The City Tour Cartagena gives you a good all-round introduction to Cartagena. From the comfort of your air-conditioned transport, you will go to all the major tourist attractions in Cartagena. Along the way, your guide will provide you with context and stories to help you understand the significance of the attractions you visit.
About the activity
Experience
Highlights
- La Popa Monastery
- San Felipe de Barajas Fort
- Manga Neighborhood
- Getsemani Neighborhood
- Bocagrande Bay
- San Diego Neighborhood
- Old Historic Center
- City Wall
- Churches in the old city
- Slave, Colonial, Military, and Independency History
- Colombia & Caribbean Facts
- Taylor-made Cartagena City Tour
Full description
Through this comprehensive guided tour, you will visit the Popa Monastery on the mountaintop. From here you will have a spectacular view over Cartagena and the bay.
At the San Felipe de Barajas fortress, your guide will show you all the important areas while giving you the historical context of architecture and battles fought.
You will get a tour of the walled city of the old center, as well as the Manga, Getsemani, and Bocagrande neighborhood with an introduction to all major attractions along the way.
Includes
- Professional licensed guide
- Skip-the-line access
Covid-19 precautions
Safety measures in place
All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
Traveler requirements
You are required to bring and wear a mask
Prepare for the activity
The details below may change if you update your current selection:
Meeting point
Hotel
Start time of the tour
9:00 a.m. *
Length of the tour
4 hours (approximately)
Return Details
return to the original departure point
Notes
La Popa is currently open to the public.
This is perfect for cruise ship passengers.
Later departures are also available, depending on the time of year and current availability. If you are interested in booking this tour for a later time, simply contact us once your booking is confirmed, and we will do everything possible to accommodate you.
We own all types of transportation contact us if you have a group coming to town.
hat00l –
“Since there were only two of us on the tour, we were able to arrange in advance everything we wanted to see and do. We were able to include lunch which was important to my cousin who is a foodie.
Martin was very knowledgeable about the area and was able to answer any questions posed to him. He took us to off the beaten path attractions as well as some of the main ones.
I had a thoroughly enjoyable time with our tour.”
talyah –
“I was looking for a tour guide for 20 people who were going to stop in Cartagena, Colombia from a 12 day cruise. I began my search on Trip Advisor and read the reviews on Cartagena Tour Guides – I am so glad I decided to book with them.
Martin was gracious, professional, informative and friendly [our driver was excellent]. He took his time escorting our group to the sights and educating us with history we didn’t know, or forgot. Its a beautiful city with loads of interesting sights and sounds. I recommend this tour and highly recommend it with Martin Rosales & Cartagena Tour Guides.”
Archimedesrules –
“My wife and I booked a tour of Cartagena with Martin. He picked us up right on time at our hotel, and explained what the next 4.5 hours would consist in.
Martin is extremely knowledgeable about Cartagena and the rest of Colombia – he is like a walking facts and stats book! You can really tell he is a very experienced guide.
The only reason we are not giving Martin 5 stars is because he spent a big amount of time on the phone during the tour with us, and tended to ignore some of the more lateral questions we did ask.”
MarlonG –
“Como hago paga tomar este tour? Porfavor si me pueden indicar a donde escribir.
La otra semana del 19 al 23 estaré de vacaciones por Cartagena, veo que la mayoría de viajeros les ha parecido muy bien este Tour
Att: Marlon González”
benbobbi –
We took a 4+ hour private tour with Martin Rosales after arranging it via email. He picked us up on time in a comfortable air conditioned vehicle. He patiently and answered all our questions and provided excellent context about the city, its history, districts, economy and sights at the beginning of our stay in Cartagena. Highly recommend.