We review the top 10 best luxury hotels in Colombia. Our list includes Sofitel Legend Santa Clara Cartagena, two Four Seasons hotels, Bogota and Casa Medina Bogota, plus Boutique Hotel Posada Las Trampas, Casa San Agustin, Grand Hyatt Bogota, JW Marriott Bogota, Las Islas, Tcherassi Hotel And Spa, The Orchids Hotel and W Bogota.
Colombia is situated on the northernmost tip of South America. The rainforest-covered country of Colombia boasts the Andes mountains, numerous coffee plantations, wonderful colonial architecture, and plenty of fabulous all-night salsa clubs.
Founded in 1533, Cartagena de Indias is the other unmissable city in Colombia and is now Colombia’s main travel destination. Its walls once served as the city’s defense, but now they harmonize with colonial balconies and republican structures reminiscent of its past splendors. In recognition of its vast cultural wealth and architecture, UNESCO declared Cartagena’s walled city and fortress a World Heritage Site in 1984.
Its booming capital, the high-altitude Bogotá, is a magnificent mix of a historic old town and new restaurants, boutique hotels, and craft breweries. Don’t miss Sundays in Bogota when its streets are closed to cars and overtaken by bicycles, Rollerbladers, and runners. It’s also when the Usaquen neighborhood has a weekly market.
We review the top 10 luxury hotels in Colombia, including Cartagena, Bogotá, and beyond.
1. Sofitel Legend Santa Clara Cartagena
Sofitel Legend Santa Clara Cartagena is one of the best luxury hotels in Colombia with 124 beautiful guestrooms.
Originally built as a convent in 1621, the Sofitel Legend Santa Clara Cartagena is a legendary landmark in the heart of Cartagena’s walled city. Transformed into a luxury hotel in 1995, the Sofitel Santa Clara, unique in style, combines the allure of history with the art of French savoir-faire.
Mixing Colonial and Republican-style architecture with modern comfort, the hotel features gourmet cuisine, exceptional service, a world-class spa, meeting facilities, and state-of-the-art technology for events, conventions, and weddings.
After more than a decade in service, the hotel has been recognized as the “Best Hotel in Colombia” in Travel + Leisure’s Spanish edition. In 2009, the hotel was pleased to be included in Condé Nast Traveler’s prestigious Gold List for the first time. It is also a proud member of Virtuoso’s exclusive travel network, which means you get free benefits here by booking your stay via our luxury travel concierge.
Guestrooms are distributed along a Colonial and Republican wing and overlook the Old Town, the Caribbean Sea, and the hotel’s poolside and interior courtyards. They are decorated in contemporary or authentic colonial style and feature the Sofitel MyBed concept for a calm and peaceful sleep guarantee.
In terms of dining, “El Claustro” (cloister) restaurant has a brasserie atmosphere and fare. Guests can enjoy delicious breakfast, lunch, and dinner, either buffet style or à la carte. Another great option is “El Coro,” named after its convent’s choir, and offers an exclusive lounge bar offering signature cocktails, cigars, and live music from Thursday to Saturday.
Designed to transform body and soul, Sofitel Spa at the Sofitel Santa Clara is huge at 800 m² and offers fully equipped cabins and professionally trained staff. Select from an array of facials, deluxe treatments, rituals, or special packages all year round.
2. Four Seasons Hotel Casa Medina Bogota
The landmark 1946 building of Four Seasons Hotel Casa Medina Bogota was designed by Colombian artist-architect Santiago Medina Mejia. The building has been declared a cultural monument, with its stoned columns, brick walls, beamed ceilings, and contemporary furnishings.
This hotel has some of the most quietly elegant rooms in the city, complete with beamed ceilings, hand-carved wooden furnishings, and fireplaces to cozy up to. This very small Four Seasons hotel has just 62 rooms.
The hotel houses a stylish Mediterranean bar & restaurant, with a greenhouse atrium perfect for languorous romantic evenings or a quick bite with a signature cocktail. The Spa is also excellent here and offers green coffee wraps, coconut scrubs, and other locally inspired spa treatments.
