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Friends To Be Hotel by RPC

3.0 star property
Guests relax with coffee in the garden or enjoy sunshine at one of three pools, while rejuvenating spa treatments help wash away everyday stress

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Friends To Be Hotel by RPC combines warm hospitality with laid-back charm. Travelers soak up the sun at the rooftop pool, enjoy rejuvenating spa treatments, and find quiet moments with books from the library or peaceful time in the garden.

Reviews

7.0 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Hot tub
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Air conditioning
  • Business services

Room options

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In-room safe, rollaway beds, free WiFi

Standard Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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In-room safe, rollaway beds, free WiFi

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  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Shared Dormitory | In-room safe, rollaway beds, free WiFi

Shared Dormitory

  • Sleeps 1
  • 6 Twin Beds

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Shared Dormitory (ten beds) | In-room safe, rollaway beds, free WiFi

Shared Dormitory (ten beds)

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

About the neighborhood

Located in Cartagena Walled City, a neighborhood in Cartagena, Friends To Be Hotel by RPC is near the airport and by the ocean. Clock Tower and Colon Theater are local landmarks, and some of the area's attractions include Ciudad Movil Cultural Center and Fine Arts. Caribbean Naval Museum and Cartagena Botanical Garden "Guillermo Piñeres" are also worth visiting. Visit our Cartagena travel guide
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Calle del Espiritu Santo, Carrera 10C # 29 - 101, Cartagena, Bolivar, 130001

What's nearby

  • Cartagena de Indias Convention Center "Julio César Turbay Ayala" reflected in the water
    Cartagena de Indias Convention Center
    5 min walk - 0.3 miles
  • View to Torre de Reloj (Clock Tower) with blue sky and warm light, Cartagena, Colombia, Unesco World Heritage
    Clock Tower
    6 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • Colombia, scenic view of Cartagena cityscape, modern skyline, hotels and ocean bays Bocagrande and Bocachica from the lookout of Saint Philippe Castle
    Walls of Cartagena
    8 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • Plaza de la Trinidad
    2 min walk - 0.1 miles
  • San Felipe de Barajas Castle
    9 min walk - 0.5 miles

Getting around

  • Rafael Nunez Intl. Airport (CTG)
    14 min drive

Restaurants

  • Di Silvio Trattoria
    2 min walk
  • Beer Lovers Tap Room
    1 min walk
  • Colombitalia
    1 min walk
  • Libertario Coffee Co. & Roasters
    1 min walk
  • Doña Lola
    1 min walk

About this property

Friends To Be Hotel by RPC

Hotel near Clock Tower
Located close to Cartagena de Indias Convention Center, Friends To Be Hotel by RPC provides a poolside bar, a terrace, and a coffee shop/cafe. For some rest and relaxation, visit the hot tub, and indulge in a massage, a body treatment, or a manicure/pedicure. Free in-room WiFi is available to all guests, along with a garden and a library.
You'll also enjoy perks such as:
  • An indoor pool and an outdoor pool
  • A rooftop pool, wedding services, and beach towels
  • Tour/ticket assistance, a front-desk safe, and concierge services
  • A 24-hour front desk, multilingual staff, and meeting rooms
Room features
All guestrooms at Friends To Be Hotel by RPC include thoughtful touches such as air conditioning, in addition to amenities like free WiFi and safes.
Extra amenities include:
  • Bathrooms with showers
  • Flat-screen TVs with cable channels
  • Ceiling fans and daily housekeeping

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A poolside bar
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Hot tub
  • Indoor pool
  • Indoor/outdoor pool
  • Library
  • Outdoor pool
  • Rooftop pool

Family friendly

  • Indoor pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)
  • Supervised activities for children

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry facilities
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Beach towels
  • Garden
  • Terrace

Spa

  • Body scrubs
  • Manicures/pedicures
  • Massage

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No elevator
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • 2 floors

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Shower

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with cable channels

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Ceiling fan
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 1 PM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for COP 100000.0 per night
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • You may be required to pay the following charge at the property: Colombia Value-Added Tax (VAT) at 19%. A VAT exemption is available to travelers who present a valid passport and tourist visa showing they are not a resident of Colombia and who pay using a foreign card or via a bank transfer from outside Colombia. This exemption applies only to tourist package bookings (accommodation plus other travel services).

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Rollaway bed fee: COP 100000.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
If you are traveling with a child your property may require you to present the following documents: Parents traveling into Colombia with a child under 18 may be required to present the child's birth certificate and photo ID (passport for non-Columbian citizens) upon check-in. If a relative or legal guardian is traveling into Colombia with the child, that relative or legal guardian may be required to present a notarized consent of travel signed by both parents and a copy of both parents' ID. If only one parent is traveling into Colombia with the child, that parent may be required to present a notarized consent of travel signed by the other parent. Visitors who plan to travel with children should consult with a Colombian consulate office prior to travel for further guidance.
Reservations are required for massage services; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

Friends Be Hotel RPC Cartagena
Friends Be Hotel RPC
Friends Be RPC Cartagena
Friends To Be By Rpc Cartagena
Friends To Be Hotel by RPC Hotel
Friends To Be Hotel by RPC Cartagena
Friends To Be Hotel by RPC Hotel Cartagena

Frequently asked questions

Does Friends To Be Hotel by RPC have a pool?

