Tours & Activities in Cartagena
Join this walking tour from a TripAdvisor Travelers Choice winner! No other tour covers so many important places in Cartagena.
Discover the must-sees of the historic center of Cartagena. Everything you need to know about the city in a single tour.
Tour highlights:
We will visit the Historic Cartagena and Gethsemane in a single Free Walking Tour. You will go through the scenes of culture, architecture, history, enslavement, pirates and corsairs, battles, Graffiti, Salsa and Champeta and much more. You will know what arises as a result of the mixture of indigenous, African and Spanish, Lebanese migrants that make this city something without equal.
We will start at the time you make your reservation at our meeting point: Camellón de Los Mártires - Plaza de Cervantes. We move through the "Golden Key of Cartagena" or Clock Tower entering the Plaza del Ecuador , to continue part of the enslavement route through Porto Carrero and Candilejo streets .
We will visit the Portal de Los dulces , a symbol of female activity in times of slavery and that their descendants still continue their traditions. We will pass through the old Plaza de la Contraloría , which has been historically important.
On our tour you will find the Museum of Modern Art, an exponent of Caribbean and Latin American art from the 50's, the Gold Museum and the Emerald Museum.
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.
If you like the feats of pirates and corsairs, we tell 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.
We will visit other scenarios of the Independence of Cartagena and Colombia such as the Centennial Park. There we will meet the Sloth Bears, the squirrels, the iguanas that house one of the most important Lungs in Cartagena, and where we cool off under the shade of beautiful trees.
We will enjoy one of the most important and colorful cultural corridors in Gethsemane, due to its unparalleled graffiti and architecture. Finally, we enter the neighborhood to the sound of salsa and African champeta.
In this tour you will find everything you need to know about the city to make your experience unforgettable!
Celebrate 10 years with us.
The first Free Walking Tour in Cartagena. 2014-2024
On this free tour of the "Heroic" we will visit the most important streets and squares of the old town. It will be a very complete tour so that you can get to know the magic and charm of the old city of Cartagena.
What will we visit?
- Santa Teresa Square
- San Pedro Claver Square
- Customs Square
- Cars Square
- Proclamation Square
- The Cathedral
- Simon Bolivar Square
- Santo Domingo Square
- Merced Square
Any questions or doubts are welcome, go ahead and book this Free Tour!
You prefer to know new places on your own. Just let us walk you through the main sites and give you useful insights of the city so you can enjoy it more.
Meet new people and our guide at Plaza de la Aduna (Next to the Townhall) and let him show you what the Walled City and Getsemani have hidden away. This free walking tour in Cartagena is available in English and Spanish and you will find one of our guides holding the black umbrella at the meeting point.
You will start strolling around the colonial and colorful houses as you know more about the main squares and bastions that traced our path to independence. Visit Santo Domingo’s square and church, the Cathedral of Santa Catalina de Alejandria (Saint Catherine of Alexandria) among others of great cultural importance.
Afterward, you will be headed to the Getsemani neighborhood, known for having a bohemian spirit. Its streets and alleys boast colors and the lively, friendly, and charismatic spirit of locals who gather outside their houses and welcome everyone who walks by. Stroll around picturesque pieces of street art paintings along some of the most important streets Calle de la Sierpe, Calle San Juan, Calle de la Media Luna, Calle Larga, among others. You’ll get to see some of the best graffiti authors.
Of course, this wouldn’t be the perfect tour without tasting Colombia’s flavors so you will have typical Colombian sweets and exotic fruit juice.
We know you will end up wanting to discover more of Cartagena, our “heroic” city: a city that welcomes everyone.
Celebrate with us our first 10 years.
We are the first Free Walking Tour in Cartagena (2014-2024).
This tour of the historic center is the most complete because we visit the most interesting places in the old city and the very famous and well-known Getsemani neighborhood with its mural art and graffiti. You will know why Forbes Magazine called it the “coolest” neighborhood in the world. Our guides are the best of the GETSEMANÍ neighborhood in this city.
Delve into Carthago Nova's Roman past by reserving this ticket to the Roman Theatre Museum, with which you'll discover the history of this important monument.
Welcome to Colombia and Cartagena, the jewel of the Caribbean!
We are the largest group of expert local Free Tours guides in Colombia with 12 original tours created by ourselves and also the most awarded tours in the country! 7 international recognitions, 5 TripAdvisor Travelers Choice and Top 3 in Bogotá, Cartagena, Medellín and Cali.
We are authentic guides connecting Colombia since 2013, 10 years sharing passion at every step!
Get to know one of our Unesco World Heritage Site with its magical spots, legends and beauty within the old colonial stone wall.
Join our fun-filled tour to understand and learn about the origins of the so-called "crown jewel of the coast", the Caribbean repository for all the gold and other treasures stolen from the conquerors in the continent.
On our walking tour:
- You will relive the battles and victories of the Europeans
- You will learn about the empowerment and influence of Afro cultures
- You will explore the narrow and colorful colonial streets
- You will see the contrast of old and modern areas
- And much more!
ANNOUNCEMENT : from February 1st for every Saturday and Sunday we will add to this Tour of the Walled City the visit to the Getsemaní District, we call it "the Great Historic Center of Cartagena" where we will visit both historical and cultural areas in just 1 Tour! Reserve your spot at 9:55am or 3:55pm.
From its history, to its food and nightlife, to its beaches, Cartagena has it all!
Come with us and discover it by the hand of our expert local guides!
Discover the untold history of the famous Gethsemane neighborhood!
We are the largest group of expert local Free Tours guides in Colombia with 12 original tours created by ourselves and also the most awarded in the country! 7 international recognitions, 5 TripAdvisor Travelers Choice and Top 3 in Bogotá, Cartagena, Medellín and Cali.
We are authentic guides connecting Colombia since 2013, 10 years sharing passion in every step!
Walk through the most emblematic streets and representative squares of a historically resilient town, its folklore, its colors, its music and its people.
Get closer to the Getsemani culture through our tour, where you will understand the importance of a segregated and insurgent people during the colony, whose fighting spirit initiated independence and over time engendered artistic movements in cinema, painting, sculpture, dancing and, of course, music.
During our tour you will be able to learn more about :
- Graffiti as a form of resistance
- Centennial Park
- Artistic Trinity Square
- "The Well" Square
- San Felipe Fortress Viewpoint
- And much more!
Today you will find a tourist neighborhood with inhabitants heirs of a rich culture, which at first glance hides stories and legends of revolution, pride and tradition.
Join this journey through time, culture and art, to discover the other side of Cartagena de Indias - the Heroic!
- Meeting Point Indications:
- Meeting point from Monday to Friday : we will meet at the indicated time of your reservation in the Plaza de la Proclamación , next to the statue of the Pope. GMaps : https://maps.app.goo.gl/rMPrN82APbFackQE9
- Meeting point on Saturdays and Sundays : we will meet at the indicated time of your reservation in the Plaza de la Santo Domingo , next to the statue of Botero "Gertrudis". GMaps : https://maps.app.goo.gl/nNMknv9DbtUjmNY79
*Arrive 5 minutes early, as we will move 2 blocks to the 2nd meeting and departure point of the tour with your guide!
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