Santa Lova Hostel

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Santa Lova Hostel
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Serves meat, vegan options available. Hostel restaurant open to the public. Located on the San Bernardo Islands and only accessible by boat or from Cartagena (the nearest city). Has a daily vegan/vegetarian menu choice that can always be made vegan. Also offers accommodation in the hostel with vegan meal options.

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Archipiélago de San Bernardo, Golfo de Morrosquillo, Tintipan Island, Colombia, 130019
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+57-3128922965
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- Last update on 27 Jan 2022 by Guest
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2 Reviews

First Review by Marchster

LarissaK

Points +3481

Vegan

03 Oct 2023

Stayed here, ok but also disappointing - Edit

I stayed at Santa Lova for three nights. Let me start with the positives: the mangrove island is beautiful and the hotel installations too. They use dry toilets and limit the water use, very eco friendly. What I'm truly angry about is they advertised their hotel as "vegan-friendly", which it is clearly not. It's great for vegetarians, but for the "vegan option" they just leave out the animal protein for the same price (one evening I had rice and potatoes for 30k🤦‍♀️). The breakfast is a catastrophe for vegans, if it wasn't for the avocado I brought it would have been dry bread/arepa and three pieces of fruit every morning. I wouldn't mind if they hadn't advertised their "vegan options". Additionally it is french owned, the boss is not the friendliest (she was constantly smoking and drinking in my face) and I wouldn't recommend it for solo travelers since there are big french groups not wanting to talk to anybody else. Also they seem to exploit their volunteers, who have to do everything, even the tours (don't do the plancton tour, it was a total scam!). All in all disappointing.

Pros: eco friendly : dry toilet and limited water, beautiful nature

Cons: no real vegan options, even if advertised, unfriendly french people, they exploit their volunteers

Marchster

Points +234

Vegan

27 Jan 2022

Eco Hostal with vegan options - Edit

I stayed for two days at Santa Lova Hostel located at Tintipán a Caribbean Island in Colombia. This is an eco-hostel with dried toilets and you were only allowed to take a shower once at day and with a bucket. It help us to realise how much water we spend on our daily life. There are two menus, you can choose the vegetarian option, that can easily modified to vegan. They also have Snacks like Yuca Frita (fried mandiok), Patacones (fried plantain) and juices. Breakfast could be better though. But it was a nice place to relax and enjoy the sea.

Updated from previous review on 2022-01-25

Pros: Water conscious , snacks

Cons: Breakfast could be better