The Most Romantic Honeymoon Destinations to Book in Colombia
The country that gave us literary genius Gabriel García Márquez exudes all the magical realism of his stories. Check in to these boltholes in Colombia – bookable with Culture Trip – and fall in love with your other half all over again.
The landscapes of this Latin American beauty are wonderfully romantic: you can’t point your camera without capturing images of Spanish-colonial fortresses, their rusting cannons still looking out for pirates from the Caribbean. There are snow-capped sierras hiding ruined Pre-Colombian cities in their steep and steamy cloud forests. And don’t miss the coffee farms and villages of lush ridges dripping with waterfalls. From Cartagena to the Caribbean island of Providencia, the country has plenty of boutique hotels and intimate beach hideaways to base yourself for an exploration à deux.
1. Casa Harb
Boutique Hotel, Hotel, Luxury
Right next to the sea on tiny San Andrés island, Casa Harb feels like a millionaire’s Caribbean escape turned boutique hotel. There are only six rooms – in light creams and beiges – decked out with Indonesian hardwood and rattan-weave furniture. The whole ensemble is gathered around a pool patio pink with bougainvillea. It’s all tailor-made for romantic intimacy, with huge step-down baths, or tubs for two inside the bedrooms. There’s a decent beach adjacent – or get the hotel to provide golf carts and explore the white-sand strands further north.
2. Hotel San Pedro de Majagua
Hotel
Set on a tiny Caribbean cay in the Rosario archipelago off Cartagena, the San Pedro de Majagua is reassuringly remote. Casitas are simple – with plain thatch-roofed bedrooms in whitewash and floor tiles with a few furnishings – and they open onto a hammock-festooned terrace as well as a pristine beach. Gentle turquoise waves lap the shore, and there’s a coral reef in swimming distance. Eating revolves around the hotel’s al fresco, toes-in-the-sand restaurant – and you’ll also find a few beach-shack options. Your honeymoon couldn’t be more serene, looking up at after-dark skies filled with stars.
4. Anandá Boutique Hotel
Boutique Hotel, Chain Hotel
The setting: a striking, balcony-fronted colonial mansion right in the heart of old Cartagena – with bell towers and cobbles all around. Yep, the Ananda feels Romancing the Stone Colombian. Rooms have heavy beams and polished floors, opening onto Juliet balconies. Beds are draped in quality cotton linens. There’s a spa, atrium pool surrounded by abundant foliage and a beautiful rooftop terrace with jacuzzis, a cocktail bar and views of the sun sinking over terracotta roof tiles. The location couldn’t be better – the city sights and scores of restaurants and bars are an easy stroll away.
5. One Santuario Natural
Eco Hotel, Luxury
Surrounded by tropical forest, on the banks of a limpid river with the snow-capped Sierra Nevada mountains hovering overhead… the Santuario is in a beautiful, isolated location. Luxurious, round, thatch-roof casitas are inspired by traditional circular designs used by the local Kogi indigenous people – one of Colombia’s last remaining extant pre-Colombian civilizations. Stays (with optional spa pampering and meditation) are your cue to relax, in peaceful surrounds where the loudest sounds are the trills of the jungle creatures and the murmur of the flowing river.
6. Four Seasons Hotel Casa Medina Bogotá
Boutique Hotel, Hotel
7. Hotel de la Ópera
Hotel
8. The Zephyr Room
Guesthouse
This double room inside a shared house on Providencia Island has the individual simplicity of an indie rental. The views from the balcony are five-star – look out over the little sandy beach and there it is, a turquoise sea speckled with reefs. The sitting room, kitchen and small pool (set right on the shore) are shared with other guests, together with a hammock-slung sundeck. The Maracaibo restaurant (which serves simple grilled fish) and Crab Cay islet (with some of Providencia’s best snorkeling) are close by, so romantic dinners are a cert.
This is a rewrite of an article originally by Anny Woolridge.
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