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Cartagena Historic Center and Getsemani Walking Tour

Cartagena Historic Center and Getsemani Walking Tour

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Discover Cartagena’s history and culture through the eyes of a local—who takes care of the logistics—on this walking tour. You’ll wend your way through the city’s historic center, with stops at Torre del Reloj, Portal de Los Dulces, Plaza de Bolivar, and Parque Centenario to learn about the city’s Spanish colonial, slave, and pirate history. Then you’ll explore the artistic enclave of Getsemani and the secrets of salsa.

Languages: English Spanish
📍Cl. 32 #841, Centro, Cartagena de Indias, Provincia de Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia
🏢Operated by NEXPERIENCE

Highlights

  • Time-pressed Cartagena visitors can see top sights in a short amount of time
  • Go beyond the guidebook with a local who shares fascinating stories
  • See places that would be hard to find on your own
  • Gain a new understanding of Cartagena’s multi-layered past

What you'll see & do

  • Cartagena, a city that bewitches, welcomes you to the best tour of the beautiful and magical city of Historic Cartagena full of stories, sayings and fascinating myths of its walls, streets, convents and houses of the walled downtown and San Diego that transcends the city limits. Discover the secrets, customs and legends of the tradition inherited from the Spaniards and popular from our Caribbean miscegenation, among which Gabo (Nobel Prize for Literature) accompanies us through his writings, such as his book "One Hundred Years of Solitude", one of the most read in the world.
  • We start, at the agreed time, the shared tour, in the Camellón de Los Mártires - Plaza de Cervantes we will learn about the indigenous people who were before and during the arrival of the Spanish.
  • We move to the "Golden Key of Cartagena" or Clock Tower entering the Plaza del Ecuador, before the Plaza del Esclavo, a prelude to continue part of the enslavement route through Porto Carrero and Candilejo streets. But first, Pedro de Heredía welcomes us.
  • We continue to the Portal de Los dulces, a symbol of female activity in times of slavery and that their descendants still continue their traditions.
  • The process of commercialization of merchandise, including that of the enslaved, in the old "Plaza de la Aduana", has been historically important. Here we will see important buildings such as the Municipal Hall.
  • Of course, art is no stranger to the tour, the Museum of Modern Art, an exponent of Caribbean and Latin American art from the 50's, the Gold Museum opens its doors with samples of indigenous pieces from the Colombian Caribbean and the Emerald Museum, stones of beautiful considered the most beautiful in the world, worn by celebrities.
  • Religion is present with San Pedro Claver, Slave of the Slaves, we will see the Architecture of the Church and Museum-Monastery that bear his name and is the Headquarters of Human Rights.
  • This bastion was built to defend the "Bay of Souls" from any pirate attack. On this tour we will see the history behind the walls of Cartagena.
  • Do you like the feats of pirates and corsairs? We count them when visiting a Bastion, as a sample of Spanish military constructions and strategies, we continue to Plaza Bolívar, in homage to the precursor of Independence, a place to refresh ourselves.
  • Do you know the sloths, the squirrels, the iguanas? You will see them in one of the most important Lungs of Cartagena, Centennial Park, former Railway Station, which is a relic of the Tropical Dry Forest where we refresh under the shade of beautiful trees.
  • We will enjoy one of the most important and colorful cultural corridors of Getsemaní, due to the umbrellas (symbol of the advertisement), the graffiti and the unique architecture.
  • Finally, we enter the Callejón Ancho, to reach the end of the route along Calle San Juan to the sound of salsa and the African champeta; previously passing by the church and square of the Holy Trinity.

What's included

  • Gratuities
  • Professional Tour Guide

Good to know

Wheelchair accessible

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

  • A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
  • No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
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