4-Hour Cartagena Private Cultural Tour for Cruisers
Highlights
Cartagena
cultural, historical, sightseeing
Private Tour
4 Hours
Easy
English, Spanish
Description
Enjoy an unforgettable experience exploring what Cartagena La Heroica has to offer. Get to know the Santa Cruz de la Candelaria monastery on Popa hill, a beautiful architectural work from the 12th century with a lot of history. Visit the San Felipe de Barajas Castle, a sample of the military engineering of the colonial era and of the attack and defence strategies where battles were fought that marked the history of this city.
Itinerary
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Cartagena Private Cultural Tour
- Connect with your tour guide and begin the tour from La Popa Convent. It is important to visit it because it is the highest point in the city, a good orientation point, and on its top is the Santa Cruz de la Candelaria monastery, a beautiful 17th-century ecclesiastical construction.
- Go to Monumento a Los Zapatos Viejos, a UNESCO world historical and cultural heritage site, where you can see military, civil and ecclesiastical architecture.
- Visit Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas, a feat of Spanish engineering in the new world during the colonial era. The historical site of the heroic city.
- Then, roam around Cartagena Narrow Alley, an ideal place for photos taking advantage of the decoration with umbrellas and murals.
- Next, head to Baluarte El Reducto, examples of architecture and colonial military strategy.
- Afterwards, move to Arte Getsemani- Graffiti and art in the Getsemaní neighbourhood
- Continue the tour to the following sites:
- Barrio Getsemani- Street of umbrellas in Getsemaní
- Plaza De Los Coches- Emblematic place in the heart of Cartagena
- Plaza de la Aduana- The second most important square in the city, the epicentre of trade in Cartagena during the colonial era
- Plaza de San Pedro Claver- Beautiful ecclesiastical construction, a place where the remains of San Pedro Claver Corberó, servant of the Ethiopians forever
- Plaza de Santa Teresa- a place suitable for photographs
- Walled City of Cartagena- military constructions of the 17th century
- Café del Mar Ltda- the ideal place to watch a sunset, and enjoy music and a drink, is the bastion
- Parque del Centenario- In commemoration of the independence of Cartagena, there you can see sloths, squirrels, monkeys, iguanas and parrots, which are part of our fauna
- Plaza de La Trinidad- The main square of the Getsemani neighbourhood where the independence revolution began and its church, the Holy Trinity
- Calle del Pozo- a great place for photography
Tour ends.
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Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations within 24 hours before the tour -
Refund of 50% of the tour price.
Price
Persons | |
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1 to 3 | /person |
4 to 10 | /person |
11 to 15 | /person |
This is a private tour |