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5 THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO WHEN VISITING CARTAGENA: So you are at Cartagena, and you think what can I do in this fantastic city?  Well let me give you 5 things to do. 1-     Walk by the old city. You are going to feel like in a Hollywood movie set, but for real. The houses are impressive, the walls are magnificent, the little streets of Cartagena will transport you to another time when pirates wanted to take this city by assault. You can walk with this GPS walking tour https://voicemap.me/tour/cartagena/cartagena-de-indias-into-the-walls-of-the-city  BYOD (Bring your own device). 2-     Know the Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas. It is one of the most important fortifications built by the spanish crown in the times of the colony. Here the battle of Cartagena (1758) was won by the Spanish commander Blás de Leso to Admiral Vernon, defeating forever the british aspiration to dominate the waters of the caribbean. ...

Is #Cartagena in #Colombia the new touristic trend in LatinAmerica? Some people say yes. Cartagena is coming to be one of the most relevant destinations for tourists in LatinAmerica. You may ask, why? I can give you many reasons. Since the signing of the peace treaty with the FARC guerrilla the visitors to Colombia have been increasing at very high rates. This year alone, it in the positive side more than 46% for the first 6 months, and it is expected to go higher. Cartagena and Bogotá are the main attractions to a country that has many other appealing destinations on the tourism map. But lets talk about Cartagena; it is a wonderful place to visit and enjoy top of the line vacations. It seems to have it all, nice tropical weather, great beaches, nearby islands and coral reefs, natural places, good hotels, great airport and many routes to travel from all over the world easily. But it has something else that separates Cartagena from many other destina...

TOP COLOMBIA TIPS BYOD to Cartagena. BYOD means "bring your own device) Cartagena de Indias, the BYOD walking tour. Into the walls of the city: https://voicemap.me/tour/cartagena/cartagena-de-indias-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 walk...

Cartagena de Indias, un destino histórico . Cartagena de Indias  es una ciudad que los españoles hicieron para poder resguardar las riquezas que traían desde los Virreinatos de Lima y Bogotá. Su geografía permitía que quienes la defendían de los ataques de los piratas lo hicieran con mayor facilidad, y debido a este motivo, los ingenieros militares españoles decidieron amurallarla para asegurarla aún más de la codicia de los bucaneros. Cartagena fue amurallada y fortificada como ninguna otra en América , y es una de las más conservadas y restauradas. Caminar en Cartagena es recrear la historia y quienes la disfrutan, pasan momentos en los cuales pueden sentir lo que vivieron quienes la habitaron desde las épocas de la colonia. Hoy, esta hermosa ciudad del  caribe colombiano , es una urbe que mezcla lo antiguo y clásico con lo moderno. En ella los turistas pueden sentirse como piratas que se toman Cartagena, con la diferencia de que en vez de espadas, cañonazos y...

BOGOTÁ, A WONDERFUL CITY TO VISIT: The walking tours by GPS with Voicemap.me at Bogotá. More than nine and a half million people have this city as a home, and it´s not only because of the opportunities that they get at Bogotá, but because the quality of life that has been improving for many years.  This city is one of the most important cities of the Americas and its economic growth is positively constant year after year. If you come to do business to Bogotá, you will encounter a city that has it all to make your trip a productive and happy one. The hotels and all of the touristic infrastructure, is built and made so the business visitor has no hassles, and that he or she feels that this is the place where dreams can come to reality. And what do business visitors look for, they can found at Bogotá. Hotels, restaurants, airport in the city, good public transportation, shopping, connectivity, friendly people and also excellent touristic places to go that don’t ...

Jump on the GPS Tour. By: Néstor Meléndez Bogotá, the capital of Colombia , is a wonderful city to walk, the temperature, not too cold or not too hot makes it a perfect place to go around on a tour. Technology has made now available the self guided tours, using mobile devices and GPS features on them. A new route in Bogotá has just been published on Voicemap, an APP that offers tours made by local storytellers that make the traditional tours a thing of the past. The just released tour is the, TRADITIONAL BOGOTÁ, in which the tourist goes from the colonial part of the city to the modern part of it, cruising thru years of history. There are places that only a local can recommend, like the Café Pasaje, an old coffee shop, where the bogotanos have had their coffee since many years ago. Or the Pastelería Florida, where you can get a delicious chocolate and tamál, a mixture that has been sold in that place for decades. The GPS tours, are a new trend in the...

GPS AUDIO-TOURS: A NEW WAY TO DISCOVER BOGOTÁ AND COLOMBIA. By: Néstor Meléndez When you travel you have many ways to better know and understand the city or place you are visiting. Usually, people has some options to do this, one of them is the traditional tour, you do it with some other tourists, and you have to go following a tour conductor that gives you general description of the places you are visiting. The stops or breaks are predetermined, and you have to deal with hanging out with people, that the only thing they have in common, is that they are tourists. Usually, this  tours are in budget, but they are not cheap, and for some people can be boring, or they just don’t like them.    The other option is to take a personal tour, but it is an expensive option. You can also study the location you will visit, and read the brochures, reviews and other literature and then adventure yourself into a city or place you don’t know, with no local l...