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TOP COLOMBIA TIPS Classic restaurants of Cartagena By: Néstor Meléndez Soler Top Colombia Tips Besides being the most important touristic destination of Colombia, Cartagena de Indias is a great place to enjoy wonderful restaurants that will make your stay at this marvelous city a gastronomic experience with local and international first level cuisine. It is not only the Colombian and Cartagena typical food but also all the influences that have been brought to this port since the 16 th century when it was founded by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Heredia. At Cartagena arrived many immigrants that came from all parts of Europe, the Middle East, China, and obviously from all parts of Colombia . The marines also brought in the ships different kinds of products, spices, flavors and cooking knowledge that transpired into the taste of the city cooks and made them local. So Cartagena was destined to be a gastronomic hub and it really turned to be one. In thi...

TOP COLOMBIA TIPS 5 RESTAURANTES CLÁSICOS DE CARTAGENA DE INDIAS Por: Néstor Meléndez Soler Top Colombia Tips Además de ser un destino turístico de primera categoría a nivel mundial, Cartagena de Indias en la costa del Caribe Colombiano es una ciudad en la que la gastronomía de todas partes del mundo hace presencia con excelentes restaurantes que ofrecen a sus comensales delicias para el paladar. En este blog resaltaremos algunos de los restaurantes clásicos más destacados de la ciudad, no sin antes advertirles que en Cartagena la oferta gastronómica es amplia y variada , y que los que reseñaremos a continuación son solo 5 de muchos restaurantes de la ciudad en los cuales se pueden degustar deliciosas comidas locales y de todo el planeta. Empecemos pues con nuestros Top Colombia Tips de restaurantes clásicos en Cartagena de Indias. ·              Restaurante Árabe Internacional: Ubicado en el sector turís...

This is the history of one man that gave it all for the African slaves that came to Cartagena.   Peter Claver called “The Slave of Slaves”, lived at Cartagena de Indias, in the first half of the 17 th century. African descendants from all around the world give eternal tribute to this saint that lived to his motive of serving human beings, motored by God. Cartagena de Indias was from the 1500s till late 1800s the preeminent slave Spanish port in the Caribbean and where the biggest human slave trade happened. There were only 2 ports authorized by the kingdom of Spain to receive Portuguese slave ships sailing from Africa. Those were Veracruz, in the territory of The Nueva España, or how we know it today, Mexico and Cartagena de Indias in the Nueva Granada, today Colombia.   The number one “legal” slave port market was Cartagena by far. More than double of the blacks that were slaved and imported “legally” by Spain to America, set foot for the f...