needed. Great roof top pool/hot tub and barbecue space. Each room nicely air conditioned which is important in Cartagena because it is so hot and humid all the time. Good communication before from the host and during the trip we had Miquel’s what’s app number for any concerns. Would give 10/5 stars!