Yes, this property has an indoor pool and an outdoor pool. Pool types include rooftop pools.

Is Friends To Be Hotel by RPC pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at Friends To Be Hotel by RPC?

Check-in end time: anytime.

What time is check-out at Friends To Be Hotel by RPC?

Check-out is at 1 PM.

Where is Friends To Be Hotel by RPC located?

Located in Cartagena Walled City, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Plaza de la Trinidad and Clock Tower. Cartagena de Indias Convention Center and Bocagrande Beach are also within 1 mi (2 km).

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Reviews

Friends To Be Hotel by RPC Reviews

7.0

Good

7.4

Cleanliness

8.2

Location

7.2

Staff & service

7.6

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 4 out of 26 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 10 out of 26 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 26 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 26 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 26 reviews

Reviews

Verified

6/10 Okay

karina

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Accueil mitigé par la gérante :nous avions réservé et payé d’avance 2 chambres pour 3 nuits,or elle n’a plus de place pour la 3ème nuit! Elle propose une nuit dans un autre hôtel de standing inférieur,après négociations de plus d’une heure (quelle perte de temps!!) elle trouve un meilleur hôtel et offre une expédition. Sinon l’hôtel est un lieu splendide avec patio, terrasse avec vue sur Cartagena ,chambres ultra confortables, le quartier est très agréable
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Un poco de ruido pero es normal la madera lo transmite porque el hotel es rustico... Agradable en general
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019
Verified

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful hostel about a 10 minute walk away from the center of the old fortified walled city of Cartagena. This place has a nice ambiance with really friendly staff that treat you really nice. Some people might think of the area as a little scummy, but I did not have any problems and even walking home at 1am, I had some locals shout at me "welcome to Cartagena" I thought this was nice. I would recommend this hostel.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Gilles

Disliked: Staff & service

To Be Avoided

To be avoided. This hostel has the potential to be a gem, but it would need another staff and management. We have been robbed while we had left our belongings in a "safe place" provided by the hostel. What we listed as "valuables" were not touched, but our bags were 'visited', zippers broken, and contents moved around. Furthermore, we were given another room than the one we booked, close to the breakfast area, extremely noisy. Finally, on one occasion our door was left unlocked and open by the cleaning staff. To be avoided or at your own risks... We'll never go back.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Skip

Room smelled like urine and poor construction of building. Could hear every step upstairs and even them flushing the toilet and showering. Ceiling was dropping wood particles on the bed and they did nothing about it.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018
Verified

8/10 Good

Bruna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Albergue com boa localização e quartos amplos

Como diversos comentários o albergue ainda não possui agua quente no chuveiro, o que talvez seja realmente o unico ponto negativo. Quarto privado amplo. Staff do hotel super atencioso.
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2018
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Thé swimming pool is small and dirty. This hôtel is suite Noisy.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018
Verified

8/10 Good

klaus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
sehr gut, stadtmitte freundliche leute, ruhige lage. war dort für 2 wochen. gibt nichts mehr zu sagen
Stayed 15 nights in Dec 2017
Verified

2/10 Terrible

sebastian

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Optisch toll

Da das Hotel trotz dieser Expedia-Reservierung kein Zimmer geben konnte, sassen wir bis spät am Abend im Regen auf den Strassen von Cartagena. Die Reservierung lag zwar in ausgedruckter Form vor und man wusste auch, dass wir kommen, nur Zimmer waren nicht mehr verfügbar. Es hat uns einen gesamten Urlaubstag gekostet bis wir die 2 reservierten Nächte in einem anderen Hotel verbringen konnten. Ich wüsste gerne wer dies zu verschulden hat: Expedia oder Fruends to be?? Das Hotel verwies ganz klar an Expedia....Ich bitte um Rückinfo. Vielen Dank Sebastian Heller
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017
Verified

6/10 Okay

missy

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
My mom and I stayed here for 4 nights. The hotel itself was beautiful and In a great location. Walking distance to the old city and castle. Our room was clean and really nice. However the hotel staff were not the friendliest. They gave us anything we needed a towel, toilet paper, wifi password, etc., but they weren't friendly. We didn't even get a hello when we walked in.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2017
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Hotel muy limpio!

En general todo muy bien! Gente amable, el hotel es muy tranquilo
Verified

6/10 Okay

Marcela

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

El hotel tiene un diseño agradable con mucha luz

El hotel es agradable, se encuentra bien ubicado respecto a los puntos turísticos de interés como el Castillo de San Felipe y centro de ciudad amurallada. La habitación es amplia y cómoda, sin embargo sus instalaciones requieren mantenimiento. Sobre la cama en la dormíamos amanecíamos llenos de residuos de madera a causa del comején a modo de ejemplo, para que saliera agua por la ducha (no así por el inodoro ni el lavamanos) se requería informar al personal del hotel para que hicieran algo y así ya poder bañarnos. Las instalaciones del hotel son agradables y corresponde a la imágenes que se ofertan en publicaciones.
Verified

8/10 Good

Jon

Liked: Property conditions & facilities

Hotel recoleto, agradable

EL calor y la humedad nos hicieron sufrir un poco pero la gente fué muy amable en general
Verified

6/10 Okay

Roy

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Buscaría otra opción la próxima vez.

