Hotel Isla Real

Location: Sector Bocachica, Tierra Bomba, co

Star Rating: 9.3 Stars

Property Type: Hotels

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 07:00 AM - 01:30 PM

Check-out: 02:30 PM

Amenities & Facilities

• Health or beauty spa nearby
• Nightclub
• Guest education on local ecosystems and culture
• Fitness facilities (surcharge)
• Non-smoking rooms
• Air conditioning
• Swimming pool
• Restaurant
• Room service
• Terrace
• Family rooms
• Luggage storage
• Express check-in/check-out
• Safety deposit box
• Tour desk
• Ironing service
• Massage services
• Packed lunches
• Table tennis
• Solarium
• Karaoke
• Private check-in/check-out
• Shared lounge/TV area
• Board games/puzzles
• Shuttle service (additional charge)
• Concierge service
• Grocery deliveries
• Allergy-free room
• Kid meals
• Evening entertainment
• Public Bath
• Entertainment staff
• Outdoor furniture
• Coffee Shop on site
• Fruits
• Shallow end
• Fence around pool
• Staff adhere to local safety protocols
• Guest rooms disinfected between stays
• Cleaning standards that are effective against Coronavirus
• Physical distancing rules followed
• Hand sanitizer in guest room and key areas
• Cashless payment available
• Fire extinguishers
• First aid kit available
• Sanitized tableware & silverware
• Contactless check-in/check-out
• Invoice provided
• Guests can opt-out any cleaning services during stay
• Guest room sealed after cleaning
• Property cleaned by professional cleaning companies
• Physical distancing in dining areas
• Key access
• Process in place to check health of guests
• Access to health care professionals
• Face masks for guests available
• 24-hour security
• Delivered food - securely covered
• Thermometers for guests provided by property
• Broadcast Live sport events
• Happy hour
• Supervised childcare/activities
• Television in common areas
• Nightclub
• Express check-in
• Free wired internet
• Snack bar/deli
• Scuba diving on site
• Snorkeling on site
• Beach umbrellas
• Free pool cabanas
• Pool sun loungers
• Beach yoga on site
• Private beach nearby
• Fitness facilities (surcharge)
• Spa tub (surcharge)
• Internet access
• Games
• Housekeeping on request
• Concerts/live shows
• Private picnics
• Wine release events
• Reception hall
• Exercise/lap pool
• Japanese garden
• Fishing nearby
• Health or beauty spa nearby
• Swimming nearby
• Water sports equipment
• Beach club nearby (surcharge)
• Hosted evening meal (reserve)
• Beach toys
• Guest education on local ecosystems and culture
• Pool toys
• Accessible shuttle
• No accessible shuttle

Rooms Available

• Small Double Room

  The double room features air conditioning and a private entrance, as well as a private bathroom boasting a shower. The unit has 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Private bathroom
  • Private entrance
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Clothes rack
  • Drying rack for clothing
  • Toilet paper
  • Pool towels
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo

• Premium Suite

  1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed

  Balcony with ocean views

  
  

  Layout - Bedroom

  Internet - Free WiFi 50+ Mbps

  Entertainment - 32-inch Smart TV with satellite channels

  Food & Drink - Room service (limited) and minibar (fees may apply)

  Sleep - Premium bedding and bed sheets

  Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, free toiletries, and towels

  Practical - Safe, iron/ironing board (on request), and wardrobe or closet; rollaway beds (free) available on request

  Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping

  Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)

  • Minibar
  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • Air conditioning
  • Private bathroom
  • Satellite channels
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Shampoo
  • Room service (limited hours)
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Premium bedding
  • Rollaway/extra beds available
  • Free WiFi
  • Bedsheets provided
  • Smart TV
  • Soap

• Standard Double Suite

  Featuring a private entrance, this air-conditioned suite consists of 1 bedroom and 1 bathroom with a shower. The suite provides a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, a mini-bar, executive lounge access, a seating area as well as garden views. The unit offers 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Minibar
  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • TV
  • Air conditioning
  • Seating Area
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Shared toilet
  • Satellite channels
  • Additional toilet
  • Private entrance
  • Tile/marble floor
  • Executive lounge access
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Hypoallergenic
  • Cleaning products
  • Linen
  • Entire unit located on ground floor
  • Clothes rack
  • Drying rack for clothing
  • Toilet paper
  • Pool towels
  • Shallow end
  • Bottle of water
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Hypoallergenic pillow
  • Fire extinguisher
  • Key access
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation
  • Hand sanitiser

• Standard Double Room with Two Double Beds

  The spacious twin room provides air conditioning, a private entrance, a balcony with garden views as well as a private bathroom featuring a shower. The unit offers 3 beds.

