Café del Mar Wall Walk
Cartagena City Walls, Centro, Cartagena, Colombia
The walk along the top of Cartagena's colonial walls from Café del Mar south to the Plaza de Santa Teresa is the classic Cartagena sunset experience — a 1.
Castillo San Felipe de Barajas
Corredor Vial de Cartagena, Mamonal, Cartagena, Colombia
San Felipe de Barajas is the largest Spanish fortress in the Americas — a massive stone fortification on the Hill of San Lázaro that was built between 1536 and 1657 and successfully repelled every attack launched against it, including the 1741 siege by British Admiral Edward Vernon (who arrived with 186 ships and 23,600 men — one of the largest amphibious forces assembled before D-Day — and was defeated by a Spanish garrison of 3,000 led by the one-eyed, one-armed, one-legged commander Blas de Lezo).
Cerro de La Popa
Cerro de la Popa, Cartagena, Colombia
Cerro de La Popa is Cartagena's highest point — a 150-metre hill east of the walled city crowned by the Convento de la Popa, a 17th-century Augustinian monastery that was the city's spiritual sentinel for three centuries.
Convento de la Popa
Cerro de la Popa, Cartagena, Colombia
The Convento de la Popa is a 17th-century Augustinian monastery on the highest hill in Cartagena — the Cerro de la Popa (150 metres), whose summit provides the most comprehensive panoramic view of the city: the walled old city, the harbour, Bocagrande, the islands offshore, and the Caribbean stretching to the horizon.
Sunset from Café del Mar
Cartagena City Walls, Centro, Cartagena, Colombia
Café del Mar sits atop the Baluarte de Santo Domingo — a section of the colonial walls overlooking the Caribbean Sea — and provides the most celebrated sunset experience in Cartagena.
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