Roman exploration in Cartagena (Spain)
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Cartagena, Spain
- 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Explore Cartagena's rich Roman history on this guided group tour. Meet your guide near the cruise port in the morning, and set off on foot. You'll visit the Roman Theatre of Cartagena, stroll through the Roman Forum District, and learn the stories behind the sights from your guide as you go. After your walk, enjoy light refreshments at a local tapas restaurant.
- Delve into Cartagena’s wealth of Romanhistory on this walking tour
- See the Roman Theatre of Cartagena, Roman Forum District, and more
- Gain more from your visit with insights from an official guide
- Refuel with a tapa and choice of wine, beer, or soft drink afterwards
What's Included
- Official guide
- Entrance to the site of the Roman Theatre
- SnacksA tapa (snack and a drink (wine, beer or soft drink)
- Entrance to Roman Forum archeological site
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Mare NostrumPuerto deportivo de, P.º Alfonso XII, 30202 Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Your tour departs from Restaurant Mare Nostrum. If you are arriving by cruise ship, proceed up the main pier until you reach the restaurant, which is a white building with golden letters. Our guides will meet you in the pedestrian area and will be wearing white tops and blue lanyards.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Operating hours.10:00 am
Itinerary
1
Museum of the Roman Theater of Cartagena
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
2
Museo Foro Romano Molinete
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
3
Calle Mayor
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Gran Hotel (Pass By)
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- 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
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 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
4.3
based on 82 reviews
Vickie_V, Mar 2026
All the signs are the same it is hard to find your group the name of the tour is not in the sign it is hard to hear if you have a tour guide does not speak good english
Response from Host, Mar 2026
Hello,
There were two people, in addition to the five guides, organising the groups themselves; each guide had their own list of clients and all the necessary identification badges. In fact, the tour was due to start at 10:00, and the groups had already been formed and divided up by guide and tour by 9:30. In any case, we have the signs. As there were so few people, we didn’t think it necessary to burden the guides with more items, but we will definitely add them. Thank you very much.
Brenda_W, Mar 2026
Carmelo was awesome! A patient and pleasant guide. Very informative and passionate about Cartagena! Very knowledgeable!
colin_m, Jan 2026
Excellent guidef tour very interesting tour is a good 3 hour
Walking around Roman Cartagena with entrances included plus tapas and a drink well worth the price
The lady elisa guide was great
Spoke execution English
All in a good experiance
RichardP_V, Nov 2025
Our guide was very friendly and professional. She was very well informed of the history of the city and the Roman ruins.
Pam_B, Nov 2025
Pilar was a good guide. She was understandable and kind. She walked very, very slowly. I appreciated her concern for us, but it was really too slow. The commentary was good. The tapa and wine stop was delightful! Delicious and refreshing! The museum was spectacular and very interesting!
Annette_L, Oct 2025
3 hour tour inc light snack and drink plus museum tour ELISA our guide was great
Would recommend …..
Clark_S, Aug 2025
This was a very good tour. Our guide Elissa is an outstanding communicator in English and her stories and history were relevant and engaging. This was an easy tour to walk. Only the Roman Theater involved steep steps.
Noelle_H, Jul 2025
Our tour guide was an endless font of great information. She knows all aspects of mythology and ancient Greek and, of course, Roman history. Such a lovely woman and so well informed.
Pam_W, May 2025
Getting into the ruins ahead of the line was awesome. The line was very long.
Our guide Pablo was very good. A wealth of knowledge and patient with answering questions.
I’d recommend this wholeheartedly if you like history!
Craig_F, Apr 2025
Interesting tour and great insight by the guide. An easy walk through the Roman Theater. Guide was knowledgeable
Response from Host, May 2025
Thank you so much for your review!
paul_g, Apr 2025
Tour fell a little short of meeting our expectations. Check in was a little slow and somewhat disorganized. The guide was very knowledgeable but his English was perhaps a little weaker than ideal. The 2nd half was better as we became more accustomed to his accent. Lastly, the tapa tasting was very basic and feel short of expectations. Charge another $5 if necessary and raise the quality of the tasting...
Response from Host, May 2025
Sorry for that, we Will try to do It better. Thank you for your review!
Susan_H, Apr 2025
OMG… today was wonderful. I booked last night from our cruise ship. Our excursions on the boat were too crowded, too long and not fun. We met Elisa (the perfect guide and so knowledgeable) and she 100% catered to our needs and desires. It was the perfect day. I will use Viator and there sightseeing matchmaking again…. Maybe tomorrow.