  Max Occupancy: 5 (5 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Seating Area
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Shared toilet
  • Additional toilet
  • Private entrance
  • Tile/marble floor
  • Executive lounge access
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Hypoallergenic
  • Cleaning products
  • Linen
  • Entire unit located on ground floor
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Clothes rack
  • Drying rack for clothing
  • Toilet paper
  • Pool towels
  • Shallow end
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Hypoallergenic pillow
  • Fire extinguisher
  • Key access
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation
  • Hand sanitiser

• Deluxe Suite with Sea View

  This spacious suite features 1 living room, 1 separate bedroom and 1 bathroom with a shower and free toiletries. The air-conditioned suite features a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, a private entrance, a mini-bar, executive lounge access as well as sea views. The unit has 2 beds.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Minibar
  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • TV
  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Seating Area
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Shared toilet
  • Satellite channels
  • Additional toilet
  • Private entrance
  • Tile/marble floor
  • Dining area
  • Executive lounge access
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Hypoallergenic
  • Cleaning products
  • Terrace
  • Linen
  • Dining table
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Entire unit located on ground floor
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Clothes rack
  • Drying rack for clothing
  • Toilet paper
  • Pool towels
  • Shallow end
  • Bottle of water
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Hypoallergenic pillow
  • Fire extinguisher
  • Key access
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation
  • Hand sanitiser

• Superior Twin Room with Sea View

  The twin room offers air conditioning, a private entrance, as well as a private bathroom featuring a shower. The twin room features a dining area, a wardrobe, a safe deposit box and a flat-screen TV. The unit offers 3 beds.

  Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • TV
  • Air conditioning
  • Private bathroom
  • Private entrance
  • Dining area
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Dining table
  • Clothes rack
  • Drying rack for clothing
  • Toilet paper
  • Pool towels
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo

• Standard Triple Room

  The triple room offers air conditioning and a private entrance, as well as a private bathroom featuring a shower. The triple room features a wardrobe. The unit offers 2 beds.

  Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Private bathroom
  • Private entrance
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Clothes rack
  • Drying rack for clothing
  • Toilet paper
  • Pool towels
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo

• Standard Quadruple Room

  The quadruple room provides air conditioning and a private entrance, as well as a private bathroom featuring a shower. The unit offers 2 beds.

  Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Private bathroom
  • Private entrance
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Clothes rack
  • Drying rack for clothing
  • Toilet paper
  • Pool towels
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo

