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    A haven of peace

    Excellent

    I've been wondering whether or not I should write this place up, because it seems that the owners really don't care about their hotel's publicity. They have no website, information is minimal, and it took over 24 hours to respond to my email query. But I wanted to stay here for personal reasons... To keep it short, Casa Peter is a beautiful colonial house in Cartagena that belonged to Peter Tomkins, an American writer who wrote the book "The Secret Life of Plants", which was the basis for a documentary with a soundtrack by Stevie Wonder, and a 1979 album that I have long cherished as one of my favourites.


    Peter died in 2007, and his house has been converted. There's no reception, and you have to knock on the door. The cleaning lady gives you a look, as if deciding whether or not you're worthy of being a client. She told me the manager would be here in a while, and in the meantime I could take a look at the house. It's hard to describe: it has 2 floors, but there are seven different staircases leading to places, sometimes closed. There's a colonial courtyard full of plants, and the only hotel-style touch is the two jacuzzis. The construction seems to consist of a series of impossible, Escher-like staircases.

    The rooms are all different, some are duplex, and prices vary from 30 to 100 €, breakfast included, but no A/C, which in Cartagena can be a problem, since the humidity is high and temperatures rise above 30 degrees. But I really enjoyed it, and it was a unique experience to stay here. It's a haven of peace in sometimes noisy Cartagena, where most taxi drivers seem to regard honking their horn as a hobby. The street does not appear on maps, but it is very easy to get from Santo Domingo street, pass the Plaza Santo Domingo, and at the end of the street, almost on the walls, on the right is Casa Peter, the secret life of a hotel in Cartagena.
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    Calle de la Factoria No. 36-152, Cartagena, Colombia
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    315 744 0972 664 6579
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