Hotel Castel Cartagena By Hmc

The hostel is located in a nice and quiet area. It takes approx. 30 mins to walk downtown. The room was very well decorated and pretty large with a sofa and a big cupboard where I could store all my stuff. A small desk was missing even though there was space. A/C and TV with english-speaking channels (very good for the days of the total curfew). The personnel was very kind especially the girl that was on shift the first night I stayed (unfortunately I don't know her name) as it was the first day of a curfew and I was caught off-guard so there were no restaurants open to dine. So the reception girl prepared two toasts for me and that was very kind of her. The breakfast was good with fresh fruit and juice, coffee, eggs or cereals, toasted bread with butter and jam.

I booked for 4 days but finally I had to stay 9 as there was the corona virus outbreak and I could not move around. At the last days the hostel was really half closed as I was the only client remaining. The circumstances were extraordinary and I cannot blame the hostel for that. The front yard can take 3-4 motorbikes but it's not fenced off the road so people passing by can have access to them. There was a camera but after the 3rd night there was no night shift at the reception to watch the monitor. It was a good thing that the road is a dead end so actually only the neighbours were passing by. Additionally, all nights there was a curfew so not many people out on the streets.