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When my wife and I vacation, we enjoy quiet spaces, good food, great service and no crowds. This hotel checks all of these boxes. Christian and Mauricio at the front desk greeted us with a smile and were very helpful throughout our stay. The rooftop pools became our favorite spot to hang out. They were clean and provided just enough relief from the heat. The rooftop, bar service by Johnathan and Sergio was the BEST! They were both attentive without being intrusive. In fact, we had the entire rooftop to ourselves, every day. You have to try the shrimp and white fish ceviche with passion fruit! This was the best thing we had to eat, out of everything we ate in Cartagena. The food at Casa Lola was fresh, hot and tasty. We had breakfast here twice and a burger one evening. Side note, don't believe the hype online about the upscale restaurants in Cartagena. We went to Cande based on reviews and could not have been more underwhelmed. The fried fish that everyone raves about is, BLAND and fried so hard, that you can't really enjoy it. We enjoyed Pascals for breakfast and Crepes & Waffles for dinner one night. Back to Casa Lola...Angelis (the hotel mgr) has trained her staff well. Room service was fast and accurate. Our room was small but functionable. The only issue with the room was a draping/tassel that hung from the ceiling mounted post over the bed. These look elegant in the pictures but, created an obstacle every time you needed to walk by them especially making your way to the restroom in the middle of the night. The only other "knock" on this hotel is they don't truly have a spa. It's an open space on the second floor that is only partitioned by curtains from people walking by to their rooms, outside noise (which we didn't mind so much) and the restaurant below on the first floor due to the open air design of the hotel. We did not know about this when we scheduled our massage but, decided to go with the flow anyway. It wasn't terrible but certainly not our typical spa atmosphere. The hotel did have music playing for the restaurant near the front entrance but it stopped at 10:30 p.m. nightly.