Response from Host, Apr 2025
Hi Susan thank you so much for this wonderfull review. People like you is what inspires us to committe for this type of tourism all personalize and well cared . I hope in the future you will have more fullfilling experiences. You are the BEST.
Rob_E, Nov 2024
This is a walking tour around the roman amphitheatre, museum and related ruins. It is not a difficult walk for anyone with mobility issues as there are ramps. The walk is followed by a tapas and drink. Our guide Camello, whose English is very good, was knowledgeable and made the tour more enjoyable by also pointing out & discussing other points of interest on the tour, for example the Central Grand Hotel.
If there is anything I would have liked a little bit more information about it was why the Romans and originally arrived and why they left. But that is a small point and I can look it up.
We weren't on a cruise liner but had driven up from the Costa Almeria. It was a really good morning which we thoroughly recommend.
Response from Host, Feb 2025
Thank you for your review. Don't hesitate to ask the guide anything questions you want, we would be glad to answer all your questions. Almost three thousand years of history is a lot, you have to come back for more! :)
jbyrnes, Sep 2024
Tour should have had audio with earphones. Guide was good but heavily accented. Roman theater was interesting but could have skipped the museum part
Response from Host, Oct 2024
We are sorry it was not to your complete satisfaction. The museum is included in the entrance fee and we must do it. Thank you for your comment. Best regards.
Daniel_P, Jun 2024
All is in the guide...Carmelo was very interesting and enthousiastic. Tour awsome, explanation precise, the tapa excellent
Response from Host, Jun 2024
Thank you very much for your comment. Come back soon!
William_D, Jun 2024
Cartagena is fascinating and this was made clear and obvious by our guide Carmello. He was knowledgable and personable throughout our time with him. As a local resident he shared details and experiences that were helpful to understand the depth of the area's conviction to its history and lifestyle. As first time visitors we are encouraged and determined to visit Cartagena again to gain further insights into its culture and many intriguing aspects.
Response from Host, Jun 2024
Thank you very much for your comment. Come back soon!
Gail_D, Apr 2024
We did not get to complete our tour in Cartagena. We went to the meeting point, and there was no one there. I even communicated with Viator the day before and no response. I have disputed this charge.
Richard_D, Apr 2024
Our guide, Carmelo, was not qualified to lead this tour about Roman antiquities in Cartagena. He would stop at many buildings and structures unrelated to the cities Roman era and expound on them at length. The two important Roman excavation sites are the theatre and baths. He only thought his job was to let us look at them from the outside; erroneously contending over objections that inside entry was not included in our tour. We weren’t scheduled for a restroom stop until the presentation on Roman food and drink 2 hours into the tour. He attempted an unscheduled restroom stop at a small museum at a small Roman excavation site but a loud kerfuffle ensued with the guard when we headed to the restroom. We were forbidden to use the restrooms. When we finally made it to Maria’s Roman food and drink we had a very interesting presentation on Roman dining lifestyle. We also found out that our tour was to include Roman theatre entry and were offered the opportunity to backtrack and tour the theatre museum and excavation. We never determine if entry to the Roman baths was supposed to be part of our tour. All in all one of the worst tours I’ve experienced in 50 years of foreign travel.
Response from Host, Apr 2024
Please note that we will take your comment into consideration and pay more attention to
this point. Your comment is important to improve our service. Thank you very much for all
your feedback.
Richard_O, Apr 2024
This tour was the highlight of our brief cruise ship stopover in Cartagena. Before touring the Roman ruins, our guide, Juan, gave us a concise overview of Cartagena’s history that set the stage for what we were about to see.
The ruins are as interesting as any we’ve seen elsewhere. Our guide conducted the tour at a good pace-neither too fast, nor too slow. He was easy to understand. And he patiently answered our questions and gave us enough time to take all the pictures we wanted. This was a good tour and worth the money.
Response from Host, Apr 2024
Thank you so much for such a good review! I hope to see you in Cartagena soon.
Desi_K, Apr 2024
Our guide was knowledgeable for what we could hear. If you weren't within 5 people of him you couldn't hear. Also competing with Spanish translator which was very distracting. We signed up for an English excursion. Guide shot off like a rocket and walked way too fast not knowing if everyone was following. Guide really had no awareness of the group and it's physical capabilities. Guide needs to get better at projecting and making sure entire group can hear him...even if he needs to repeat it. Example was on the bridge type thing in the Roman Theater. He explained to the people that could fit onto the bridge and then walked off. The rest of us didn't get anything there. He also needs some type of pole with identification along with Viator stickers. There were non excursion people that were tagging along.
