Tourist plans and sites

What to do in Cartagena

Cartagena, is a colonial style city located in the center of the Caribbean coast to the northeastern limit of Colombia. Easily accessible by air, land or sea, is the most important tourist city of Colombia and has become in recent years the perfect place to rest or work.

This charming city has a diverse variety of tourist activities. Its official currency is the Colombian peso, its average temperature is 30 degrees Celsius, and the water of its beaches stays warm throughout the year, Cartagena is an excellent tourist destination at any time of the year.

Our hotel will offer you information about current events and tourist sites that you can visit and tourist plans available to you. In any case, we recommend planning your plans in advance, with trusted operators, which we have at your disposal.

In Cartagena you can see the beautiful places that surround the walled city, among the most outstanding are:

  • Castle of San Felipe de Barajas.

  • San Pedro Claver Convent.

  • La Popa Convent

  • Gethsemane

  • Museum of Modern Art

  • Cathedral
  • Clock door
  • Monument of India Catalina
  • Historical museum and palace of the inquisition

Most important events in Cartagena

Hay Festival: Held every year, the next version will take place between January 31 and February 3, 2019. More information about the festival at:
www.hayfestival.com

International Film Festival: Created in 1960, the Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival (FICCI) is the oldest film event in Latin America and is held between February and March of each year. Since its foundation, the FICCI has welcomed and celebrated the risk and renewal of views in the cinematography of Ibero-America and the world, with a special attention to the development of Colombian cinema and its international dissemination. The FICCI fosters meeting venues between the professionals of the sector and the audiences, who share an artistic and cultural festival each year. More information about the festival at:
www.ficcifestival.com

National Beauty Contest: The Contest is a contest held in the city since 1934; the winner receives the title of Miss Colombia and is the representative of Colombia in Miss Universe. It is celebrated in November of each year.

Beaches:

Playa Blanca – Isla Barú: white sand beach, free access, inexpensive gastronomy, and a geographical position, which allows access, by a bridge, from the urban area of ​​historic Cartagena. Likewise, it offers the opportunity to camp and snorkel in its calm waters.

Rosario Islands: archipelago made up of small islands with clear beaches. The most important: Grande, Del Tesoro, Coco Liso, Media Naranja, Del Encanto.

Bocagrande: The best-known golden sand beach in Cartagena de Indias is Bocagrande, which is located on the peninsula south of the historic center, the Bocagrande neighborhood is full of restaurants and bars with a busy avenue, San Martin Avenue.

El Castillo: At the bottom of Bocagrande is El Laguito, which starts from the famous Caribe hotel and ends at a point of land towards the bay known as Castillogrande, which ends at the Santa Cruz fort, which today it is in ruins. Right next to the bay, people can use a path that runs alongside the beach and is often used for walks.

Natural Destinations

Totumo Volcano: Swimming and floating in a small sea of ​​mud is what tourists who come to Galerazamba, 40 km from Cartagena, want. There, visitors climb about 20 m up a wooden staircase that leads them to the mouth of the Totumo Volcano. Once there, tourists descend to the crater to come into contact with a gray and dense liquid, in a space that can accommodate about 10 people.

Mangroves of La Boquilla: Exotic canoe tour through the mangroves of the Ciénaga de La Virgen, rescuing the old route of the 17th century Spaniards, through natural channels and tunnels.

Botanical Garden: Just 30 minutes from Cartagena is one of the most important ecological attractions in the region, with a living collection of more than 300 species of plants from the Colombian Caribbean and one of the few virgin native forests in the region. The Guillermos Piñeres Botanical Garden has several special collections and about 2 km of trails. In the forest there is a very special spring of water that runs all year round. It is an ideal place to meet and learn about the fauna and flora of the Colombian Caribbean.