Islabela

About Islabela

Daybeds are the unit of currency here — you claim one for the day, and table service comes to you rather than the other way round, which is how the Rosario Islands are best taken: slowly, from a horizontal position, with lounge and chill house running low enough to hear the water. The kitchen keeps things broad rather than pinned to one cuisine, so a group can eat without negotiation. Saturday and Sunday are when the boats arrive in number, mostly tourists in from Cartagena, with a mix of South Americans and Western Europeans and a crowd that skews to the 25-45 range; couples and families more than groups looking for a night out. Beach chic covers it — a good cover-up and sandals, nothing that needs ironing. It runs year-round, and the $$$$ band reflects the private-island logistics as much as the food. Google reviewers hold it at 4.4 across more than 950 ratings.