Cartagena

LGBT Travel Guide

Known as the unofficial gay stretch of beach, Playa Hollywood is clean with parasols, seating and food options, although rising waters in the last decade have taken over...

Marina Park, located between Bocagrande and the historic center, is a peaceful tree-lined park with a large reflective pool. A good destination for beautiful sunsets,...

Around the corner from Torre del Reloj on the first floor of the city's first gay hotel, Bar LE Petit is one city's only LGBTQ venues. Three different environments play...

D8 Club was launched in 2015 to grow the limited LGBTQ scene in town, and It's a full on party with shows, sexy dancers and three different rooms playing electronic,...

Espiritu Santo is a popular local lunch spot for regional specialties like coconut milk fish, fried beef and sancocho, all reasonably priced and served in generous...

In a converted colonial building, the long-running Mister Babilla oozes with charm and over a quarter century of good times. Many come for the food, which gets you a...

Off the main tourist track, Anca & Mar specializes in grilled meats and seafood: churrasco, sirloin, chops, ribs, filets. Sundays and holidays is the fish sancocho...

In the heart of old town, La Vitrola is a Cuban restaurant that is more of a see-and-be-seen than a culinary experience, although the menu is extensive. It is one of the city's oldest restaurants, steeped in the history of colonial Cartagena and filled with the sounds of live orchestra music and the whir of ceiling fans....

Don Fidel is an old school salsa bar, a tourist-draw and an institution tucked between the Clock Tower and the Plaza de la Aduana along an old fortress wall. Inside, walls are lined with hundreds of photos of owner Fidel Leottau with salsa greats, and the yellow director chairs on the large plaza-front terrace fill with...