Guest Reviews

• Mileybis (10/5): - Todo espectacular, desde la atención hasta las instalaciones, fabiola divina su atención no deja nada que desear, Luis Miguel super atento, pero en general tooodoooos son excelentes desde el administrador hasta el resto del personal un 10 de 10. Gracias por todo
• Maria (10/5): - Si Todo Super
• camilo andres (10/5): -
• Ghislain (9/5): - L’accueil du personnel et les services offerts. Les plats étaient succulents.
• Doré (10/5): - L’emplacement les instalations et tout le reste Ras
• Haubrechts (1/5): Nous sommes partis dans l’heure qui suivait notre arrivée - Absolument rien l’hôtel est très mal entretenu rien n’est propre tout parait sale Le personnel qui est extrêmement désagréable et qui n’est pas du tout professionnel!
• Mateo (9/5): - Excelente la atención del personal, todos muy amables y con excelente disposición. La playa queda muy cerca, y la piscina es muy buena. Fuimos con nuestro hijo de 2 años y nos sentimos como en casa. La música a veces demasiado fuerte durante el día, pero cuando pedimos que la bajaran lo hicieron de buena gana.
• Jonathan (8/5): Very good -
• Verified traveler (4/5): No wifi, no warm water, stay elsewhere. - If you're visiting from far away like the United States or on a special trip, I'd recommend staying at the Blue Apple Beach Club instead. You don't want to cheap on the little stuff on a vacation. The room was advertisied as having Wifi, and it did not have Wifi or cell signal. Youll have to walk by the pool area to make calls. Also the bathroom has black mold around the sink, and the shower water temperature doesn't get warm or hot. Those basic comforts make a big difference on a vacation, so I wouldn't recommend if you're on a nice family vacation. They charge for water bottles and the water isnt drinkable. The food options are more limited. After you've sprung for all the other travel arrangements to get here, just get a nicer hotel. If you're from nearby and could return whenever, the staff are kind and the island is beautiful.
• Jonathan (7/5): Too expensive for nothing special ! - The team were very attentive but we were the only couple staying there ! There was nothing to do as couldn’t leave the hotel on our own as told not safe and when we did leave the hotel grounds with a member of the team felt unwelcome by the locals and nothing to see or do. It was our most expensive hotel in the whole of Colombia for nothing extra and being the only visitors when we looked at the upgrade room they wanted extra £40 per night, luckily we didn’t agree.
• Feleke (10/5): Amazing time. - Leonardo was amazing!! He went beyond to make our stay comfortable and enjoyable. He made us feel like beautiful princesses. We loved Leonardo! The wifi was weak in the rooms.
• Jonathan (10/5): Relaxing - Beautiful location Wonderful staff especially Leonardo the front of house manager. He made our stay very enjoyable. We walked into the village and visited the Castillo. castle was great village was a real let down Rubbish and litter everywhere. Apparently this is a culture thing!
• John (10/5): Exceptional -
• Luke (4/5): Calm but a little boring and stressful how to leave the island - The views were good, room was great, food was good. Staff were very helpful (with exception of the manager) Getting there and back to the mainland wasn’t easy. The swimming pool was often dirty and animals often drank the water. There is no beach at the resort. The nearest beach is a short walk across some rocks. Internet was patchy and the tv didn’t work. During our stay, there were a total of 5 other guests, so it is very quiet.
• Ada (2/5): Never again - The room is fine (except the bathroom) and its clean. WiFi works OK. There are nice beaches nearby. Breakfast is OK. When we arrived they wanted to charge us more even though in booking it was written the price I did the booking. There were few phone calls but then they accepted. When we arrived it was early so we didn't see anyone else but later on we realised that we were literally the only guests. There is always a construction and fixing going on in the hotel. On the first day we ordered typical fish plates and a burger. They took almost 2 hours to arrive. The prices are high but it's the same everywhere in the island, still waiting for 1.5-2 hours wasn't what we were expecting. The staff is very disorganised and look like they don't really wanna work. The music in the pool area is too loud, they also put movies or football matches in high volume without thinking the guests. The pool is dirty. The bathroom in the room is very old with a very weird sink and the water from the faucet comes only 2 seconds when you push the button then it stops so you have to push 3-4 times at least to wash hands. Because the hotel was kinda abandoned with no people and too much staff going around randomly we preferred to hang out another hotel nearby. They sold us a tour which takes you to 4 islands, when you buy a tour from a hotel you expect it to be a good, well this wasn't. Its one of the worst tours I've ever been. The guy that sold us the tour which is working for the hotel lied about the tour, he told us a totally different itinerary than we did with the tour, and didn't take responsibility when we asked for a refund and blame the tour company. We bought also private boat to go back to Cartagena, we paid 40mil pesos per person expecting to be picked up from the hotel but they told us that the waves are big so we have to go to Bochacina where the boats arrive and when we asked if the motors to take us there were included they said yes. Motors arrived and they asked money, the guy that sold us the boat came and told us that he didn't say that was included.
• Nick (10/5): Exceptional - IWe likes everything about this Hotel...we enjoyed our stay so much we stayed longer...A big thanks to Orlando and Mariano who were both fantastic.... Nothing
