WARD OPEN · 1957 → 2026
The patients stayed.
When the Hospital del Tórax (annex of the old Hospital San Juan de Dios) closed its doors, most of them went home. Some did not. Hortensia knows each of them by name. Stop by and say hello — but do not touch the doors marked with a cross.
SIX ZONES · ONE NIGHT
What actually happens inside.
This isn’t just a bar. It’s six things at once. Come hungry, come scared, come curious — the house takes you however you walk in.
Calle 19 — The Coals
Charcoal-fired. Six skewers on the streetside grill, paper plate, cash or QR. No ticket needed to eat.
Admissions
An autopsy slab for a counter, noble gases on the back wall, house syringe shots. The Doctor on shift pours. Luz checks you in.
La Morfina · Patient’s Blood
Five shots only El Sanatorio pours. Served in a sterile syringe. “For the nerves,” says Hortensia.
11 Rooms · 25 Minutes
The full run. Don Hilario, the electrical ward, surgery, the morgue, the chained finale. Tickets $69,000 COP · $58,000 each for groups of 4 or more (applied automatically) · combo $88,000 with skewer and beer.
Personalised Storyline
Reserve your patient file — your initials on the records wall. See your polaroid on the way out.
Souvenir of Your Panic
Cameras in two rooms catch your reaction. We print on the way out — 4×6, framed in a patient envelope.
PATIENT FILE PROGRAMME
Don Silvio will assign you a ward.
Send us your name on WhatsApp. The receptionist pulls your file and tells you which patient you are. The night you arrive, your waitress will see your card pinned to the records wall.
FILE No. SAN-013
SAMPLE — Micaela
Civil name(yours, on the night)
SobriquetThe Seamstress of Pus
Admitted(the night you arrive)
Assigned wardNorth Wing
MedicationLimonada de panela · one glass
“Suspected stitching of the pus. Patient sews better than the doctor. Keep needle within reach.”
ADMITTED
ADMISSION · BOOK YOUR SPOT
How to get in.
Limited capacity, Wednesday through Sunday plus public-holiday Mondays. Estimate your bill, check which nights are open, and reserve with Hortensia. A 20% deposit, fully refundable, holds your spot; the balance is paid at the door.
Admission Calculator
Rate
Group of 4 or more — $58,000 COP ea.
TOTAL
$232,000 COP
20% deposit: $46,000
Balance at door: $116,000
Food & drink not included. Groups of 4 or more pay $58,000 each, applied automatically — even and odd parties alike. Birthday and private events: WhatsApp for a custom quote.
Open nights
We run Wednesday through Sunday — Wed 7pm–1am · Thu 7pm–1am · Fri 7pm–2am · Sat 7pm–2am · Sun 7pm–12am — plus public-holiday Mondays 7pm–1am. Wednesday and Thursday are normal open nights that sell no maze entries. Tuesday, and any Monday that is not a public holiday, the house is closed.
Capacity is hard-capped at 22–28 guests per night. WhatsApp Hortensia for the live availability — she replies in English or Spanish.
Ask Hortensia which nights are openADDRESS · HOURS
How to find us.
The House
Calle 19 #4-23
Centro Histórico, Santa Marta
Phone / WhatsApp
Hours
Wednesday: 7:00 pm — 1:00 am — bar and grill, no maze.
Thursday: 7:00 pm — 1:00 am — bar and grill, no maze.
Friday: 7:00 pm — 2:00 am
Saturday: 7:00 pm — 2:00 am
Sunday: 7:00 pm — 12:00 am
Public-holiday Mondays: 7:00 pm — 1:00 am
Kitchen: stops an hour before the house closes on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, an hour and a half before on Fridays and Saturdays. The bar closes with the house.
Paciente 013 maze: Friday, Saturday, Sunday and public-holiday Mondays
Monday (unless a public holiday) and Tuesday: closed to the public
Getting there
Between the Catedral de Santa Marta and the Quinta San Pedro Alejandrino. If you’ve walked through the old town in the past few weeks, you’ve already passed the door. Open in Google Maps ↗
THE BUILDING · A HISTORY
Before El Sanatorio.
The building was part of Santa Marta’s historic medical complex. The Hospital del Tórax — an annex of the old Hospital San Juan de Dios — took in lung patients during the first wave of Caribbean tuberculosis, before streptomycin existed. The nurses worked twelve-hour shifts in white cotton uniforms and gauze masks that did not help much. They cared for one woman the house has always called La Bendita — half memory, half spirit, half guardian. She has always been here.
When the disease was finally controlled, the building closed. Sixty years passed. The green walls flaked, the crosses on the doors faded, the files were boxed up. One day we opened a box. The cards were still there. The names were still legible. And the patients — the ones you read about on this site — began to appear in the corridors.
“The building took care when it was its turn to take care. Almost a century later, it returns the favour to the people who do today what those nurses did for it then.”
If you’d like to read more about the Hospital del Tórax and what we found when we opened the house, read the full history ↗
VIDEO FILE
See inside.
A look at the house before you open the door.
Pending admission · New patient
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