Historic Center & Getsemaní Shared Tour in Cartagena

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Historic Center of Cartagena — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

Getsemaní neighborhood Cartagena — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

Discover the Historic and Gethsemane Center on this tour through the scenes of enslavement, pirates and privateers, battles, Graphitis, Salsa and Champeta and much more as a result of the mixture of indigenous, African and Spanish, migrants from libantes, migrants from libantes.

This shared tour lasts about 21⁄2 hours, touring the main squares, churches and important stages of the walled city of Cartagena.

This is the best way to know the history of the city and understand its impact on the dynamics present today. You will learn to dance Champeta, Salsa and we will touch on themes with the gentrification that lives in Gethsemane.

Without a doubt, the best experience to know the wonderful city of Cartagena de Indias, along with professional guides who will make the tour the best possible experience.

When you book you will be joining a shared tour in which your tip is already paid. This is the way to offer our tour on this platform.

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At a glance

Duration: 2–3 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 25 people
People per booking: 1–25
Guide: English, Spanish
Operated by: NEXPERIENCE

Ages: Infants (0–5 years) · Youth (6–17 years) · Adults (18–99 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Gratuities
Included: Professional Tour Guide

Itinerary

Cartagena

one hour

Cartagena, a city that bewitches, welcomes you to the best tour of the beautiful and magical city of Historic Cartagena full of stories, sayings and fascinating myths of its walls, streets, convents and houses of the walled downtown and San Diego that transcends the city limits. Discover the secrets, customs and legends of the tradition inherited from the Spaniards and popular from our Caribbean miscegenation, among which Gabo (Nobel Prize for Literature) accompanies us through his writings, such as his book "One Hundred Years of Solitude", one of the most read in the world.
Camellon de los Martires

10 min

We start, at the agreed time, the shared tour, in the Camellón de Los Mártires - Plaza de Cervantes we will learn about the indigenous people who were before and during the arrival of the Spanish.
Torre del Reloj

10 min

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.
Portal de Los Dulces

10 min

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.
Plaza de la Aduana

10 min

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.
Museo de Arte Moderno Cartagena

10 min

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 beautiful in the world, worn by celebrities.
Sanctuary of Saint Peter Claver

10 min

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.
Baluarte de San Ignacio

10 min

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.
Plaza de Bolivar

10 min

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.
Parque centenario

10 min

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.
Barrio Getsemani

10 min

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.
Plaza de La Trinidad

10 min

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.