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Cartagena Walking Tour

Recommended by 96% of travelers
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Cartagena, Colombia
  • 2 hours (approx.)
  • Group discounts
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

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Overview

Get an in-depth introduction to Cartagena on this walking tour. Together with just your party and a private guide, walk through the streets of the colorful city and to the most important squares and churches, and locals' favorite coffee shops and restaurants. Listen as your guide gives you insight into the history of the city, its legends, and the pirates and other characters that have left their mark.
  • Private tour for just you and your party
  • Get a deeper insight into Cartagena from your guide
  • Stroll Cartagena's colorful streets and visit the most important sites
  • Discover lesser-known spots as you walk through the city

What's Included

  • Bottled water
  • Local tour guide
  • Food and drinks, unless specified

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

  • Monumento Torre del Reloj
    Boca del Puente, El Centro, Cartagena de Indias, Bolívar, Colombia

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Walled City of Cartagena (Pass By)

1

Camellon de los Martires

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

2

Torre del Reloj

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

3

Monumento a Pedro de Heredia

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

4

Portal de Los Dulces

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

5

Plaza de la Aduana

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

6

Museo de Arte Moderno Cartagena

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

7

Plaza de San Pedro Claver

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

8

Baluarte de San Ignacio

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

9

Plaza de Bolivar

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

10

Plaza de la Proclamacion

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

11

Barrio Getsemani

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

12

Parque centenario

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

13

Calle de San Juan

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

14

Plaza de La Trinidad

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • wear comfortable sports clothes (optional)
  • Stroller accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Transportation is wheelchair accessible
  • Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
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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

4.8
based on 24 reviews
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Knowledgeable and accommodating guide

Moshe_R, Apr 2026
Very accommodating guide with excellent knowledge of the city, i did my first day and it helped me orient but wasn’t a huge group, I definitely recommend!

The right amount of time

Marta_M, Jan 2026
2 hours was plenty of time to see all the stops and neighborhoods in the walled town. Henri our tour fuide eas very knowlegeable

Too much traffic

Leland_u, Jan 2025
We left the ship with plenty of time to make this tour, but because of long lines getting a taxi and the subsequent congested traffic on the drive to the meeting place, we were over an hour late. Several cruise ships docked at the same time. More than 10,000 of us filled the streets. When we got to the meeting place, we found no trace of a tour. After some time, a wonderful tour associate with the Cartagena walking tour, Miguel Cuenca, called me personally and offered an afternoon tour starting at 2 pm. However, our ship was pulling out at 1:30 pm so we wanted to be back at 1 pm. Miguel then offered for us to join the tour in progress, but by the time we would have joined the tour but with all the traffic, we worried about making it back to the ship.

Awesome Walking Tour

Rhodesia_D, Sep 2024
Great Tour! Alvaro was amazing! Very knowledgeable about Cartagena and Colombia as a whole! We explored the old city and Getsemaní was our fave! Thanks Alvaro for a great experience

Perfect Introduction to Cartagena

Susan_A, Apr 2024
This was one of the best tours I’ve booked. The communication was clear regarding where to meet. Our guide was knowledgeable and paced the tour to meet the needs of our group. We highly enjoyed our tour.

Really great way to learn about the Centro Histórico and Getsemaní

Janna_L, Mar 2024
We really enjoyed our private tour with Jhon. His English was great and we learned a lot about the history of the city and Cartagena. The tour started at 8am which was really nice. The town was pretty empty, so you could take a lot of good pictures without throngs of tourists. It’s also much cooler in the morning.

Private walking tour!

Michele_B, Feb 2024
This was our first time to Cartagena. We didn’t know much about the area, so this private walking tour was perfect. A little over 2 hours, but learned so much. Rafael was our guide and he was an excellent guide. . Answered all of our questions and went above and beyond. I asked about seeing sloths and he brought us to a park to see. I highly recommend this private tour and ask for Rafael and you won’t be disappointed. Thank you Rafael!

Rafael is a great host.

Thomas_C, Nov 2023
Rafael was an excellent host. Without him, we would have just wandered the town without any idea of what we were looking at. He gave us some historical background, and took us to places that we would definitely have missed on our own. Thanks to him, Cartagena was one of our favorite stops on our cruise. I highly recommend.

Rafael was knowledgeable and interesting. He was very patient while I shopped along the way. Highly recommend

jill_b, Aug 2023
Knowledge, patient and generous with his time. Rafael was just great. Highly recommend. Nothing more to add. Try to request him.

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Thanks you so much for your review! We appreciate your feedback and are glad you are satisfied with our service.

Great Tour

Oscar_R, Apr 2023
We had a great tour guide. He was very knowledgeable and friendly and gave us a great amount of insight into the history and culture. Very worthwhile tour.

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Thanks you so much for your review! We appreciate your feedback and are glad you are satisfied with our service.

An incredible tour!!

Taylor_A, Apr 2023
Andris was a fantastic tour guide - he provided so much detail to the history of Cartagena. We asked a bunch of questions and his answers were so thorough. Andris went above and beyond our expectations and we can’t recommend this tour enough!

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Thanks you so much for your review! We appreciate your feedback and are glad you are satisfied with our service.

Walking history lesson

Jane_B, Jan 2023
It was a very hot day for a walking tour, but Rafael was a great tour guide, lots of history! Plus he did his best to find us shade and cooler sites.

It was an excellent tour....

Tonya_S, Oct 2022
It was an excellent tour. Our guide, Rafeal, was friendly and informative. We learned a lot out the history and modern times of the city.

Awesome

Qiana_C, Jul 2022
Great time ....very informative. Tour guide was very knowledgeable. It is definitely a must do your while in Cartagena

Great tour

Peter_S, Feb 2022
My excellent guide Raphael who showed me all the sites and explained the history - Cartagena has a rich and interesting story to to tell

Great tour!

Erica_M, Jul 2021
We learned so much about Cartagena and our tour guide Rafael was beyond awesome! He made us feel comfortable and safe and showed us HIS Cartagena. I cannot recommend this enough

Great tour

Karim_A, Dec 2019
Cartagena Walking tour, passionate individual, learned a lot about the history of Cartagena and culture

Response from Host, Dec 2019

thank you so much for your comment

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