Historic Cartagena City Tour: Colonial Mansions, Convents, and Fortifications Exploration
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378 Ratings
Cartagena
Explore the historic city of Cartagena on a private tour, visiting colonial mansions, convents, and fortifications. Discover the city's main monuments, including La Popa's Hill and San Felipe de Barajas Fortress, before exploring the walled city and bohemian neighborhood. Immerse yourself in the history and legends of the old colonial houses, and end the tour with a visit to the modern part of Cartagena.
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas - The Biggest fortification of the america
  • La Popa Convent - Convent Century XVII in the Highest point of the city
  • Walled City of Cartagena - Old City Heritage of the world since 1984
  • Manga - Neighborhood Neoclassical houses.
  • Barrio Getsemani - Getsemani shares the Old Walled City of Cartagena’s bright Caribbean colors, narrow streets, and friendly locals. the authentic neighborhood of the city
  • Las Bovedas - Handrycafts Market Stop Shop
  • Bocagrande - Our Modern neighborhood like Miami or Panama city, full of malls and casino and style modern houses and skyscrapers
  • Plaza de Bolivar - Walking Tour
  • Playa de Bocagrande - Panoramic View Moderm Area of the City
  • Restaurante Fuerte de San Sebastián del Pastelillo-Club de Pesca - Barrio de Manga
  • Plaza Santo Domingo - Walking tour
What's Included
  • Private tour with customized departure times
  • Professional guide and driver service
  • Transportation in air-conditioned vehicle
  • Pickup and drop-off at hotel and port
  • Bottled water provided
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Private tour to visit in detail the principal sites of interest located in the old city of Cartagena. This excellent experience begins by visiting the main monuments of the city like the La Popa’s Hill. The highest point of the city where there is a convent dating the beginning of the XVII Century. after we visit San Felipe de Barajas Fortress which is considered the most important military fortification in South America. Then the tour heads to the walled city and the bohemian neighborhood Getsemaní. first a stop for shopping in the last build fortification named ‘Las Bovedas’ , after we take a walking tour, visiting the different squares of the city (St Domingo Square, Bolivar Square, Los Coches Square, Aduana Square, Clock Tower, St Pedro Square) and admiring the old colonial houses filled with history and legend. At the end we take a tour by the modern part of Cartagena (Bocagrande, Laguito and Castillogrande).

  • May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
  • At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: Name Travellers, ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
Location
Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas
Carrera 17
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Annemarie_s
Jun 1, 2024
Best tour Cartagena! - Jason our driver was highly skilled and kept us safe. Our guide, Enrique, was very knowledgeable, engaging and entertaining. I would absolutely recommend this tour! It was a great day!
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Melinda_w
May 28, 2024
Great Tour of Old and New Cartagena! - Roque was a great guide and very knowledgeable. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip with a private tour instead of a huge group off of the cruise ship. We love tailoring our visit.
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Jalbertomv91
May 27, 2024
It's worth it - Small city but with a lot of style and incredible vibe, with fascinating places, touring the castle of San Felipe with indescribable sensations and incredible views of the Caribbean Sea
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Mindy_m
May 9, 2024
Well worth it - This was a great “get to know you” tour not only of Cartagena but also Colombia. I would highly recommend it.
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Ashleigh_a
Apr 30, 2024
Super fun and educational - Rogue was a great tour guide.showed us all the historical sites of cartagena. We learned a ton. Great tour.
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Robertht1972mf
Apr 24, 2024
Cartegena Private Tour - Touring in a private car with our guide Nico was a great experience. He was very knowledgeable and was able to answer all questions. We toured the city visiting the most visited sites as well as off the beaten path neighborhoods to gain an inkling of how residents live in this culture. Our driver skillfully navigated the clogged streets of Categena. In retrospect, this was a very good choice over tour buses.
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Badwyer
Apr 19, 2024
Fabulous and informative - Francisco is a fabulous guide who is very knowledgeable about Cartagena and who clearly loves his city. We were able to see much in a short period of time and would definitely seek him out again if we get back to Cartagena. I think going back to Cartagena is more likely for us because of our great experience.
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T7591lbseana
Apr 14, 2024
Walking tour with Nico - Nico was a fantastic guide! He was incredibly knowledgeable and fielded all of our questions. He even helped us haggle for a few things from the local vendors! We felt like we were in very good hands.
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Beverly_g
Apr 10, 2024
A Cartagena experience - Nikos was very informative and passionate about his country to share that experience with us. I would recommend this tour to others that come to Cartagena.
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Timandjoann
Apr 6, 2024
Fun and detailed excursion in Cartegena Columbia - Else our guide from Sion (through (Viator) , we did Fort Felipe, the Monastery (wow- best view in Cartagena) and the walled city- could not have had a better day. Watching buses of tourists struggle around I was able to seriously enjoy my day with my wife and our guide and driver! It was exceptional and an amazing time - highly recommend this trip, tour company and guide, the whole day was exceptional. .
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