Aura Hotel Barú

Absolutely fantastic. This is a quiet small resort with maybe 14 rooms. 1.5 hours from Cartagena City. A bit of a harrowing drive, but definitely worth the trip. Once you get in through the doors, it’s beautiful & peaceful. Balinese type style. Not a five-star resort but they do a really nice job. Very well staffed so you have somebody to help you if you need anything. Very quiet. No telephones, no tv’s in room. Rooms are spacious, private, very comfortable. Two small beaches on either side of the main area. All open-air reception, Restaurant. One restaurant iwth 2 levels. Food was actually terrific. Best food we had in Colombia. We were there for three nights and absolutely loved it. lots of daytrippers, people coming in from Cartagena on boat to spend the day at the resort. Was nice. Will definitely come back. Thank you to Lordy who took such nice care of our family. Special place.

The rooms are very basic and the breakfast is not that good

First impression: very nice, clean, friendly. Beds are very comfortable. Food and drinks are great; very nice servers and restaurant manager is awesome! The only place to get air condition is your own bedroom. Otherwise plan t be sweating the entire time. Buy snacks and lots of bottled water before getting there. Unfortunately, some won’t tell you there’s an up charge for practically everything. Ironically, the front desk continuously told us to be aware of sellers at public beaches as they tend to quickly scam tourists. IE: the hotel offered airport transfer for a flat rate; upon arriving to the airport the driver provided no direction as to where to meet. Then was charged 25% more for making him wait. There’s no where in hotel grounds with air condition, except your own bedroom. The two tiny private beaches are a joke. It’s not the soft Caribbean sand, full of algae. They do offer boat rides to actual beaches. But what you’re paying for this hotel, they should (at the very least) offer complimentary rides to the nearest beach. Side note: DO NOT go to Playa Azul, you’ll never be left alone by in-your-face sellers, small dirty beach