Fallin´ in love with Cartagena again ...

Because of work reasons, I had the pleasure to spend at the beginning of this month 4 amazing days in one of the most beautiful cities in Colombia and in the word: CARTAGENA. Being originally from Barranquilla(another coastal city just 1,5 hours away from Cartagena) Cartagena and its treasures weru not unknown to me; however one of the amazing things of Cartagena is that every visit makes you feel as if it would be your first time ...

This time I stayed in one of the hotels that reinforces the best -because of its gorgeous colonial architecture- what the Cartagena charm is, Hotel Charleston Cartagena, also known as Hotel Santa Teresa. I recommed it to everyone, if possible, it´s an investment worth making!

Hotel Santa Teresa, outside and inside

Although, as said before, we were staying in a great venue, all dinners every evening were hosted outside the hotel at private residences of some of the event sponsors. One does not know what was better ... if the amazing hospitality and environment that you could breathe in those old, traditional and extreely well mantained Cartagena houses or the relaxed and magic walks through the old Cartagena city to reach those houses.

Walking in the old Cartagena city

As in any other work event where you meet people from your company from all different places in the world (well, never so many and so diverse people as in AIESEC!) Cartagena and its landscapes were also the perfect background for many group pictures!

With collegues from all Latin America and USA

And last but not least, I just want to finish this post with two recommendations for eating places in Cartagena - the first one called JUAN DEL MAR and the second one PORTON DE SANTO DOMINGO. Not that I chose the two place nor that I´m an expert in culinary, but i definitively enjoy good food (specially sea food!) and these two places were really good. You can tell out of my happy face in the both following pictures!

At Juan del Mar and Portón de Santo Domingo restaurants