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Cartagena surrounded by nature, beaches and history
Cartagena one lives by day and at night their present and their past
attract the looks of all the travelers from any point of the orb. Their
strategic position, on front of the sea and with a wide and well preserved
bay, give a welcomes.
Their beauty architectural, with their majestic balconies that dominate narrow back streets, the same ones that end in charming squares; their rancid ancestry that then you full with a mixture of cultures, each one with their customs, beliefs and their day-to-dayness.
Of the Bitterness, Of the Ladies, of the biggest Sergeant, of the Cigar store, of the Drivers, or of the Candilejo they are some of the charmers names that they invite to travel the Cartagena historical center entirely. They are narrow streets, always adorned with having flourished balconies, windows kneeling and immense doors with decorated doorknockers that it is necessary to enjoy one for one.
Here the walls don't have necessity to speak to demonstrate why of Cartagena it is said that it is an alive document of the past that their historical center is an architecture museum where the best in the XVI and XVII centuries is exhibited.
It is that the soul of Cartagena continues imperturbable in spite of the step of the time, and sink to its beauty and its history to attract, always, from its origins, people of all the latitudes: outsiders come from very far and Colombian that they live and they dream in their surroundings.
Cartagena is a city with own character. The Dutch, French and English pirates, enemies from Spain, they wanted to dominate it, but always knew how to defend, of great help they were the fortifications that got up around the bay and the city, of which the most important is the strong of San Felipe of Packs of cards, good known as San Felipe's Castle. Before to 1533 was a town indigenous called Squid, and that June 1th of that year, Pedro of Heredia was founded officially with the name of Cartagena, it is today Historical Patrimony of the Humanity, the first notable Colombian city with this title.
At the moment, the Heroic one is open to a without I number of travelers
that arrive in ship (on board exclusive cruises, between the months
of August and February), or for excellent highways that connect it with
the rest of the country.
CARTAGENA OLD CITY
It
is known with this name to the whole city that is framed by the walls.
The vehicular step for its interior streets is restricted, so to travel
her it is necessary to walk or to take a car thrown by horses, that
makes more romantic the visit. The colonial sector is divided among
the streets of high houses that are in the neighborhood of the cathedral,
and those of typical low houses of the neighborhood San Diego. The Getsemani
sector is less old but similar of interesting, with beautiful churches
and simpler houses that those of the center. Sectors the area of The
Matuna are between both, erect at the beginning of the XX century after
the marsh that separated the two colonial sectors drying off.
Places of interest:
Toast of the clock that is located on the main door of the walled city and has become their symbol with the step of the time.
The walls that measure 11 kilometers approximately and their function was to protect the city of the pirates, but now they take charge of serving as accomplices of the couples that look for a romantic space.
Theater Heredia, in a principle was the church of the Merced whose tower had to give him I pass to the first modern lighthouse of cartagena, later it adapted as teatroy fué used for the first time in 1911.
Vaults: they are 23 old cells or cellars for armament that were built to close the wall. Today they harbor stores of crafts.
Bolivar Square, by day or at night, their magic and their charm wrap it. Perhaps they are the centennial trees and their pleasant shades, or the sources that are illuminated when falling the afternoon. In the center the Liberator's statue on their horse. They surround it the Cathedral, the Government, the Museum of the Gold, the Bank of the Republic and the Inquisition Palace.
The Inquisition Palace, recently opened his doors again to the public, after having been restored during several years. It is considered as one of the best works in the civil architecture of the XVIII century and their name remembers the terror that one lived in the time of colonial persecution of the Catholic church against all those that were considered heretics.
Square of Sacred Domingo, presided over by Fernando's
Boatman sculpture, the fat Gertrudis. It is one of the places more converged
in the nights by bill of the famous restaurants of three of their sides.
the church and cloister that give name to the square are in the other
one.
