we enjoyed our stay at the centro hotel , Tatiana was super nice and helpful

Very good staff and location. The suites are confortable enough, only the breakfast is so-so. The price is good if compared to other similars.

I found this to be the perfect base for exploring the culture, restaurants, and nightlife of Cartagena. It is right in the middle of the old part of the city, with rooms looking down onto the narrow, colorful colonial streets.

The rooms are not luxury accommodations but they are clean and reasonably well-appointed: firm bed, working air conditioning, refrigerator (stocked with reasonably priced beverages), and a room safe. A breakfast of fruit and eggs is included, served in a comfortable, open-air dining area. The rooms circle the second floor, looking down on a courtyard restaurant below.

Half of the rooms have large, walk-through windows opening to balconies overlooking the street. They are gorgeous but Cartagena is a busy town and it's noisy. I switched the second night to a room with no windows which was much quieter, though obviously giving up the view.

Hot water was iffy. The electric heater above the shower nozzle (with wires hanging out) worked in one of the rooms' shower. The shower also leaked profusely onto the bathroom floor. Hot showers are not so critical given the climate. The air conditioning did work well.

The staff is friendly. When I called the day before arrival to confirm my reservation they had lost it. Since the hotel was not full this was not a problem. It's a small hotel so you quickly get to know everyone. I recommend it unless you require modern fixtures and more luxuries, in case you will have to spend quite a bit more in Cartagena I suspect.

This is an old-fashioned hotel in a street typical of the Old Town. I stayed for four nights sharing an en suite room with my adult son. The room which contained a double and a single bed was adequately spacious if not generously so. Television, fridge, air-conditioning and safe all worked perfectly although the plumbing was a bit eccentic. We had a view out over the street but did not find it noisy. The rooms are on the first floor balcony around an open courtyard which forms part of the seating area for the restaurant next door. As far as we could see the hotel and restaurant operate as separate businesses. Breakfast is taken on the balcony and was good enough if lacking variety. The staff were uniformly friendly and helpful but spoke little English - fortunately my son speaks fluent Spanish. The location could not be bettered - in the heart of the Old Town just round the corner from the Cathedral and the Plaza de Bolívar and with any number of excellent places to eat within easy walking distance. There may be more luxurious hotels in the area but if I should return to Cartagena (and I hope I do, it is a truely magical place!) I would certainly revisit the Centro. (I feel sorry for the reviewer who suffered theft of travellers cheques while staying there but I think they must have just been very unlucky.)