• Kevin (6/5): Off season and some work was going on. - The pool area was nice. The A/C was a lifesaver. The breakfast was lovely. We were picked up from the sailing club by the owner, his boat was awesome The smell of sewage outside our room. No hot water in the shower Got woken up at 6am by the sound of an angle grinder
• Mark (10/5): - Very nice place to chill, stuff is great, service is amaizing. They even had a di playing all day
• Stephan (8/5): Very d 3-star hotel experience - Great staff, food, atmosphere, nature. If you stay at one of the suites, it's wonderful 3-star hotel experience. Other rooms would be more like 2 stars. Problem (in general in Colombia) is constant loud music in common area, particularly the bass-heavy reggaeton. But can ask for change, however the next day it's back.
• Mark (8/5): Remote stay in a nice location - We were surprised at how remote Tierra Bomba was despite being so close to Cartagena. This can be good if you don't want to do anything, bad if you want attractions. There are no cars on the island so you have to ride on the back of motorbikes to get anywhere. The nicest beach from the hotel is not walkable. The hotel itself was very good. Beautiful views. The chef is excellent and will cook you anything you want. Felt like too many staff just hanging around at times when they could have been fixing up the place, clearing spider webs, etc. Definitely go for one of the two suites - there is a marked difference between rooms. Some very good positives, but also a few drawbacks to be prepared for both!
• David (10/5): Great relaxed hotel - We spent three nights here in January and had the most relaxing time. It's a small hotel with less than 10 rooms but very comfortable and quiet. If you're looking to spend just a few days chilling out on Tierra Bomba then this would be the place.
• Verified traveler (10/5): - Great hotel, with very friendly staff. Nice pool and outdoor area, and nearby the Blue Apple Beach House where you can hang out during the day.
• Andy (8/5): - In summary, we enjoyed ourselves but its not all great. The good - The patio/pool/views are excellent. There is no beach access but its a 4 minute walk to a decent, not crowded beach or you can walk in or jump off the boat launch. Only 10 rooms so its not crowed, unlike the blue apple which is a short walk away. We had the best room with the private ocean view with balcony. Its got a great covered patio, two lounge chairs and a little sitting area. It also has an all outdoor (private) bathroom and shower. The service was polite but... The bad - The service is super slow. Im talking 10 minutes to make 2 cocktails slow, however this seems to be pretty common in Colombia. Food can be over an hour. The wifi was very slow and really only worked near the bar. The free breakfast was slim and got wiped out the second morning so there was not much to eat. We had an iffy "for two" meal the second night. The staff dont speak any english. The ugly - There are no services on this island, so bring anything you want. If coming again Id bring a cooler and some big waters, along with some snacks. We walked in to the town and there is nothing there aside from a single restaurant one the beach serving one thing. There is a TV in the room with direct tv, but no channels. The room needs some maintenance. None of the wall lights worked when we checked in, so the maintenance guy came and
• Jose (8/5): - Pool with a nice view. Rooms with good AC. Entry should be by boat if you want it nice.
• Verified traveler (2/5): - Toda la noche sin luz
• Verified traveler (6/5): Could be better - This is technically a nice place, and we wanted to like it more, but there's a weird vibe because you feel like you're encroaching on the staff's territory instead of feeling like a guest. They hang out in all the communal areas (including your room's patio space), talk on cell phones by the pool, walk around shirtless, etc). It was more awkward than relaxing. Unfortunately rooms were also lacking in cleanliness. This place has potential but I wouldn't go back as is. The gardner was really nice.
• Verified traveler (10/5): - We loved our stay at Isla Real. At first we wanted to go to Blue Apple Beach hotel, but we were glad we didn't. Isla Real is much more quiet, and we avoided the crowds that come to the nearby beach every day. The location is beautiful and the hotel is well kept. There are beach chairs and umbrellas that you can bring to the beach, and a lovely hammock patio and pool where we spent most of our time watching the ships go by. The food at the restaurant is excellent, but it took us a really long time to get our food. It was worth it though! Overall, we had a great time at Isla Real.
• Joshua (4/5): Wouldn’t stay again. Bad hotel - Bad service. Not good internet. Electricity was out. Should not be on hotels.com. No food available for evening time. Smelly gas smell all day
• Isabelle (8/5): Très agréable - Nous avons passé 10 jours dans cet hôtel pour plonger et nous reposer. Seulement 11 chambres confortables. L'équipe est vraiment très sympathique. La cuisine est excellente et vous pouvez manger à toute heure, même si pour 10 jours la carte paraît un peu restreinte. Mais le chef peut vous cuisiner à la demande ce que vous voulez. Contrairement à ce qui a été écrit les chambres peuvent être faites tous les jours mais il faut le demander. Cependant, il ne faut pas s'attendre aux services que l'on a dans les hôtels qui sont au même prix en Europe car n'oublions pas que nous sommes sur une île avec les contraintes que cela engendre (faire venir l'eau tous les 2 jours... l'électricité). La literie est excellente. La piscine donne sur la mer et la plage est accessible en 3 minutes par un petit chemin. Le séjour à été bon dans l'ensemble car le cadre est magnifique, calme et reposant. Pour la plongée le Paraiso dive center de Cartaghene qui a une annexe à l'hôtel d'à côté est très bien.

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