Four Seasons Is Opening Its New Cartagena Hotel in “Late 2025,” With Two Rooftop Pools, a Spa, and Salsa Lessons 

It’s one of the most anticipated debuts in the Caribbean this year: the Four Seasons Hotel and Residences Cartagena, a residential resort in the culturally dynamic quarter of Gestemani in the city on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. 

While it had been set for a mid-2025 debut, the resort is now planning a “late 2025,” debut, according to Four Seasons’ website, positioned as the third Four Seasons in Colombia, joining an existing pair in Bogota. The hotel will be the fourth Four Seasons in the wider Caribbean, joining existing resorts in The Bahamas, Anguilla and Nevis. 

The Details of the Four Seasons Cartagena 

So what’s in store for the newest Four Seasons? For starters, 131 rooms (including a trio of suites), a gym open all day, just under 7,000 square feet of meeting space and a six-treatment-room spa called Umari. 

The coolest touch? Not one, but two pools in a sprawling rooftop terrace and lounge. 

What’s Unique 

Experiential travel is having its moment right now, and that’s essential to the new resort, where you’ll be able to enjoy everything from private walking art tours inside the town’s Walled City to salsa lessons. Want t to go deeper? You can even take a trip to a private reserve filled with with tamarin monkeys. 

The Hotel Landscape in Cartagena 

This is the second true, full-service luxury hotel in Cartagena, joining a hotel our editors absolutely love in Cartagena: the historic Sofitel Legend. Rooms from $429 right now. 

But it’s undoubtedly a huge addition to a place that’s really two destinations: the beach area and the old town. 

Cartagena mostly has a mix of upper-midscale hotels and boutique hotels — although there are some gems in the latter, including the former Tcherassi Hotel that’s now the Nacar Hotel Cartagena, part of Hilton’s Curio Collection. Rooms from $207. 

What Will It Cost at the Four Seasons Cartagena?

So far, we don’t know. You can’t make a booking yet at the hotel; but you can probably bet it will be priced higher than the Sofitel, its nearest direct competition.

So How Do I Get to Cartagena? 

Both American Airlines and Avianca (Colombia’s national carrier) have nonstop flights from Miami, although Avianca is significantly cheaper — $361 nonstop compared to $637 on American, according to Google Flights. 

From NewYork, you can fly both Avianca and JetBlue operating the route nonstop and Avianca once again coming in much cheaper — $432 roundtrip to JetBlue’s $807 in August. 

Why Go to Cartagena? 

Sometimes travelers forget just how vast the Caribbean is — and we cover the entire Caribbean Basin — meaning everywhere the Caribbean Sea, including the vibrant northern Caribbean coast of South America. That includes Cartagena, a centuries-old, charming place that’s been one of the buzziest places to visit in the region for some years now. And it’s about to have a real halo hotel later this year.