WORLD CULINARY DISCOVERIES IN CARTAGENA
Discover the beauty of Cartagena while learning (and tasting!) her culinary traditions. Your tour will begin with a panoramic view of the San Felipe de Barajas Fortress, situated outside of the walled city.
This monumental fort is known to be the most outstanding accomplishment of Spanish military engineering in the new world. The tour continues to the old city, where your first stop will include an arepa con huevo, which consists of fried corn with eggs, carimañola and queso accompanied by natural juice or Colombian coffee. Take a walk in the historic colonial city of Cartagena, surrounded by 9 miles of ramparts which took 194 years to build and enabled Cartagena to defend itself from the attacks of marauding English pirates.
During your guided walk, you will see some impressive and preserved colonial Spanish architecture, with its imposing merchant’s houses, narrow streets, flower bedecked balconies stunning civic buildings and beautiful churches. As you reach your next stop, you will enjoy a delicious Cartagena main dish, consisting of meat, fried coconut rice, avocado salad and temptation plantains made with a sweet soda called “Kola Roman”. Continue on with a visit to “The Dungeons” within the walled city ramparts, built to store provisions for the troops and are now home to a high-quality handicrafts market. Once here, you can enjoy some typical candies, with an assortment of coconut, pineapple, cinnamon and panela flavors, offered by famous Palenqueras, women in colorful dresses expertly balancing bowls of tropical fruit on their heads, who became the symbol of Cartagena. Your tour ends as your return to your ship at the pier.
Please note: it is recommended that guests wear sunblock and comfortable shoes as this tour consists of a good amount of walking. Guests with any type of food intolerance are required to communicate it to the Shore Excursions Office at least two days before the call
