Cartagena City Tour with View from the Highest Point

On this 4-hour tour, you will visit the best spots of the city guided by a local expert. It all starts with a visit to La Popa Convent, the highest place in the city from where the social dynamics of its inhabitants can be understood and the photos that come out are incredible. Then you will be able to observe El Castillo de San Felipe and you will end with a walk through the center of the city passing through the best-known places such as The Cathedral and La Plaza de Simón Bolivar. You will also go into the Monastery of San Pedro Claver, a saint who fought the hardest for the rights of Afros in Colombia in his time. This tour is the perfect combination of must-see and hidden places in the city.

Itinerary
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Stop At: La Popa Convent, Calle 37, Cartagena Colombia

This tour starts by picking you up at your hotel and taking you to the Popa Monastery. A Jesuit monastery located at the highest point of the city, from where you can appreciate the dynamics of the city, its different bodies of water, the great port, as well as its neighborhoods.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas, Carrera 17, Cartagena 130002 Colombia

Afterward, you will be driven to Castillo de San Felipe (Entrance not included), a strong fort built on the top of a mountain by the Spaniards to gain control of the bay. There, you’ll have the opportunity to discover from the outside the impressive architecture and history behind this fort.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Torre del Reloj, Carrera 7, Cartagena 130002 Colombia

The Cartagena city tour continues with a nice walk through the Historic Center where you will visit Torre del Reloj at Plaza de la Aduana, the place used for slave trade during the Colonial period

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Sanctuary of Saint Peter Claver, Carrera 4 30 01, Cartagena 130002 Colombia

Pedro Claver is one of the most important characters in the history of Cartagena, he called himself the slave of the slaves, for his work in the protection and creation of the rights of the afro population and the amount of miracles he did, he was declared a saint. A story that deserves to be known.

Duration: 20 minutes