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.

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The place itself if beautiful and peaceful and has a great potential but… First of all, the pool area is still under construction. It is not noisy but you won’t have a pool. The beach is very small, the water is shallow and you cant swim far either. The are see weeds on the bottom. Not too many but enough to spoil it for me. The service at the beach almost doesn’t exist. No one comes to collect your glasses, I had to carry them back to the bar myself. No one comes to offer you another drink or food either. The service at the restaurant is very slow. Even though there were just 3-4 families that night, they forgot our drinks. The food is 3/5. My dish was super salty. The breakfast was super mediocre. And no Mimosas either! Lol

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

Excellent stay. The room was very good with everything you need for a good stay. From the room on the second floor there is an incredible view of the sea. The beach is small but perfect to rest and take the kids. There are activities for them. The food is excellent and the service exceptional. The staff is very attentive. I had an event at night near the hotel and they gave me the phone number of the person in charge to open the door at 3 in the morning when I arrived. Truly an excellent stay.

To be fair the staff was nice, and the food was also good; but we are happy we finally left this place. We stayed there 3 nights, we have been traveling the past three weeks in Colombia and this was the worst place where we’ve stayed. There isn’t a beach, there is a small open mangrove and that’s what they called the “beach” but is full of algae and mangroves trees. We then took a tour which is offered by the hotel to Playa Azul- super sketchy place with more locals trying to get something from you than an actual beach, and full of plastic garbage. This was our last part of the trip where we were supposed to relax, and we could not sleep! It is loud the whole time! The islands and boats a few meters away are blasting music constantly and during the night as well. We had a lot of gasoline smell coming our way. We don’t recommend this place or this destination.

Amazing stay! Private beaches, amazing food and incredible service! I did not want to leave, I wish I would have stayed an extra night. Very private, so great for couples. If you can, I recommend a two night stay

Great place! Very seclusive, quiet and private. The staff is great and very helpful. You feel like you are staying at a high class resort. The grounds and beach are well kept. The food was wonderful. Would stay here again and recommend to anyone!

My family and I spent a wonderful afternoon having lunch at Aura. Lots of great options on the menu and we enjoyed everything we had. The quality was of a high standard and good value. The service was faultless and we felt very welcome and relaxed. The Manager offered my daughter some cake as there was a birthday celebration at the next table which was a lovely gesture. The hotel was a tranquil and relaxing space. I’m grateful to the team at Aura for making an unforgettable experience in our memories forever.