Esperaba más del hotel, primero la atención es regular por parte del personal. Con 3 noches de estadía solo un día hicieron limpieza en el cuarto. Reservamos una hab doble, nos dieron la no 6 en el primer piso. Lamentablemente quedaba junto a la zona de bar, por lo cual manejaban la música un poco alto para mi gusto, lo cual me impedía descansar en la tarde. Para una persona fiestera no significaba un problema, pero mi esposa y yo somos más de descansar..si este es su caso pues mejor busque otro lugar. El hotel es rústico, y se entiende se busca ese tipo de acabados, sin embargo en la ducha el piso es de concreto y se ve sucio, fue pintado pero actualmente tiene un color amarillento un poco desagradable. Bien ubicado, piscina como para niños nada más...buscaría otra opción la próxima vez.
Verified

6/10 Okay

Jose David

Liked: Property conditions & facilities

Baños

El baño estaba sucio, de resto todo fue dentro de lo esperado.
Verified

8/10 Good

angie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

nice hostel with pool at great location

nice hostel in getsemani with dorms and double rooms shower is really nice, clean, pool, breakfast (not included), nice and helpful staff, laundry service and 24h reception, good place on a quite street but still in the middle of everything (old town, bars, restaurants, castle etc)
Verified

6/10 Okay

Sophie

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Nice hostel but not very comfortable

Hostel courtyard looks great but actually the pool is very small, only really big enough to cool off in not to swim in. The rooms are decorated well and look stylish but unfortunately we had to move from our first ground floor room because something was falling down from the ceiling and leaving dust / dirt all over the bed. In our second room we had a lizard for company.. Location is good but it was very quiet, likely because we went in shoulder season but if you want a party / sociable hostel I would probably suggest elsewhere..
Verified

4/10 Poor

Andrea

Liked: Cleanliness

Disappointed

Unfortunately the doors into the room where not secure. Also the vents in the doors allowed mozzies into the room. We got savaged with bites that night. No water in the shower the day we stayed. Sink looked really grubby but that may have been the desired look. The room was huge. Air con worked well. The communal spaces outside seemed lovely and well maintained. Great location. However, Checked out early as didn't want to be covered in mozzie bites.
Verified

6/10 Okay

claudia

Liked: Staff & service

A noisy hotel in a nice colonial house

I had a very nice stay in this same house about four years ago, when it had a different name, and that's why I came back. The hotel is not very expensive (but not cheap), the house is beautiful and the neighbourhood has character. This time they gave me the room on the back, first floor in front of the patio and it was not pleasant at all. The room has no windows and your can hear all the music from the patio, then the TV and at 2 am people coming from a party who stayed for about two hours in the patio making too much noise. So if you want to go partying and arrive to the hotel at about 2 am, it might be fine. In my case, I was tired coming from the film festival at 9 pm and was not able to have a good night rest.
Verified

6/10 Okay

Julian

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort

AQQE

Bien buen hostal mejorar las camas y baños pero el resto muy bueno
Verified

8/10 Good

Dani

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Neues Hotel in Zentrumsnähe

Das Hotel hat erst drei Tage vor unserer Ankunft eröffnet und dementsprechend neu war die komplette Einrichtung! Es war noch nicht alles 100% fertiggestellt, aber das hat in keiner Weise gestört. Das Personal war äusserst freundlich und hilfsbereit.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Ojo con las reservas, chequear. Excelente lugar

Cuando llegué me dijeron que la reserva no estaba efectuada, que no trabajaban con Hoteles.com, y aunque les mostré la reservación en mi celular, negaban que existiera, yo había reservado hacía un mes. Luego de media hora, como tenían disponibilidad me ubicaron, pasé un muy mal momento luego de llegar todo el día viajando, 3 aviones, siendo de noche que me digan semejante cosa. Eso fue lo único opaco de la experiencia. El hostel tiene un diseño de lujo, es hermoso, y muy cálido, la atención es muy buena. Ojo NO TIENE COCINA, venden cositas para picar. Desayuno pobre.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Erin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Awesome HOSTEL in central part of Getsemani

I loved this hostel. I was so surprised with how cheap it was for the location and amenities. There is a beautiful courtyard with a bar that also serves some food. Many guests were lounging in the courtyard, so it was easy to make friends. There is a beautiful rooftop patio that overlooks the city. The staff was GREAT! I highly recommend this place. Of course it is a hostel, so dormitory style bunk beds and all that. Great for young people on a budget.
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Super gelegenes Boutique Hostel

Gerade neu eröffnetes Hostel, mit viel Aufmerksamkeit eingerichtet und eher in der Boutique Hostel Kategorie. Hilfsbereites Personal und gute Stimmung. Das Hostel liegt in einer Seitenstraße vom Backpacker Strip, interessantes Viertel. Großes Plus sind die hohen Räume, die Bar und die Dachterasse.
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2018