Description

If you’re wanting a complete Cartagena experience, this private full-day tour is made so you can see the city in the most complete way possible.

Explore the highlights of the walled city’s squares and cathedrals such as San Pedro Claver and visit spanish colonial treasures such as San Felipe Castle and the 17^th century old “La Popa” convent .

Start the day by meeting your professional tour guide who will pick you up directly from your hotel or address, and head first to the historic San Felipe Castle, the city’s old fortress built by Spanish conquistadores. Walk through the castle and let your guide bring back to life stories of conquerors, treasures, and pirates. Learn more about how Colombia became so mixed due to African, Indigenous, and Spanish roots.

Your private driver and tour guide will then take you to the Popa convent.

It stands on a 150m-high hill, the highest point in Cartagena, and the views from there are outstanding and stretch all over the city. The convent’s name literally means the ‘Convent of the Stern,’ after the hill’s similarity to a ship’s back end. Founded by Augustine fathers in 1607, it was initially just a small wooden chapel, but when the hill was fortified two centuries later it was replaced by a more complex construction.

Finally, visit 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.

Admire the perfectly preserved San Pedro Claver’s 17^th century coralline stone façade and let your tour guide show you the perfect spots to take memorable photographs!

After the walking tour, your guide and driver will drop you off at your hotel.

What’s Included

• Comfortable air-conditioned vehicle with professional driver
• Licensed English-speaking tour guide
• Entrance tickets to Popa convent and San Felipe castle
• Bottled water

What’s Not

• Food and drinks
• Gratuities

Tour Duration 

4-5 Hours

Operating Days

Daily

Start Time

8:00 am, 8:30 am, 9:00 am

Meeting Point

At check-out, before your purchase is confirmed, you will be kindly asked to leave the written address of your accommodation or potential meeting point. This implies the name of the hotel, bed & breakfast or residence in which you will be staying as long as it is situated within the city.

Languages Available

English and Spanish

Tour Highlights 

• Meet and greet at the hotel lobby
• Visit the best preserved and largest 17^th century colonial fortress in South America
• Let your tour guide bring back to life incredible stories of pirate invasions
• Drive to the unique La Popa convent and gasp at the panoramic city view
• Enjoy walking through the highlights of the Unesco walled city of Cartagena