NEW GPS AUDIO-TOUR AT CARTAGENA DE INDIAS.
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BYOD to Cartagena.
BYOD means "bring your own device)
Cartagena de Indias, the BYOD walking tour.
Into the walls of the city:
By: Néstor
Meléndez
It is a worldwide trend, the BYOD (Bring your own
device) walking tours are becoming the new player of the tourism industry in
the adventures and tour experiences category.
And now https://voicemap.me/, one of the industry
leaders, offers the Cartagena GPS walking tour: Into the walls of the
city.
The tour is an introduction to this wonderful city,
thru stories that are going to give context to many events that have been
shaping this magical place since it was funded in 1533.
You will start a the Torre del Reloj, the city
entrance and with the magic of the GPS triggered technology you will walk into
the city at your own pace, knowing about the places you are going to be in. The
walking tour will guide you thru la Plaza de los Coches, where you will know
about the founder of the city, Pedro de Heredia and then you will go into the
Portal de los Dulces and have a local sweet treat, or a coffee.
Then, La Plaza
de La Aduana, where you will see why this city was so important for the Spanish
crown, as well as for the British empire, pirates and corsaries.
You then will be in front of the magnificent, Iglesia
de San Pedro Clavér, and you will know more about this Jesuit priest, that
served the africans that came to be sold as slaves. He became to be known, as “The
slave of the Slaves”.
The tour will continue thru the “Callecitas de
Cartagena”, the little streets of Cartagena, and you will hear about El Dorado,
the mythical golden city, that made the Spanish come to this land by the
thousands.
At the Plaza de Bolívar, you will know more about
Cartagena and see the most famous house of the walled city, The Palacio de La
Inquisición.
Then get ready to meet the most photographed girl of
the city, and also the biggest, her name is Gertudris, but is known as La Gorda
de Botero.
You are going to learn about why this is a Unesco
World Heritage city and are going to be where to have some good Colombian juices,
pastries and coffee.
The tour finishes at the Parque Fernández de Madrid,
where you can end the journey relaxing at the park.
So if you are at Cartagena, take the GPS walking tour,
prepared by Néstor Meléndez, a seasoned journalist that knows Cartagena and
many of its secrets. You can download the tour to your own mobile device, and
use it without consuming any data. https://voicemap.me/tour/cartagena/cartagena-de-indias-into-the-walls-of-the-city
It can be downloaded in I Tunes or Google Play.
The cost of the GPS Walking Tour is of US $2.99, and
it takes around one to three hours to complete, depending on your pace and
stops.
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