Viajero Cartagena - Centro Hostel

This hostel is too expensive compared to what you get!! Our room smelled of dirty socks, and you cannot open the window. There is AC, but we overheard some say their AC was not working and their room was unbearably hot. Our room was dark, and there were almost no shelves to put your stuff on, so everything was on the floor. The showers are okay if you like to shower with cold water, however some days the water pressure was really low. The pool looks very run down and dirty. There is only one place with tables to sit and eat, but there is really really loud music (like really loud) every afternoon/evening. Our room was placed just in front of this area, so if you’re feeling a bit under the weather or want to relax one evening, you cannot (unless you go sit in the lobby). To say some positive things, the location is good and if you want to party and drink alcohol they have lots of events, so you can easily meet other people. However, we do not recommend!! We have heard that viajero in gestemani is better, so maybe try that one instead. It is close by and it’s easy to walk from gestemani to the walled city.

I stayed there for a total of three nights, and the atmosphere was amazing. The activities organized to help people meet each other were really well thought out and made it easy to connect with others. The dorms were comfortable and well maintained, and the bathrooms were always clean. Andrea, who organizes the activities, was incredibly welcoming and inclusive, especially since I was traveling solo. Overall, it was the best choice I could have made as a solo traveler.

Room and bed were comfortable. Shower was ok if you like cold showers. No possibility to adjust the temperature. The only area where it's possible to eat normal at a table is at the common area, however constant the loud music will annoy your eardrums. The music gets louder at night and can be enjoyed from your room. Besides the music being loud it looks like this hostel is trying to win an award for playing the most terrible music. If I could, I would give them this price with pleasure. Another point to address is that the maintenance guy was unfriendly to the house-cat. Furthermore, pricey hostel, doesn't feel authentic nor personal. Laundry is more expensive than at the laundry place across the street. Wouldn't recommend this hostel to my fellow travellers unless you're in Colombia to get pissed with other privileged young people

Great hostel! Second time saying here, fantastic for meeting people and great location. Andrea coordinated all the social events and she’s the absolute best. She made everyone feel so welcome, and just have a blast. Stay here, you won’t regret it!

Great hostel. Clean rooms, cozy atmosphere, and very friendly staff. The location is fantastic, and it's easy to meet other travelers. I would definitely stay here again! Love for Larissa and Andrea.

A clean and friendly hostel in the centre of Cartagena old town. We stayed in a 10 bed dorm that was clean and had AC, as well as under bed lockers for bags - this does require a padlock. The toilets are communal but clean and with high pressure showers. The staff were friendly and helpful, helping us join a free walking tour of the area and advice for transport to Santa Marta from there. They ordered us a taxi to the bus stop that arrived in a couple of minutes.

Run down hostel - this place needs some serious TLC in comparison to other Viajeros. Looks like it hasn’t been maintained for a couple years, and any work that has been done, has been done on the cheap. Rooms are small, towels are super expensive if you wanna rent one. If you don’t mind feeling dirty for your whole stay it’s fine. It’s a very social hostel, and the location is good.

Got scammed by viajeros and essentially the owed me around £100 which they won’t give me back. All because they got the rooms mixed up and charged me for a room which I didn’t not ask for. On the call the agreed to give me the money back which was owed, however afterwards they messaged me saying they were not going to give the money back, because I stayed in the room that they offered me? What seemed like a genuine call to arrange the partial payment back to me, ended up being the company changing their mind last minute. Still owed money 🫰🏽 because of their mistakes. Poor and upsetting for a company with this much authority.