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Read MoreArts Walk: Getsemani
Explore the Getsemani neighborhood on foot to get a sense of the bohemian side of Cartagena. Street art lovers should head to Calle de la Sierpe where clever and creative work lines both sides of this short avenue. On Saturday...
Read MoreBeaches
The beaches in and around Cartagena are not the most attractive for sun bathing. You are better off making a drive to a nearby beach or better yet getting a boat and driver and heading to the Rosario islands. Indagare...
Read MoreCanoe Journey in the Mangroves
Spend a morning exploring by native canoe around the mangrove forest. After your mangrove adventure with an ecological guide you will be transferred to “La Boquilla”, a simple fisherman’s village between the mangroves and the Caribbean Sea. Enjoy lunch in...
Read MoreCastillo de San Felipe de Barajas
Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas is the most robust fort the Spanish ever built and it still looks impenetrable. It’s been impressively restored and dominates a slight hill with its stony bulk. Visitors are allowed into some of the...
Courtesy Cesar PinedaRead MoreFly to Forgotten Mompox
Mompox is a colonial-era city situated on an island in the midst of the Magdalena River, 248 kilometers south of Cartagena. Its baroque churches and imposing architecture attest to a time when this city was a major center of Spanish...
Courtesy Martin DuqueaRead MoreGuided Walking Tour of the Walled City
This three-hour tour begins at your hotel and continues to the most important churches, museums and squares, including the Gold Museum of Zenu Culture, Palace of the Inquisition and San Francisco Bastion. Indagare members can contact our Bookings Team to...
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Indagare Tours: Learn to Salsa
If you don’t know how to salsa and want to fit in at the clubs when the lights go down, you may want to sign up for a salsa class. Indagare members can contact our Bookings Team to arrange a...
Read MoreIndagare Tours: Visit the Rosario Islands
It is only an hour or so boat trip to the tranquil Islas del Rosario or Rosario Islands. A Colombian national park, the islands comprise an important coral reef. Some islands are privately owned with wonderful houses or private clubs...
Read MoreInquisition Palace
Palacio de la Inquisición (Inquisition Palace) is where art, artifacts and bona fide torture devices from Spanish Colonial times are on display. Spanish inquisitors used a small window in this building to shout out death sentences for those who failed...
Read MoreZenu Gold Museum
Take in the museum’s collection of more than 500 pieces of exquisitely crafted gold jewelry and iconography made by the Zenú people who flourished in Colombia from the 16th century (free, closed mid days and Mondays).
