Alquímico
Venue Brief
Three floors of the walled city — ground-floor apothecary, first-floor lounge, rooftop over the Centro. Alquímico is the cocktail bar that put Cartagena on the World's 50 Best list.
Venue Details
- Vibe
- DancingChic/LuxuryScenic
- Age guide
- 25-45
- Dress code
- Smart Casual
- Cuisine
- Latin American
- Demographic
- Tourists
- Music genre
- ReggaetonReggaeLounge/Chill HouseLatin
- Price
- $$$$
- Open season
- Year-round
- Clientele
- South American
- Open times
- Mon 7 PM – 2 AMTue 7 PM – 2 AMWed 7 PM – 2 AM BestThu 7 PM – 3 AM BusyFri 7 PM – 3 AM BusySat 7 PM – 3 AM BusySun 7 PM – 2 AM
- Vibe score
- 8.0 / 10
Address
Cl. del Colegio #34-24, El Centro, Cartagena de Indias, Bolívar, Colombia
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About Alquímico
Reggaeton and Latin tracks are what tip the room over: the lounge-house and reggae that carry the early hours give way to something louder and more insistent, and by midnight the floors that started as drinking rooms are dancing rooms. Doors open at 7pm every night of the week, with Thursday through Saturday running to 3am — those nights, plus Wednesday, are when the stairs get busy and the Centro crowd of travellers and South American visitors fills all three levels. Latin American plates keep the earlier part of the evening anchored, and the $$ band means a World's 50 Best Bars name on Calle del Colegio costs less than that ranking suggests. Smart casual is enforced loosely but genuinely, so leave the beachwear at the hotel; the room skews late twenties to mid forties. Year-round, and popular enough — 4.4 across some six thousand reviews — that arriving before nine is the sensible move.