Of course, there is no Four Seasons rewards program, but if you are a regular guest of the Four Seasons or even want to try this iconic brand for the first time, you can take advantage of loyalty style benefits at Four Seasons hotels for no extra cost by booking your next stay via our luxury travel concierge.
3. Four Seasons Hotel Bogota
Four Seasons Hotel Bogota is the newest Four Seasons in Bogota and provides a warm haven of customised service and sophisticated style for its guests.
Inspired by the natural beauty of the surrounding mountains, Rottet Studio has created a design aesthetic for Four Seasons Hotel Bogota, combining pattern, texture, color, and craftsmanship epitomized in the bright new lobby.
Four Seasons Hotel Bogota provides an oasis of quiet glamour with 64 rooms and suites, with custom-made beds framed by dark leather headboards and paneling and pale floors of locally sourced hardwood. Throughout the Hotel, nearly all materials are Colombian, with furnishings, finishes, and artwork all handcrafted by the country’s artisans and artists.
After beginning the day at Biblioteca restaurant, guests of Four Seasons need not go far to experience Bogota’s red hot culinary scene. Next door, Four Seasons offers Kūru, a fabulous new Japanese restaurant and bar opening for lunch midday and continuing into the night for cocktails, dinner, and late-night dining.
The Spa encompasses five luxurious treatment rooms, including an oversized couple’s suite and relaxation lounges, steam rooms, and a spa shop. The 24/7 Fitness Centre offers state-of-the-art cardio machines and weight training by Matrix to keep guests in shape. For those who prefer to get their exercise outdoors, the Front Desk team can also connect guests with bike rentals to partake in the ciclovía in this cyclist-friendly green city.
4. Las Islas
If you are looking for the best beach boutique hotel in Colombia, Las Islas has to be the one to choose. If you are in any doubt about how lovely this teeny resort is, just click through to the website and take a look at the waterways, beaches, and thatched huts. I can’t think of a more idyllic setting.
Las Islas offers the white sand beaches and turquoise waters of Colombia’s Isla Barú. Located just 45 minutes from Cartagena, Hotel Las Islas is a sophisticated, environmentally conscious retreat with luxurious accommodations and exceptional amenities.
Settle into your immaculately appointed bungalow, with its views of the sea or of the neighboring Parque Nacional Natural Corales del Rosario y de San Bernardo.
Enjoy their restaurants and bars for locally sourced, expertly prepared cuisine. Relax by the freshwater pool, take in the solarium views, or explore one of the many activities available at the hotel. This is an extraordinary place!
5. Casa San Agustin
Casa San Agustin is a little boutique hotel in lively Cartagena. This romantic hotel offers charming and authentic rooms with large picture windows and super balconies that both enjoy plenty of natural light and breezes.
This elegant boutique hotel is comprised of just 31 rooms set within the Walled City of Cartagena. These rooms are spread across three exquisitely restored, whitewashed 17th-century colonial-era homes with thoughtful details that evoke the Spanish stronghold. Some of the rooms even have private plunge pools, and these are the ones to pick.
Accommodations are stylish, blending the hotel’s colonial past and contemporary Colombian energy. The acclaimed Alma Restaurant offers traditional Colombian flavors, presented with global refinement in an atmospheric indoor-outdoor setting.
Hotel Casa San Agustín is a member of Leading Hotels of the World and has earned numerous awards since opening in 2013, including TripAdvisor’s Traveler’s Choice Awards 2013 to 2017 and Andrew Harper’s Grand Awards 2015.
6. Boutique Hotel Posada Las Trampas
The charming boutique hotel Posada Las Trampas is set in a magnificent colonial-style building that was built in 1780; it has been cleverly renovated and re-opened in 2010 and is now a wonderful choice for your next trip to Colombia.
