Best Hotels with Activities in Barranquilla

Barranquilla sits where the Magdalena River meets the Caribbean, Colombia's fourth-largest city and the self-styled Puerta de Oro on the coast. Family hotels cluster in El Prado and around the Buenavista and Viva malls, close to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport and a short drive from the beaches of Puerto Colombia. The city is loud, hot and proud of it: this is Carnaval de Barranquilla's home turf, a UNESCO-listed festival that fills the streets every February. Outside carnival season, families get a calmer river city with rooftop pools, air-conditioned rooms and an easy base for day trips to the coast.