America > Colombia > Cartagena: Weather, Climate and Travel Guide

Colombian city on the northern coast of the country, bordering the Caribbean Sea, Cartagena (its full name, Cartagena de Indias in Spanish) has over one million inhabitants, and was founded in 1533. tourism is now one of its major economic activities, and the old town and its fortress are classified as world heritage by UNESCO. You will admire the facades of houses in the setting sun with their colonial architecture; the walls surrounding the historic heart; the cobbled streets; the Castle of San Felipe and galleries to get lost; old churches; the Gold Museum Zenu with its rooms, which displays gold jewelery and other pre-Columbian artifacts; instead of Customs, the largest of the city, picturesque; instead of Carriage former slave market, with its high vaulted portals which are housed various stalls; home of the Marquis of Valdehoyos, with its windows with carved bars and wooden balcony; the Heredia theater, shaped like a horseshoe, and cedar blinds perforated separating the boxes, stairs and marble sculptures; Bolivar Park, for its freshness due to trees and fountains, where stands the equestrian statue of Simon Bolivar. For those who prefer nature, there are websites where to practice windsurfing where surfing, others very conducive to diving, and you can also get to forty kilometers from the city to approach the volcano Totumo and bathing in the mud of its crater, popular with tourists experience! To reach the city, an international airport connects to several world capitals, and to get around the city, there are numerous bus lines, taxis, and you can also easily rent a car.