Cartagena Walking Tour

4.8

based on 24 reviews

| Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

Features

Free Cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Instant ticket delivery

Mobile Ticket

Pickup available

Duration

2 hours

Wheelchair accessible

Audio guide

Live guide

Local tour guide
Bottled water

Food and drinks, unless specified

Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
wear comfortable sports clothes (optional)

This tour will take you to the most important streets, squares, churches, coffee, restaurants, and the best places of interest in Cartagena. We know all stories about pirates, legends and history of this magical city.

Duration 2 Hours
Group Tour
Max 15 people in the group

1
Walled City of Cartagena
In our walking tours, we visit each important square, place, and street where we talk about its importance and history. It is said that there are cities that have their own soul and Cartagena de Indias is one of them. With its history and modest personality, the Walled City was...
- No Admission Ticket Required•
- Drive-By Only
2
Camellon de los Martires
Our accredited tour guide will welcome you to this incredible experience and will verify your reservation. There he will locate you geographically, give you directions and introduce himself to start the tour. In the Camellón de Los Mártires - Plaza de Cervantes we will learn about the indigenous people who...
- Duration 10 Minutes•
- Admission Ticket Included

Torre del Reloj

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.

Duration 10 Minutes•
Admission Ticket Included

Monumento a Pedro de Heredia

Here you will learn about Miguel de Cervantes and his relationship with the city. Also, the importance of him in Colombian literature. Here you will learn more about the slave markets and the importance of the portal of the typical sweets of the city.

Duration 10 Minutes•
Admission Ticket Included

Portal de Los Dulces

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.

Duration 10 Minutes•
Admission Ticket Included

Plaza de la Aduana

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.

Duration 10 Minutes•
Admission Ticket Included

Museo de Arte Moderno Cartagena

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...

Duration 10 Minutes•
Admission Ticket Included

Plaza de San Pedro Claver

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

Duration 10 Minutes•
Admission Ticket Included

Baluarte de San Ignacio

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.

Duration 10 Minutes•
Admission Ticket Included

Plaza de Bolivar

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.

Duration 10 Minutes•
Admission Ticket Included

Plaza de la Proclamacion

At this point we will find different places of interest. As: the palace of the inquisition, the passage where the beauty queens of our country are exhibited and the gold museum. Tickets to entrance to these places are not included during the tour, we will only refer to them within...

Duration 10 Minutes•
Admission Ticket Included

Barrio Getsemani

Grafities, Culture, Music, customs, folklore, trade, architecture. 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.

Duration 5 Minutes•
No Admission Ticket Required

Parque centenario

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.

Duration 5 Minutes•
Admission Ticket Included

Calle de San Juan

Here we wil talk about Grafities, Café, Blas de Lezo, Gabriel García Marques, Mister Black, Joe Arroyo.

Duration 5 Minutes•
No Admission Ticket Required

Plaza de La Trinidad

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.