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CARTAGENA, A MAGIC CITY YOU HAVE TO VISIT: Cartagena is the most important touristic city of Colombia, but it is not only because of the beaches and the tropical temperature you enjoy all year round, but because all of the history you can find when you walk by the streets of the charming old town, built by the Spanish conquistadores since the 16 th century. Cartagena was one of the ports in the Caribbean, where the gold and the richness of the America were consolidated before taking the long and dangerous trip to Spain. Those were the times of the pirates of the Caribbean, who assaulted and sieged the cities that guarded the treasures. Therefore in Cartagena the defenses were very strong, fortified walls surround the port city, strategic fortifications were built to protect it and underwater traps were settled to damage the enemy ships that did´nt have the navigation cards to surpass them. To walk the walled city is an adventure, you will feel the sens...

BOGOTÁ, FROM THE OLD TOWN TO DOWNTOWN: If you come to Bogotá, Colombia, you will find a vibrant city that is, for sure, going to surprise you. And it is said, because this metropolis lived by more  than 9 million people is a place on earth you would like to know if you are interested in history and want to see how this elevated location, up on the Andes mountains, is one of the most important and modern developed cities of the Americas.  The Muiscas, were the natives that lived here before the Spaniard conquistadores, came to this extended plain. They had a very good life over here; the salt mines of Zipaquira, and a very fertile land, made this a hot  trading place, where other tribes came to exchange products for the salt and the produce. The payment for the commodity could be fish or hunt, or tropical fruits and vegetables, but also they paid for it in the form of gold artifacts. This is why all the natives from many regions pointed to the conquistadores thi...