Art is lived, not visited
The House
Upon crossing the gate
A house museum in Cartagena, made to be lived in
The wooden gate opens onto a coral stone courtyard that has watched over Cartagena for three centuries: Indian merchants, Republican families, and today, five rooms welcoming those seeking something that no hotel chain can offer. Light filters through the colonial arches and falls on original works by Fernando Botero, Ana Mercedes Hoyos, David Manzur, and Édgar Negret. Here, you can have breakfast, sleep, and live among these works —not behind a cord, but an arm's length away—: a museum that, for once, can be inhabited.
The house is an example of 18th-century colonial architecture, restored without turning it into a museum. The original coral stone walls, high ceilings with exposed wooden beams, and the open-air central courtyard still refresh the house on its own. An elevator and a few iron details coexist with three hundred years of stone.
The collection
This house was not decorated: it was curated. Each room, corridor, and bedroom hosts an original piece by Botero, Hoyos, Manzur, or Negret —gathered here to coexist with the guests, not to be seen behind a velvet rope—. Breakfast is served under a work that, anywhere else, would be behind glass. Just 150 meters away, in Plaza de Santo Domingo, the Gertrudis work of Botero awaits in the street.
Behind every detail
The people who make the house a home
A three-century-old house cannot stand on its own. It is cared for by a team that knows it inch by inch: the person who prepares each room before your arrival, the one who serves breakfast under the arches of the courtyard, the one who mixes your cocktail as evening falls. Thanks to them, living among works of art feels like being at home.
A pet-friendly house
Your pet is at home here too
Casa Santiago Botero is pet friendly: you can travel with your pet and enjoy the house together. Tell us when you are arriving and we will confirm the conditions of your stay.
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