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No minimum number of attendeesNo minimum number of attendees is required for the tour
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Free booking and cancellationFree payment tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free
Freetour Historic Center and Getsemaní (Walled City)
We are a tourism company that seeks to provide experiences with excellent service and quality to our clients, oriented to work hand in hand with the community to generate positive impacts. We offer quality Free Tours with the purpose that the traveler discover the city as if it were a local so that his memory is indelible.
Tour description
Discover Historical Cartagena and Getsemaní in a single free tour through the scenarios of enslavement, pirates and corsairs, battles, graffiti, Salsa and Champeta and much more as a result of the mixture of indigenous, African and Spanish, libante migrants, libante migrants .
We start, at the agreed time, the free tour, in the Camellón de Los Mártires - Plaza de Cervantes we will learn about the indigenous people who were there before and during the arrival of the Spaniards. We move to the "Golden Key of Cartagena" or Clock Tower entering the Plaza del Ecuador , before the Plaza del Esclavo , prelude to continue part of the enslavement route through Porto Carrero and Candilejo streets . But first, about Founder Pedro de Heredía welcomes us.
We continue to the Portal de Los Dulces , a symbol of female activity in times of slavery and that their descendants still continue their traditions.
The commercialization process, of merchandise, including that of enslaved persons, in the old Plaza de la Contraloría , has been historically important, Andian National Corporation and the Mamonal refinery, the Municipal Mayor's Office.
Of course art is not alien to the tour, the Museum of Modern Art exponent of Caribbean and Latin American art of the 50's, the Gold Museum opens its doors with samples of indigenous pieces from the Colombian Caribbean and the Emerald Museum , stones of precious considered the most beautiful in the world, worn by celebrities
Religion is present with San Pedro Claver, Slave of Slaves, we will see the Architecture of the Church and Museum-Monastery that bear his name and is the Human Rights Headquarters.
Do you like the exploits of pirates and corsairs? We count them when visiting a Bastion, as a sample of Spanish military constructions and strategies, we continue to Plaza Bolívar, in homage to the precursor of Independence , a place to refresh ourselves.
We link the Plaza Bolívar, in homage to the forerunner of Independence and the Plaza de la Proclamación - Old Government Palace and the Centennial Park as scenes of the Independence of Cartagena and Colombia. Continuing along Calle Román is not only the symbol of the best drinks until it allows you to remember one of the Presidents of the Republic who has transcended in history.
Do you know the Sloth Bears, the squirrels, the iguanas? You will see them in one of the most important Lungs of Cartagena, Parque Centenari or, old Railway Station, which is a relict of Tropical Dry Forest where we cool off under the shade of beautiful trees.
We will enjoy one of the most important and colorful cultural corridors of Getsemaní, due to the umbrellas (symbol of the advertisement), the graffiti and the unparalleled architecture. Finally, we enter the Callejón Ancho , to reach the end of the route in Calle San Juan until the sound of salsa and African champeta; previously passing through the church and plaza de la Santísima Trinidad.
What will we visit on this tour?
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Meeting point:Por Calle 35 y Carrera 8, Venezuela #...Por Calle 35 y Carrera 8, Venezuela #8-22, Provincia de Cartagena, Bolívar, ColombiaDirections
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1Outside visitCamellón de los Mártires
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2Outside visitMonumento Torre del Reloj
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3Outside visitPORTAL DE LOS DULCES
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4Outside visitPlaza de la Aduana
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5Outside visitMuseo de Arte Moderno Cartagena
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6Outside visitPlaza San Pedro Claver
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7Outside visitBaluarte de San Ignacio
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8Outside visitPlaza Simón Bolívar
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9Outside visitCALLE DE MANUEL ROMAN Y PICON
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10Outside visitParque Centenario
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11Outside visitCallejón Ancho
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12Outside visitPlaza de la Trinidad
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13Outside visitPlaza del Pozo
How much does this tour cost?
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).
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