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Cartagena: Walled City, San Felipe, La Popa Tour & Tastings

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65 reviews
Activity provider:Gran Colombia Tours
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Private tour

Cartagena: Walled City, San Felipe, La Popa Tour & Tastings

Activity provider:Gran Colombia Tours
4.6  / 5
65 reviews

From $107.33 per person

Discover the most important places of Cartagena and experience them authentically during this multi-stop, private full-day trip. Spot historic sights, explore hidden gems, and taste local foods.

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Free cancellation
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Duration 5 - 6.5 hours
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Live tour guide
Spanish, English
Pickup included
If you have a layover in Cartagena, please select the airport or the cruise ship terminal as a pickup point.
Wheelchair accessible
Private group

Experience

Itinerary
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    Pickup location:

    Cartagena

  • Car

    (20 minutes)

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    Castle San Felipe de Barajas

    Visit, Guided tour (1 hour)

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    Walled City of Cartagena

    Visit, Guided tour, Sightseeing, Walk (2 minutes)

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    Getsemani

    Visit, Guided tour, Sightseeing, Walk (1 hour)

    La Popa Monastery

    Visit, Guided tour (45 minutes)

    Optional

  • Car

    (20 minutes)

  • Arrive back at:

    Cartagena

Main stop
Other stop

For reference only. Itineraries are subject to change.

Highlights
  • Savor authentic flavors while tasting typical Caribbean sweets and snacks
  • Discover the historical Walled City and its squares, fortresses, and bastions
  • Explore the San Felipe Castle and the Gold Museum
  • Enrich your tour with a visit to La Popa for views of Cartagena’s landscapes
  • Get plenty of unique photo opportunities to capture your unforgettable trip
Full description

If you're wanting a complete Cartagena experience with no corners unturned, this private full-day tour is made so you can see the city in the most complete way possible. Taste local foods and visit sights such as San Felipe Castle and the city's main squares. Enjoy optional entry to La Popa Convent.

Start the day by meeting your local guide, who will pick you directly up from your hotel or address. Then, head first to the historic San Felipe Castle, the city’s old fortress built by Spaniards (entry tickets included).

Walk through the castle and let your guide bring back to life adventure stories of conquerors, treasures, and pirates. Learn more about how Colombia became so mixed due to African, Indigenous, and Spanish roots.

Visit afterward the Walled City of Cartagena and stroll around the colonial and colorful houses as you get to know more about the main squares and bastions that traced the city’s path to independence. See Santo Domingo Square, the church, and the Cathedral of Santa Catalina de Alejandría.

It wouldn’t be the perfect tour of Cartagena without tasting Colombia’s flavors, so you’ll get to try typical coconut sweets and, fried arepa with egg, a traditional snack famous on the Caribbean Coast.

If choosing the longer tour option with entry tickets to the Convent of La Popa (Convent of the Stern), round off your tour by visiting the convent and a viewpoint located at the top of a hill where the city, its sea, and one of its islands can be seen and photographed.

Cartagena is not only the touristic capital of Colombia but one of the most memorable cities that holds Colombia’s history, making it a place for culture, tradition, and diversity, with many historic places and unique corners to discover.

Includes
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Local guide
  • Walking tour
  • Tastings
  • San Felipe de Barajas Castle entry
  • La Popa Convent entry (if option chosen)
  • Lunch

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Important information

What to bring

  • Comfortable shoes
  • Camera
  • Sunscreen
  • Water
  • Weather-appropriate clothing

Know before you go

  • Be aware this tour is mostly walking
  • Cartagena's Gold Museum is closed on Mondays, however, the guide will give you options for another museum according to your interests
  • This tour operates in all weather conditions

From $107.33 per person

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Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.6 /5

based on 65 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    4.6/5
  • Transportation
    4.9/5
  • Value for money
    4.6/5
  • Service
    4.5/5

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GetYourGuide traveler – GermanyMay 22, 2023 – Verified booking
The tour was good and the guide knew a lot of facts and figures about the history of Cartagena and its historical sites. Possible improvements?: We just had a compareable tour in Bogotà and that tour had been quite better and received 5star ratings. Differences? The tourguide in Bogotà could even give us background information on the exhibits in the Museum d'Oro. In Cartagena we just walked through. We booked the long version of the tour (approx. 6,5h), but the tour ended about 1 hour earlier.
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GetYourGuide traveler – AustraliaMay 5, 2023 – Verified booking
John Serrato was amazing. He was very passionate and knowledgeable about Cartagena, Columbia. The walking tour of the city and sights provided a great overview of this wonderful place. Jhon introduced us to some of the local delicacies which we all enjoyed. Thank you Jhon for a wonderful day and making the tour so enjoyable.
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GetYourGuide traveler – CanadaApril 20, 2023 – Verified booking
Our guide Oscar was really knowledgeable and very friendly. We requested to speak English for my partner and he spoke very fluently. The tour was really interesting, enjoyable and complete. It was a wonderful experience and I strongly recommend to anyone. I strongly suggest to wear confortable shoes, a hat, sunscreen and water bottles.
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