Nacar Hotel Cartagena, Curio Collection by HiltonvsHotel Casa Canabal by Faranda Boutique
Both properties are endorsed by professional reviewers. On balance, Tcherassi Hotel + Spa ranks slightly better than Casa Canabal Hotel Boutique. Tcherassi Hotel + Spa comes in at 78 with praise from 5 publications like Star Service, Travel + Leisure and Afar Magazine.
Nacar Hotel Cartagena, Curio Collection by Hilton
 Jetsetter
 Condé Nast Traveler
 Travel + Leisure
 Star Service
 Afar Magazine
 Afar Magazine
 Frommer's
 Mr & Mrs Smith
 Mr & Mrs Smith
Calle del Sargento Mayor N 6-21, Cartagena, Colombia
From $670,688/night
- Bar/Lounge
 - Free Internet
 - Room Service
 - Free Breakfast
 - Laundry Service
 - Concierge
 
 "Design-forward hipster haven in a converted colonial mansion, with a rooftop pool and an Italian restaurant." Full review
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Be sure to check out the 1536 Castillo San Felipe de Barajas — one of the largest Spanish forts in the New World.
 "Each of the seven oversized rooms has an open tropical feel and come with wood-beamed ceilings, artful touches such as bedspreads designed from dress labels, and walk-out balconies." Full review
 "Colombian designer Silvia Tcherassi converted a Spanish-colonial mansion in the Old City of this walled colonial hot spot into a cool, white-on-white urban escape." Full review
 "The Tcherassi Hotel & Spa is a dazzling boutique property created by fashion designer Silvia Tcherassi, one of the first Latin American designers to venture into the hotel world." Full review
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Some rooms lack balconies, so be sure to request accordingly.
 "The 42-room Tcherassi Hotel   Spa, the fashion designer’s second property in Cartagena, Colombia, is housed in a colonial mansion in the centro histórico." Full review
 "The seven-room Tcherassi Hotel and Spa is an ode to modernism set in a renovated 250-year-old mansion. Colombian-born fashion designer Silvia Tcherassi named each room after a fancy..." Full review
 "Owned by Colombian fashion designer Silvia Tcherassi, this super-stylish boutique hotel carved from a 250-year-old mansion is a perfect expression of the owner’s creative spirit." Full review
 "Mansión Tcherassi is a 400-year-old townhouse in historic Cartagena, recast with light-flooded contemporary interiors by award-winning fashion designer Silvia Tcherassi." Full review
 "Tcherassi Hotel & Spa is in the heritage-packed heart of Cartagena’s colonial core, but don’t expect a history lesson inside. Iron girders support a vertical garden in the courtyard, and..." Full review
Hotel Casa Canabal by Faranda Boutique
 Oyster
 Lonely Planet
Calle Tripita Y Media Cra 10. # 31-39, Cartagena 57, Colombia
From $93/night
- Free Internet
 - Room Service
 - Free Breakfast
 - Laundry Service
 - Concierge
 - Restaurant
 
Upper-middle-range
 "Casa Canabal Hotel Boutique is a contemporary three-and-a-half-pearl hotel in the hip Getsemani neighborhood, about a five-minute walk from the historic walled section of Cartagena." Full review
 "Luxury without absurd cost can be found at this Getsemaní bolthole where sleek design combines with old-world care from attentive staff." Full review