San Andrés
Beautiful, energizing, mesmerising and meditative.
Where bohemian days meet soirees of luxury wonder.
- Time Zone: (GMT )
- Language: Spanish
- Currency: COP
A little slice of Colombia in the heart of the Caribbean, with a sprinkling of indigenous culture, echoes of English Puritan settlement and a history of piracy: what’s not to love about stunning San Andrés? Emerald hillsides rise beyond the city, ringed by a patchwork of coconut plantations and vast mangrove swamps. Rocky promontories and sheltered cays that once provided a safe haven for privateer Sir Henry Morgan are now a playground for sun worshippers and skittish lizards. Divers find peerless barrier reefs festooned in coral beneath the warm waves of UNESCO’s Seaflower Biosphere Reserve, an underwater wonderland linking San Andrés to the paradisical beaches of little sister island Providencia.
