CARTAGENA DE INDIAS:
"INTO THE WALLS OF THE CITY"
Walk with this TripAdvisor GPS audio-tour by the plazas and streets of Cartagena de Indias. Start at the Torre del Reloj, learn about the walls, bastions, events like the suffering of black enslaved Africans, the legacy of Saint Peter Claver, see where the Inquisición Española ruled, feel and know places that inspired Gabriel García Márquez to do his literature. Know about the corners, the spaces and the magic of the fantastic corralito de piedra (stone corral) as is also known. Feel the city like a local and walk with confidence guided by the GPS with your own device and headphones. The tour is ready whenever you are. It plays audio automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smart phone's GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline. Perfect for the “I don’t like to look like a tourist” kind of people.
Start the Voicemap GPS audio tour at “La Torre del Reloj”, the entrance to Cartagena de Indias since 1631 when the walls were closed. You can see the different architecture styles. The tour will be passing by under this door to this magnificent Spanish port city, object of desire by other empires and pirates.
The Plaza de la Aduana is the place where imports and exports were gathered for legalization purposes. Twice a year a huge convoy of ships will be traveling roundtrip from the “metrópoli”, the port of Sevilla in Spain, passing by Portobello in Panamá and to Cartagena de Indias. Exports like tons of gold, silver, pearls, emeralds and also produce like tomatoes, potatoes, corn, exotic fruits, animals and birds. Coming into America, Bibles, books, priests, conquistadores, soldiers of fortune, guitars, pianos, western culture in general and also unknown diseases for the natives.
Get to see beautiful streets and balconies while you will wander by the same streets where Gabriel García Márquez was inspired to write many of his tales, scripts, novels, and journalism works. Download the app and the GPS audio tour, after download you will need no data.
Move like a local and take this journey as a timeless trip by the history of Cartagena de Indias, and of Colombia from the times of the colony to present day, at a great value price for your trip to Cartagena.
Journalist:
Néstor Meléndez Soler
nestormelendez.tours@gmail.com
@NestorMel15
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