Santuario Getsemani Hostel

I've been @ Santuario much longer than planned due to some health issue. So, I had the time to highly appreciate not only the hostel itself, the great vibe and atmosphere, the fantastic beds setup where you have plenty of space (!) plus an unusual total privacy, like you have a mini room inside a room, but especially the people: staff is great and really cares the guest, while sick I had a family like surveillance, especially Stefy "la chica del bar", Kathy (cleaning & kitchen) and Jose (maintenance) never missed supporting me and asking genuinely interested how I was feeling doing their best to help. In a difficult moment, I was in the right place, thanks them! One only thing disturbing me was, the aircon management: ok it was on only evening and night, quite usual, problem was a person feeling cold was enough to shut down the aircon for everyone... and it was hot then... i love freezing, ok, but a correct balance would be the best, suggesting who's cold to wear a t-shirt should work, and others won't sweat ;-)

It was very hot in Cartagena and the AC was only on from 6pm-9am and you had to remind the employees. Sometimes the other girls in the room would turn the fan off at night. Im just a little sensitive to heat so that was hard to navigate. The free breakfast was great and the staff was extremely friendly. The hostel cat was a major bonus too. The salsa class was really fun and the trip to Tierra Bomba was nice also. The room was in a garage sort of and the street was loud but I had ear plugs and honestly slept amazing every night. The extra space in your bed area is really nice too

Cheap place to stay, but can be noisy People that came in and out of the room had no regard for others with their loud talking and laughing even though signs were posted to be quiet in the sleeping area. The in room bathroom/shower was out of service for a day. The ones outside of the room had no functioning locks. I found another place to stay and left.