July 27, 2013-Culture in Cartagena

Cartagena De Indias

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Cartagena by Night

Culture in Cartagena

Cartagena:History and Culture. They go together.

To see and experience those things are the reasons we came to Cartagena so it should come to no surprise that we've been getting out quite a lot already. Walking to Old Town from the marina is pleasant especially after the oppressive heat of the midday is replaced by the evening's coolness, so we have been there at night several times.

Woman in Doorway

A flyer from the tourism office turned us onto the music and dance performance staged in the historic Teatro Heredia. This was terrific.

On the same day as the dance performance, in the morning, we toured the city in an air conditioned van and walked through the convent at Cerro La Popa, built on the highest hill in Cartagena by the Spanish in 1611, and we saw the fort of San Felipe (Castillo San Felipe de Barajas) built by the Spanish in 1536 to repel the British.

Chapel

Castle San Felipe

We'll be doing more of this and we'll report back to you.

Click here for more photos from the tour to the convent.
Click here for more photos of Cartagena's Old Town
Click here for more images from the dance performance.

Fred & Judy, SV Wings, Cartagena