FANTASTIC CARTAGENA The essential old city and walls tour Chapter # 1 By: Néstor Meléndez Soler For Top Colombia Tips This article is now available as a mobile app. Go to GPS TOUR to download the app for GPS-assisted travel directions to the attractions featured in this article. https://www.gpsmycity.com/gps-tour-guides/cartagena-5045.html W elcome to Cartagena de Indias, the biggest prize in the Caribbean Sea for pirates ; it was here, in the times of the colony (1533-1819) where most of the gold, silver, emeralds and agricultural produce like potatoes, corn, tobacco or sugar, were gathered and sent to Spain 2 times a year in a huge fleet of ships. Cartagena de Indias was founded (1533 AC) in this specific location by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Heredia, because it had natural defenses to stop attackers by sea and also by land. The initial settlement was made on the terrains of a tribe called Kalamari from the Karib family . It is on the shores o...