Response from Host, Apr 2024
Thank you very much for your feedback, we have taken good note of your comments and we will use them to improve our service. There were many people visiting Cartagena that day and the group was a bit larger than usual. I hope you liked Cartagena anyway and that you found the tour complete. If you come back to Cartagena do not hesitate to contact us so we can show you better the things you might have missed. Kind regards
Robert_S, Nov 2023
The tour sights were interesting and a valuable expeience. The wine and tapas were enjoyable.
Our guise announced at the start of the tour, this was the 1st time he was giving the tour in English. Definately a minus.
Response from Host, Dec 2023
Thank you for your review.
Elizabeth_H, Nov 2023
Roman theatre was awesome. Amazing to learn that it was only discovered a short while ago! Imagine what else is buried under the city!
Response from Host, Nov 2023
Thank you so much for sharing your opnion with us!
John_H, Oct 2023
Bruno was great- building the story of Cartahegna step by step with a surprise stop off for tapas and refreshments at a local bar. Great excursion for small groups.
Response from Host, Nov 2023
Thank you very much for your kind review, we are happy that you have enjoyed our route.
We hope to see you all again very soon. Kindest regards.
Michael_C, Oct 2023
Carmello our guide was so knowledgeable and proud of Cartegena He exceeded all our expectations with his friendliness and information. Went above and beyond with his tour
Response from Host, Nov 2023
Thank you very much for your kind words, we are happy that you have enjoyed our route. Thank you very much and we hope to see you all again very soon.
Gisela_S, Sep 2023
We booked a private tour that was cancelled so we booked this small group tour in English. The tour guide’s English was very bad so we couldn’t understand her and the tour was billed as a walking tour of the Roman ruins and heritage. We spent the first 45 minutes of a three hour tour less than 50 feet from the ship talking about the dock! We finally had to speak up and get her moving. We saw the Roman amphitheater and then had a drink and one tapas; very poor itinerary.
Response from Host, Sep 2023
Dear costumer,
we take the utmost care of the quality of our service but, as it happens with all, sometimes there are people who do not appreciate certain parts of the tour, in this case we see that you were not interested in the cultural part and we are sorry that this part was boring, we will take it into account to improve. We consider that we have to satisfy all types of clients, being groups of people who do not know the destination we think it is important to explain them where they are, its history and a little bit of culture. We combine it with stops in tapas bars to taste our gastronomy and at all times we respect the rhythms and do not make groups of more than 15 people when possible, This day there were 2 cruises in Cartagena, everything was full of people and we have to adapt to it, as it happens in all destinations. I am sorry you were not satisfied, we will always try to see how to do it better. Our guide has been working in English for more than 20 years and has had the best reviews, if you did not like her accent we are sorry, she is Spanish and not a native English speaker. If you wanted a private tour you could have asked for it and we would have served you with no problem, what we can not do is to ask a whole group to adapt to your liking because another company has canceled your private tour. Kind regards.
Lori_K, May 2023
We had 43 people in our group. That is RIDICULOUS! Hard to hear. Hard to understand.
The guide was nice but he overtalked EVERYTHING. Frankly I think he was overwhelmed with the size of the group. We had to wait over 40 minutes to get in the arena because the tickets were ready. Just had to stand in the hot sun.... again just ridiculous. It's like a 1 hour tour that was boringly stretched into a 3 hour tour.
Response from Host, Aug 2023
Please note that we will take your comment into consideration and pay more attention to
this point. Your comment is important to improve our service. Thank you very much for all
your feedback.
David_A, May 2023
We took this tour to see the Roman Theater. The description clearly stated entrance and admission was included as well as to two other sites. Once going by the theater and other sites, the guide said the tour didn't include any admissions. We could only view from outside. The guide was pleasant, but spent a lot of time on minutiae vs giving us an overview. By the end of the tour, most of the group had gone their own way. Very disappointed with the Tour. Our first bad experience with a Viator tour.
Response from Host, Aug 2023
Please note that we will take your comment into consideration and pay more attention to
this point. Your comment is important to improve our service. Thank you very much for all
your feedback.
Joanne_D, Nov 2022
Bruno is an amazing guide and very knowledgeable. He is also articulate and explains things well. He integrated the history of Cartagena and tapas tasting nicely in a few hours. We also had a small group of 6 people. Highly recommend the tour.
Jackie_G, Nov 2022
Tour sights were good. We think we saw all Cartegena had to offer. Guide was knowledgeable but the tour was continual walking and we could not hear what he was saying in the busy streets. Headsets would have been wonderful and definitely needed.
Theresa_T, Oct 2022
Excellent tour. We had a little mix up meeting the group. But all resolved after we called office. Bruno, our guide, extremely knowledgeable and took care that everyone was enjoying the tour.
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