Glamping in Barichara

In Barichara, a bit more than half the listings publish their RNT: 9 of 17. WhatsApp appears in 12. If you choose a listing without an RNT, ask for the number by message and compare it with the name of whoever is charging you. If the listing also has no WhatsApp, use the contact that appears and ask for recent photos of the unit and the exact location before transferring. There are 42 units spread across those 17 listings, so several places have more than one tent or dome on the same plot: in those cases, confirm which one you are assigned and whether it is the one in the photos.

The combinations of type and theme are few, but clear:

• 3 domes have a jacuzzi, the most repeated combination in town.
• 2 cabins add a fireplace.
• 2 cabins have a jacuzzi.
• 2 cabins accept pets.

If what you want is a jacuzzi, the dome gives you a bit more room to choose than the cabin. If you are traveling with a dog, on the other hand, the cabin is the way to go, and it's worth asking whether the pet can stay inside.

Cabins lead with 6 listings, followed by 4 domes and 4 glampings with no defined type. There are 3 safari tents and 2 chalets, plus a yurt, a capsule and a treehouse. The yurt comes from the steppes of Central Asia and has a round floor plan; the capsule is a small, enclosed unit. As for themes, jacuzzi appears in 5 listings; fireplace, pets and pool in 2 each, and river and couples in one. In practice, here you can choose the format first and then the extra: the variety of types is greater than that of themes.

Nativo Glamping is a safari tent and one of the few listings that combine a fireplace, jacuzzi and pets. Serrania Del Viento Glamping Barichara goes for the dome, one of the two formats that follow the cabin. With a name that says cabins but published as a chalet, Piedra Alta Cabañas is one of the 2 listings of that type. And Refugio Ecoturistico Villa Clarita presents itself as a cabin, the most repeated type. Before choosing among them, ask each how far it is from the historic center, known for its late 18th-century colonial architecture.