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Historic Center & Getsemaní Shared Tour in Cartagena: Dance Champeta, Salsa, & Experience Gethsemane
4.9
213 Ratings
Cartagena de Indias
Immerse yourself in the history and culture of Cartagena on this shared tour of the Historic Center and Getsemaní. Dance Champeta and Salsa, explore important landmarks, and learn about the city's fascinating history. Join us for an unforgettable experience!
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Cartagena - Cartagena, a city that bewitches, welcomes you to the best tour of the beautiful and magical city of Historic Cartagena full of stories, sayings and fascinating myths of its walls, streets, convents and houses of the walled downtown and San Diego that transcends the city limits. Discover the secrets, customs and legends of the tradition inherited from the Spaniards and popular from our Caribbean miscegenation, among which Gabo (Nobel Prize for Literature) accompanies us through his writings, such as his book “One Hundred Years of Solitude”, one of the most read in the world.
What's Included
- Gratuities included
- Expert tour guidance
Additional Information
Discover the Historic Center and Gethsemane on this tour through the scenes of enslavement, pirates and corsairs, battles, Graffiti, Salsa and Champeta and much more as a result of the mixture of indigenous, African and Spanish, migrants from Lebanese, migrants from Lebanese.
This shared tour lasts about 2 and a half hours, visiting the main squares, churches and important scenes of the walled city of Cartagena.
This is the best way to learn about the history of the city and understand its impact on the current dynamics. You will learn to dance Champeta, Salsa and we will play songs with the gentrification that is lived in Gethsemane.
Without a doubt, the best experience to get to know the wonderful city of Cartagena de Indias, together with professional guides that will make the tour the best possible experience.
Location
Cl. 32 #841
Calle 32
Next to the traffic light of the "Camellón de Los Mártires" (square in front of the Clock Tower).
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(213 Ratings)
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Franciscagc6804se
Jun 16, 2024
Ingrid - Ingrid, the best. Very informed, always exposing different points of view regarding history, colonization and slavery. Very good, she also knows about music, dance, gastronomy
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Espionne_russe
Jun 14, 2024
Don’t miss that tour! - Don’t miss that tour! The guide was incredibly knowledgeable. Listening to him was so interesting! It could easily have been a longer tour, I learned a lot! It was fun, well prepared and well worth it for the price paid: really recommend!
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Ashley_m
Jun 14, 2024
Take the tour and ask for Legaxy! - Legacy was the star of the show! He made learning the history of Cartagena memorable and engaging. Elion was very accommodating and was a wonderful co-pilot of the experience.
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Lucasa436
Jun 14, 2024
Excellent - Excellent tour with a lot of history and explanations by the guide Nancy. Quiet and detailed pick-up where you could take advantage of the city
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H2699ajalexandres
Jun 12, 2024
Excellent guided tour! - We are Brazilians and we describe this guided tour as essential!! We visited several tourist attractions, with excellent explanations in Spanish of the rich history of the walled city and the neighborhood of Getsemani. Our guide was called Nanci and it was a lot of fun
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Efraimv2021
Jun 9, 2024
Day in the walled city - Excellent, very good tour, Nancy, the best guide, we walked through the historic center and even went to dance chapeta in Getsemani
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Sergi0mate0a
Jun 9, 2024
The tour takes you to imagine many eras of Cartagena - The tour was incredible. Nancy is a spectacular person with wonderful energy.
We hope to meet again
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Gerry_s
Jun 7, 2024
Great tour! - This tour is great! The guide explained the culture and history of Cartagena from past to present in detailed and organized way. They did the great job!
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571rodrigon
Jun 6, 2024
Wonderful tour - The information that the guide gave was delicious! He taught us from history to dance. Ingrid, thank you for your attention and good work.
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Chantal_s
Jun 22, 2024
Good way to start to get to know Cartagena - This was a great way to explore the walled city and the Getsemani. We learnt about the history of both places. Saw some monkeys and a sloth! Got great recommendations for places to visit and get food after the tour.
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