The hotel is located in the beautiful heritage town of Honda, Tolima, within 2 miles of Plaza Municipal de Mercado, Catedral de Nuestra Senora del Rosario, and Navarro Bridge. The hotel has been beautifully designed, and there are stunning corridors and lobbies and a spectacular outdoor pool.
This hotel is very much boutique with just 14 exquisite and individually decorated rooms that are full of character; all feature free Wi-Fi and room service. There’s a restaurant on-site, too, as well as a spa and business services.
Relax here in the sunshine on a lounger, take a swim, and then grab a cocktail from the bar. The rooftop terrace is the other place you will want to hang out, and it offers some excellent views!
7. W Bogota
W Bogota adds a vibrant vibe to Colombia’s always-bustling capital. Choose from 168 guestrooms with LCD smart HDTVs, rainforest showers, and other sharp features. Enjoy access to the W brand’s modern gym concept and Away Spa, both are retreats for detoxing and refueling.
Market Kitchen restaurant features a farm-to-table menu of world-class dishes accompanied by local fruits and vegetables, open 24/7. Delectable cocktails and live DJ sets keep the party going into the wee hours at the W Lounge.
8. JW Marriott Bogota
JW Marriott Bogota has a prime location in the heart of the financial and entertainment districts, close to major corporate offices, the finest restaurants, bars of Zona G and Zona T and top area attractions, including Santo Tomas University, Avenida Chile Shopping Mall and National Theater Calle 71. The neighborhood is excellent, with lots of restaurants within easy walking distance.
This is a nice-looking hotel, very stylish with a boutique feel, and uses natural feeling decor with dark woods and leather in the decor. Many consider it one of the best Marriott hotels in the world. The hotel is just 6 miles away from El Dorado International Airport Bogota.
Rooms and suites feature soundproof windows and 300-thread count Egyptian cotton sheets for maximum comfort, a full desk, chaise, and ottoman. There is a separate bath and shower, with marble and hardwood decor, safe, fluffy robes, and slippers.
All the staff speak English, which is handy, and you can pamper yourself at the full-service spa, exercise at the 24-hour fitness center, and take a rejuvenating swim in the indoor lap pool. When hunger strikes, you won’t be at a loss for great options with four fabulous restaurants, including one where you can sit outside by their water feature.
9. Grand Hyatt Bogota
Grand Hyatt Bogotá is 10 minutes from the airport, 10 minutes from the historic center and 2 minutes from the American Embassy. While this is an excellent hotel, its location is nowhere near as good as the JW outlined above.
Enjoy the best views of the city, accompanied by the mountains of the Andes. View more than 55,000 historical pieces in the nearby Gold Museum, climb to the top of Monserrate hill or admire the art in the different museums that the city offers, and return to relax and revitalize your body in Zaitania Spa. Finish your day with an unparalleled dinner at one of two restaurants, Ushin and Capitalino, or have a drink at Ilustre Bar with signature cocktails.
Designed with bold and vibrant features, the hotel has 372 beautifully decorated guestrooms, including 50 suites, that invite guests to wake up in open, airy rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the lush inner atrium garden multicolored lights of the metropolis, or the cloud-topped majesty of the Andes Mountains. Additionally, suites and club room guests have exclusive access to the Grand Club Lounge, which provides an elegantly designed space with personal concierge services and culinary highlights throughout the day.
10. The Orchids Hotel
A sense of glamour and grandeur greets you at The Orchids Hotel in Bogotá, a magnificent neo-classical Republican-style house, carefully restored and maintained to create this beautiful boutique hotel, one of the best in Colombia.
The 8 guest suites are adorned with a decadent and classical style that perfectly complements the building. Fine gourmet cuisine, created by chef Harry Sasson, is served in various dining locations; there’s even an art gallery! The hotel is located in the heart of Bogotá’s historic district, La Candelaria; you are just a short distance from the city’s main sites, including the Cathedral, the Gold Museum, the Palacio de Nariño, and the Cerro de Monserrate cable car.
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