Shore Excursion: Cartagena City Tour and local lunch.

Cartagena, Colombia

4 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Explore the extensive history of colonial Cartagena during this 5-hour shore excursion. Journey by air-conditioned bus through the heart of this historic city, discovering Saint Felipe’s Fort and the extensive gold artifacts of the Zenu Gold Museum, plus much more. All site entrance fees, a guide, transport and round-trip port transport are covered.

Admire the incredible gold artifacts of the Zenu Gold Museum
Covered by Viator’s worry-free policy: guaranteed on-time return to your ship
Get a sense for the charming colonial atmosphere of this beautiful Caribbean city
Learn about the British military's missteps at Saint Felipe Fort
Take a sightseeing tour of historic Cartagena during a shore excursion

What's Included

vsiting La Popa, the highest place in the city.
Bottled water
Driver/professional guide
Port pickup and drop-off
Transport by air-conditioned minivan
The most important military construction from Spain in America.
Fun and learning.
Lunch

Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

We pick you up from any hotel in Cartagena downtown, airport and cruise port.

Meeting point

Cartagena, Cartagena, Cartagena District, Bolivar Department

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours
.7:30 am

Itinerary

Duran Duran Tours

1 minute • Admission Ticket Free

Cerro de la Popa

40 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas

50 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Plaza de la Aduana

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Museo del Oro Zenu

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Las Bovedas

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
At time of booking, cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
May be operated by a multilingual guide
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible

Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Infant seats available
Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.1

based on 7 reviews

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Duran Duran was the Best ! loved...

Paul W, Feb 2018

Duran Duran was the Best ! loved every moment of the tour . He always had cold water available just when you needed it . wonderful tour of the old city , a few shops no pressure. Always on time , just an all around great tour . Would always recommend Duran Duran

We purchased this tour because our...

Thuy F, Apr 2017

We purchased this tour because our cruise ship did not offer the opportunity to go up the highest point in Cartagena which was La Popa Monastery. Our guide, Willis, blurted out a list of things we were going to do, so we accepted and trusted him. He took us to the fort, but we were not allowed to walk up the trail. The stop after that was shop 4 where he dropped us off and we spent about 40 minutes walking around in these shops. I spoke to Willis on the side, telling him that I was not interested in shopping. I asked him to stay close to the itinerary. We were a party of seven people who were more interested in exploring the city as none of us had ever been there. Willis took us to the Gold Museum, then we were given a tour of the Emerald mine which was really a jewelry store. I was getting quite upset at this time. Then he took us to another museum that was not on our list, and we saw a dance and was expected to tip the dancers. We walked along the old city, and when it was past noon, I asked him when were we going to La Popa? He said La Popa was not on the itinerary. He got mad at me and said I could talk to his boss if I wanted. I asked him what would it take for him to take us to the highest point? He said he would not take us there because that was not part of the plan. I said it was. He said, Why didn't I say something when he listed all the places we were going to go? I said, because we trusted you. He said La Popa was closed off to the public due to erosion. None of us were informed of this. When we talked to the local workers, they confirmed that the roads were eroded. They said that tour buses parked a the bottom and had people walk to the top of the monastery. We were not informed or given that choice. Had we known this, we would have booked through our cruise line. We felt that we were not informed. In addition to that, Willis was more concerned at trying to get us to buy stuff took us places we did not want and exchanged La Popa for some museum without telling us the truth. This was not a good tour and we were sorry we booked this.

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