Half-Day Tour of Cartagana: Historical Exploration by Air-Conditioned Vehicles
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91 Ratings
Cartagena
Embark on a half-day historical exploration of Cartagena, visiting iconic landmarks such as the walled city, Monastery La Popa, and San Felipe de Barajas fortress. Discover the rich history and culture of this vibrant city in air-conditioned comfort.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- La Popa Convent - Shared tour to visit in detail the principal sites of interest located in the old city of Cartagena. The tour starts at 2:00pm leaving the downtown area to go to Manga neighborhood, where you can appreciate the beautiful mansions built at the beginning of the XX Century.
Then it continues on to the highest part of the city named “La Popa” where there is a convent dating to the beginning of the XVII Century and a nice panoramic view of the whole city (subject to availability).
- Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas - Immediately after, you will visit San Felipe de Barajas Fortress, which is considered the most important fortification in South America. You will also visit the mansions in the manga neighborhood of the 19th and 20th centuries, all full of eclectic architecture of European immigrants.
- Plaza Santo Domingo - Then the tour heads to the walled city where we take a walking tour, visiting the different squares of the city (Santo Domingo Square, Bolivar Square, Los Coches Square, Aduana Square, San Pedro Claver Square, Square of the Heroes of Cartagena, Clock Tower, View of the Bay “las animas”), and admiring the old colonial houses filled with history and legend.
- Las Bovedas - At the end, we take a tour by the modern part of Cartagena (Bocagrande, Laguito and Castillogrande) and a moment to shop for souvenirs in the handicraft market “Las Bovedas”.
Approximate time of the tour is 4 hours. Tour includes a bottle of water per person and entrances to the sites and attractions.
- Walled City of Cartagena - Walking Tour for the most important squares of the old City.
- Barrio Getsemani - Walking Tour in the Coolest and bohemian neighborhood of the city. Full of art and culture
What's Included
- Pickup and Drop Off in Hotels Specific Areas
- Transport by air-conditioned coach or minivan
- Professional guide
- Driver/guide
What's Not Included
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Experience a 4-hour historical exploration of the fortified city, Bocagrande and Castillogrande, Gethsemane, the La Popa Monastery, the San Pedro Claver Church, the mansion district in Manga, a scenic view of the ‘San Felipe de Barajas’ fortress, ‘Las Bóvedas’, including a walking tour through the vintage city… and several more attractions.
Departures occur daily with the following pick up schedule:
13:15 - Hotels in Boquilla, Cabrero, and Marbella
13:30 - 13:40 - Pickup from Old City and Getsemani Area
14:00 - 14:15 - Hotels in Bocagrande area
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- The attraction named “La Popa” is subject to availability (it will be replaced with other monuments or attractions)
Location
La Popa Convent
Calle 37
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.3
(91 Ratings)
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Dilhan_b
Mar 22, 2024
Great! - It was excellent. A very informative tour. A learned a lot about Cartagena and its history. Raphael was a great tour guide. Well educated. Answered all our questions. Showed up on time for my pickup. Overall great experience. Got my money’s worth.
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Jalisa_p
Feb 26, 2024
Amaze tour - L was amazing, I really enjoy this tour, I got pick up from my hotel and brought some items definitely a good tour
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849geneo
Feb 22, 2024
Great experience - Six of us took the trip with Nicomedes as a guide and Eduardo as a driver. We chose the places we wanted to visit and guide and driver were very accommodating. Nicomedes was a very knoweledgeble guide.
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Tifanni_s
Oct 5, 2023
I would highly recommend - Amazing! We learned and saw so much of the city. It was all worth it. The tour guides spoke in English and Spanish as our tour had people who spoke both languages. We learned about the rich history. It was informative and delightful. Also coming into an Air-Conditioned van after the Cartagena heat was great as well.
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379urielg
Aug 20, 2023
The best tour in Cartagena with Nico - Excellent tour. Nico, the guide, is a great human being, he knows a lot about Cartagena and he gave us a great tour.
We learned a lot
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Myrnall
Aug 19, 2023
Incredible experience with Nico the guide - Nico our Guide is extraordinary! He knows a lot of Cartagena History,
He shared with us some personal experiences related to the places we visited.
We enjoyed a lot all the tour, and all the people in Cartagena recognized Nico,so you feel like you are walkinh with a hollywood star!!!
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Aviatrix
Jan 18, 2024
Interesting and informative tour - There were a couple of minor issues - pick-up was late (but you get used to that in Colombia...), and some of the English commentary seemed to be an abbreviated summary of the Spanish version rather than the full thing... but other than that we were very happy with our tour! Our guide, Alvaro Lascar, was friendly, knowledgeable and engaging, and he made sure that everbody was well looked after.
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Canadatraveller2022
Jan 1, 2024
Great way to the see the city. - The air conditioned mini bus was a great way to get around town. Issac was a friendly and knowledgeable guide. It took almost an hour from my pickup to pickup the remaining people before we got to the first stop in Bocagrande. I was told in the late morning they could not pick me up in the walled city hotel I was in and had to meet then 10 min away closer to the wall. The tour info was great. The mixed Spanish and English group made it more challenging to guide, it would have been ideal to have separate groups as I felt we missed a lot of content in spanish. The convent and fort was nice to visit and had great views. the info was not very detailed (more details of the history could have been provided). The tour felt short and not detailed enough for the price paid. No info was provided for the walled city and various landmarks within it. We finished the tour at an emerald store where the staff gave a presentation on how to find them and process them.
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Glorialaiton
Mar 24, 2024
Disappointing - Totally dissapointed. I paid $400,000 just to go see Cerro de la Popa, I even paid separately for the tickets there. The vehicle is pleasant, however in the last positions because it is higher up the view out the window is not good. According to what the guide said, we passed through Getsemani and other places that we could not even appreciate, nor was there a walk or stop. Upon arriving at the Castillo de San Felipe and while I bought a water, they left us stranded at the turnstiles with no choice but to get into the van to wait for them to return, if you are in a group you have to make sure it is full. After this they walked a few streets (a few) to end up at a jewelry store specializing in emeralds, something that I only saw justification because I was with foreigners. Terrible, a way to spoil a birthday, I ended up paying for a chiva tour another day, a thousand times better, more lively, better guided and super attentive to the group despite having a larger number of people. A scam.
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Christian_m
Nov 9, 2023
Terrible experience wasted my time - Missed the whole tour, I asked them for the time and they gave the green light. However, when it came on the actual day of the tour for pickup, they then asked me to just take a ride to some location, then change it to being cancelled because supposedly some tour members were running late. Then, they apologized and offered their other tours but why would I go to your other tours if you can't even do a simple pickup.
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