Cartagena, Colombia 3:57 AM stam

The convent of San Pedro in the Walled City was built in the early seventeenth century by the Jesuits this building is named for former defender and protector of slaves and slave had to call the slaves and the Apostle of the Blacks ¨.

Bocagrande Beach in New Town is the modern area of the city where the largest projects of residential buildings and hotels are developed. It has both overlooking the bay of Cartagena, or souls, and the Caribbean Sea. This sector is now one of the quintessential tourist districts.

Cradle of magical realism, Cartagena has the mix of fantasy and reality in each of its corners. From the scenarios that great minds as Gabriel García Márquez invented to shape their stories to the gardens, monuments, gates, squares and buildings that are now part of the landscape, all living in this colonial city in northeastern Colombia. It is the fifth largest municipality in the country after Bogotá, Medellín, Cali and Barranquilla. It is also the capital of the department of Bolívar and the first major urban center in the Colombian Caribbean Coast. And it shows not only in their populations' says 1 million 200 thousand inhabitants but also in its architecture and in their neighborhoods. On the one hand, modern buildings, resorts and chic style of Boca Grande and Castillo Grande. Furthermore, Manga neighborhoods, where residential buildings prevail court and extensive gardens or popular Gethsemane, where Caribbean rhythms pulsate stronger: to dance them is inescapable visit Café Havana. The different faces of "Heroic" complete with its walled city. This architectural gem hides many of the reasons why Cartagena is considered a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1985 El Convento San Pedro Claver Jesuit, the Gold Museum or the House of the Inquisition, some of them are . All this, without naming the charm lost in its cobbled streets, sit and watch the evening pass into Santo Domingo Square or enjoy a typical dish (fried fish, fruits of all colors or arepas, valid for any time of day ). In the evenings, a beer, and let the spirit lights as far as they do so each of the lamps that illuminate the streets of this ancient site. Undoubtedly, this site things happen you have to see to know the real Cartagena de Indias. The "booze" and tropical juices then begin to move and music to ring in bars like Café del Mar, Tu Candela, Mister Stifle or Babar, a colonial house-turned-super cool bowling. Now if there is something you expect to find in a Colombian city on the shores of the Caribbean Sea are good beaches. Not for nothing do 30 degrees and there is a wet weather during most of the year. While Cartagena Bocagrande has resorts like the Little Lake or nozzle, the real paradise is located less than an hour from the mainland, the islands of Rosario. This archipelago of more than twenty islands is so indisputable, one of the quintessential Caribbean pearls. So every morning and Colombian tourists depart from Pier La Bodeguita willing to beat the tide and reach those secluded beaches of white sand, turquoise sea and palm trees. Then a nap on a hammock and trips will be finally complete.