Salsa Tour in Cartagena: Dance, Live Music and Drinks in Colombia's Caribbean Coast
4.6
65 Ratings
El Centro
Experience the vibrant culture of Cartagena's Caribbean coast on a Salsa Tour. Dance, enjoy live music, and savor drinks in the Salsa House, known as ¨El Manicomio de la Salsa¨.
Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Babel Spanish School - Our tour starts always at 7 pm at our studio Crazy Salsa.

You will learn how to dance, while refreshing yourself with a delicious welcome Cocktail. After the class you will go for a bar hopping were you will put into practice all your salsa moves (alcoholic beberages included). After having a nice experience through the night life in the heart of Cartagena´s historic downtown, you´ll get back to Crazy Salsa Bar, where you will be welcome with a refreshing cocktail, and you´ll get the chance to meet fellow dancers in it´s social dance party with the best live music in town.

Perfect introduction to the salsa night life in Cartagena and to a new passion for life.

Cheers!

What's Included
  • Live entertainment
  • Beverages
  • Alcoholic Beverages
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Cartagena is known for its deep-rooted music and dance culture, which is a part of everyday life in Colombia’s coastal Caribbean region. Besides exploring the historic city, trying ceviche, and visiting the Rosario Islands, it is absolutely IMPERATIVE to add dancing to your vacation plans. Engaging with Cartagena’s culture through dance provides a more enchanting experience than reading about it in a book. In this tour, we provide a blend of dance lessons (to help you confidently take to the dance floor), bar drinks (to aid in your social immersion), and the finest live salsa music at the Salsa House in Cartagena. This place is also known as ¨El Manicomio de la Salsa¨ - the go-to spot for salsa enthusiasts including musicians and dancers.

  • Minimum age is 18 years
Location
Babel Spanish School
Centro, Carrera 8 #8-85 Edificio Banco Santander of. 301 Cartagena, Bolivar, Colombia 3 Story Republican Building, light gray color, right in front of the flower plaza (Parque de las flores)
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Alicexwo
Feb 22, 2024
Highly recommend this tour for beginners, Esteban is a great teacher! - We booked this salsa tour to prepare us for an upcoming wedding. Although we had no prior dance experience, Esteban is a great beginner friendly teacher and he’s also a talented dancer. We started the tour in a dance studio to learn some basic moves on our own and with a dance partner, then we took it to a salsa bar (+ some mojitos) to put our moves to the test. Highly recommend this tour if you’re new to salsa dancing!
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Chrisah6764vc
Jan 7, 2024
Esteban is amazing! - Esteban was amazing! He brought us to the best places and was always there to help. He is a great teacher and tour guide. I would come back just for this tour again with him.
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Ladycharlotte2017
Dec 23, 2023
Fun Salsa Dance Activity 💃🏽 - Our instructor Kevin was engaging and very patient. Loved the “authentic” salsa club experience after the dance lessons. This activity really made our trip memorable! Please make sure to wear comfortable shoes!
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Janice_h
Aug 28, 2023
A Salsa sensational night - My private lesson, club experience, photo shoot within the walls, and dinner made an awesome night. Kevin is so geuine and talented. He made me feel like I was dancing with a STAR.
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Stewarts957
Jul 14, 2023
Nice intro to salsa - This was a great experience. After the basic introduction to salsa by our excellent and encouraging teacher, we enjoyed going to three bars with additional teaching from our friendly tour leader. This ended up being a private tour, which we did not expect, and it enabled us to get to know our tour leader. We had the bars to ourselves because most customers don't come until after 10. That was nice when we were not yet salsa experts.
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Trisha_m
Jun 13, 2023
Fun Salsa Tour! - Our salsa tour was a blast! Kevin, our instructor, did a great job tailoring the lesson to our level since we had already taken some salsa lessons in the past. We were then able to go out together and practice our skills at some local salsa bars. Kevin also showed us some fun areas of the city to go out and enjoy the rest of our evening.
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Merissah_g
May 27, 2023
Fun! - The way she taught made learning the salsa very fun and doable. We learn salsa in the class for one hour and then we went to two fun bars where we actually did dance and it was a great time. Would recommend!
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Kimya_m
Aug 13, 2023
Fun for couples new to salsa - We took part as a couple and were the only ones in the class and tour which was great in terms of 1-1 tutorial. Natalia was a good teacher and her instructions helped us pick things up quickly. We were given quite a few complimentary drinks which was a nice even though we weren’t there to drink alcohol, it definitely helped warm us up though. The tour part was two salsa clubs. The first one was small and great for practising our moves. There was only a couple of other people in there but because the venue was small it didn’t feel too awkward. The second venue was a bit bigger and so when busier this would have been better but to be honest we were pretty self conscious so might have been for the best, as after the two venues we made our own way to cafe havana which did have the bustle and energy we were craving. Overall a really nice evening.
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Sira_d
Jan 18, 2024
Good if you don't have plans - I don't regret doing it, as it was a way to get to dance Salsa as I'm usually to embarrassed to try. But price is way to high for what it is. You get less than 10 Euros worth of drinks and 1 hour of class. 45 Euros for Colombia for this is just way to much. When we arrived they were confused and it seemed like they didn't know they had reservations. The class was great - I learned a lot, so no criticism here. The bars we went to were all empty. Of course it was on a Wednesday, but I think there should be the information that during the week the bars might be empty and that they recommend to do the tour on the weekend. The city in general was very lively so I don't know if there wouldn't had been other options with more ambiente. The instructor is not the same person as the one who goes to the bars with you, which was also a bit odd. O think it would be better if it was the same person, as than he already knows which level you have. Both were nice though. All in all, if you don't know what to do in the evening and you're by yourself and want to practice Salsa and don't care about money - Do it. If you have a better option, better go for that one IMO.
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Aditya_n
Oct 28, 2023
Don't go if u want to social or if u want to learn alot of salsa other than 3 moves - Had to give one because i couldnt give 0. Instructor was good but awful management and planning. I was the only one booked and they didnt tell me before hand. My intention was to know more ppl so I asked them to cancel if it's just me and they were like no way. Who would dance salsa alone?! Also, in total 3 hours of dance class l learned 3 moves. Took me to nearby clubs as salsa tour( which r mostly ghost clubs) I highly recommend not to waste ur money on someone who don't care about your experience. Don't at all go if u r looking to socialise or wanna learn salsa. I even told them that I may end up giving bad review if I don't like and they didnt even care. So🤷🏻‍♂️
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