Best beaches in Cartagena Colombia

Our selection of the 6 best Cartagena Colombia ‌ beaches will give you plenty of choice for at least a week – and if not two weeks – of holiday on the Cartagena Colombia ‌ beaches between a visit of Bogota Colombia ‌ and another one of the Cartagena Colombia ‌ city.

Follow our guide to find the best beaches in Cartagena Colombia ‌ and have a great beach holiday in the Caribbean!

1 Rosario islands Cartagena best beaches near Cartagena

The best beaches in Cartagena are actually near the city, at about one hour away by boat, on Rosario islands, which is an archipelago of 28 islands, some of them as small as a one house island, and some of them large enough to host a few resorts.

It is possible to go there either for day trip, with eventual hotel pickup, boat trip go and back, access to a beach (which are usually privatized by the hotel resorts), and lunch on the island, for about 200000COP (65$US / 55€) per person.

Usually children have to pay full price to access these resorts, unlike most hotels on the continent.

Additional activities can be bought once at the resort, like snorkeling for 40000COP (13$US / 11€), or a visit at the open-sea oceanarium.

2 Bocagrande Cartagena nightlife and beaches

The best beach in Cartagena de Indias city, recommended by locals, is Boca Grande beach.

This beach is a great place to hang out the whole day, and having lunch on the beach is definitely worthy, the street sellers are actually bringing good quality food cooked nearby.

3 Playa Baru Cartagena

It is possible to go around Baru island Cartagena for snorkeling around island Cholon Colombia, which is also the spot of choice for yacht parties and stag parties.

4 Castillogrande beach

Another nice beach in the city of Cartagena de Indias is Castillogrande, located at the tip of the peninsula, right at the bottom of the Miami-like buildings.

5 Marbella playa

The Marbella beach Cartagena is a set of rather popular and small beaches, with great Caribbean sea view.

6 La Boquilla Cartagena beaches

La Boquilla is one of the largest beaches in Cartagena, with a hundred meters large sand beach, and is borded by some of the nicest and most expensive hotels in the city.