THE CARTAGENA BAY
The
bay that gave fame to Cartagena like sure port during the colony, but
there of the protection of the walls, it is a great natural scenario
divided in two big spaces, the interior bay that was known formerly
as the Surgidero, formed by the tip of Castillo Grande, the island of
Tree - where the strong of the same name is -, the island of Sleeve
and the portion of earth of the city, until the bay of the Souls where
the Center of Conventions and the Naval Base are; and the external bay,
the biggest portion where you/they are today in day the industries that
have contaminated the waters of the bay at the same time that they have
made of the city an important industrial pole of the country, determined
by the great island of Tierra Bomba the peninsula of Barú, the
sector of Mamonal, to where they will give the waters of the channel
of the Dike and Bocachica, for where the ships enter in route to the
marine terminals of the city.
Places of interest:
Bocagrande and the Lake, they are neighborhoods that represent the modern Cartagena. There are numerous hotels of all condition, commercial centers, restaurants and buildings of apartments.
Port society. Marine main terminal of the city, in the properties of the Marine old Terminal, is where they rob the big cruise ships that about 200000 passengers bring every year.
Convent of the Stern. This located in the high of the hill that weighs the same name. It harbors the Baroque altar bigger than the old chapel of Santa Clara's Convent. The place offers a great panoramic of the city.
Strong of San Fernando and San José of Bocachica. They are in Bocachica, in the western south end of the bay, in the island of Tierra Bomba. They are batteries that preserve this entrance, one in front of the other one. Another work teacher of the Spanish military engineering during the colony. They are forced step of all the crafts that enter or they leave of or to the jetties of the city
Playablanca. When of beaches it is one of those without
a doubt but beautiful it is this beach of white sand that is in Barú
that besides being surrounded by swamps. it is place of environmental
conservation. The other celebrated beaches of the city are those of
Bocagrande and those of the sectors of Marbella and Frizzy.
Cartagena Colombia
CARTAGENA FAIRS AND FESTIVALS
January: Taurine Fair
March: International festival of cinema; in the one that latin america productions are exhibited and the world. Also takes place worldwide in this month the famous Caribbean festival music.
March - April: Nautical Exhibition
November: popular parties of the independence of great
coloring that take place every year November 11, date in the one that
the independence of the city is commemorated. They are also carried
out the activities of the National Concurse of the Beauty (Miss Colombia
Election) and of the Popular concurse of the Beauty, where the town
chooses its queen.
CARTAGENA LODGING & ACCOMMODATIONS
CHARLESTON SAINT TERESA: It was the convent of the Carmelite sisters, but during the time of the independence it served as barracks and then as jail. Today is one of those but exclusive hotels of the city. It dominates the square Santa Teresa.
CARTAGENA HILTON: It is one of those but traditional and emblematic hotels of Cartagena. Located in the sector of The lake in the Avenue Admiral Brión, every November it houses the candidates to Miss Colombia that you/they participate in the National Competition of Beauty. Their restaurants combine the national typical kitchen with the international.
CLEAR SACRED VAULT: republican building, with 18 apartments is used suite. The guests can enjoy all the sofitel services Santa Clara.
ADMIRAL STELLAR CARTAGENA: built in form to circulate, with interior balconies on pleasant hanging gardens that give him sensation of freshness. It is located in Brought to an agreement Bocagrande San Martin.
CHAPEL OF THE SEA: Recently remodeled to give an executive air to their rooms, all with balcony. Has a panoramic pool in the terrace, located in the bocagrande sector.
HOTEL CARIBBEAN: it is the hotel but traditional of Cartagena. Has living rooms for conventions, pool olympic semi, casino, restaurants of typical food, of sea and international. This located in Bocagrande at the end of the Avenue San Martin.
DECAMERON CARTAGENA: it is a hotel "everything included." It is located in Bocagrande, with view to the beach of the Caribbean sea.
Cartagena is a magic city, grateful as one of the best and but beautiful tourist destinations, not only for its history, for its natural beauty and its people's warmth too, that it always waits with the arms open to all the visitors of this beautiful place.
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