CARTAGENA in 3 days 🔋🎊
CARTAGENA in 3 days 🔋🎊
Anna Lombardi
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You don't have that many days off, but you want to enjoy the best of what Cartagena has to offer? 📆
Here you go: a guide of what you can do in 3 days, from history to restaurants, from best spot to snorkel to party hostels.
You take your time and make the most of it, go around how you prefer and live the vida loca 🎊
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Cartagena has 3 main neighborhoods: Bocagrande (beaches), Getsemani (more artistic with street arts) and the Historical Center (the more authentic part).
Where to Sleep 🛌

The Clock Hostel And Suites
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What to Visit 👣
Historic Center

Plaza de Bolívar
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Catedral de Santa Catalina de Alejandría
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Las Bóvedas
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Palace of Inquisition
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Plaza de Santo Domingo
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Plaza de la Aduana
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Plaza San Pedro Claver
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Monumento Torre del Reloj
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Getsemani

Callejón Angosto
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Calle Tripita y Media
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Calle de la Sierpe
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What to Do 🩴
The beaches in the city are not nice: dark sand, unattractive sea, many buildings (Bocagrande beach is the best known and most touristic).
The beaches near Cartagena, which can be reached by land or sea trips that take from half an hour to 2 hours, are worthwhile.

Playa Blanca Barú
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Really worth the trip. A LOT of vendors.
To get to Playa Blanca, you need to take a taxi (about 15-25 USD, one way) or join some kind of guided tour transport.
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Rosario Islands
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Rosario Islands are part of the only Natural Marine Park in Colombia.
Isla Grande, besides being the largest of the Rosario islands, seems to me the most beautiful
Tour 1: 5 Islands tour + lunch (bring your own alcohol) + Pablo Escobar fallen plane 60USD
Tour 2: 5 Islands tour + lunch in a private island + plankton glowing in the sea in the dark of the night 80USD
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Where to Eat 🍴

Sierpe Caribe Fusión
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Buena Vida Marisquería - Cartagena
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Carmen Cartagena
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Restaurante Mar De Las Antillas
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Ely Café Manga
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Restaurante Mamallena
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Andrés Carne de Res Cartagena
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Where to Party 🧚🏼

Media Luna Hostel
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La Movida Cartagena
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EIVISSA CARTAGENA
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El Arsenal: The Rum Box
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La Jugada Club House Gastrobar
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Anna Lombardi
Available for hire
Born in Italy, raised in the world (I know, cliché right?). Currently in Orlando, FL.
I travel the world so my curiosity is sated and I can bring home magnets for my grandma.
I travel local and I'm an expert about exchange programs (from au pair to DCP, from language exchange to study abroad) and moving around the world.
I lived in Italy, England, Malta and in the USA. Because of work I like to plan short trips, so I can escape monotony and I love to discover new places and recommend them.
What you can find here?
📆 Short itineraries to fill up your weekends
🍽 Food and drink recommendations
📓 Guides about countries I loved and lived
👩🏻🏫 Consultation about moving abroad and exchange programs
💆🏻♀️ Customized services to take off all the stress related to planning
Get in touch with me to get the best raccomandations, get the perfect itinerary for you, book a call to ask me questions or even to say HI! :)
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