El Reloj Publico at one of the main entrances to the walled city.
This past September I spent an incredible four days in Cartagena. You can have fresh fish on the beach while the salty air embraces your lungs, and the architecture is unlike anything I’ve ever seen. The walled city has an abundance of plazas, cute boutiques, ice cream shops, and awesome restaurants. You can get a refreshing jugo de zapote at one of the fruit stands just outside the walls, and a trip up to the summit of La Popa allows you to take in the scope of the city and its liquid borders. Here I’ve collected a few of the photos I took that exemplify the beauty and character of the city.
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- El Portal de los Dulces, which became famous for its appearance in Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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- Botero’s La Gorda Gertrudis, otherwise known as the Reclining Lady or simply “La Gordita” in the Plaza Santo Domingo in Cartagena’s walled city.
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- Souvenir shops in the Plaza de Bovedas sell jewelry, handicrafts, maps, and other trinkets in cells that used to hold prisoners.
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- El Reloj Publico at one of the main entrances to the walled city.
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- Lovers sitting in Cartagena’s wall overlooking the Caribbean Sea
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- One of many elaborate doorknockers that adorn the walled city in Cartagena, Colombia
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- Standing at the edge of the walled city with a view of the Castillo de San Felipe
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- A very typical Colombian scene at the foot of La Popa
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- A waitress at Cafe de la Trinidad in Getsemani writes the day’s lunch specials
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- The Old Shoes monument in Cartagena, which is a reference to the poem “Mi Ciudad Nativa” by Luis Carlos Lopez. The final line of the poem compares the love and comfort of his city to that which he gains from a pair of old shoes.
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- From the top of La Popa you can see Bocagrande and the Castillo de San Felipe, along with the Caribbean Sea.
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Muy buena referencia!!!