by paraschis
Visited the old city of Cartagena. Enjoyed the food and sights there, but there were a ton of street vendors heckling you. The aviary and little zip at the port was awesome. Loved seeing all the birds and a couple monkeys and sloths
Visited: Feb 09, 2020
by srobi263
We went on a tour that included an Island drive and shopping.
Visited: Mar 08, 2012
by grampiesmith6
We did the Exclusive hop-on hop-off bus tour. Guides took good care of us. VERY hot and humid, and buses only came every half hour, so that was a big disappointment. No one dared to get off the bus to explore because you might not get back on. They need MORE buses. I think they only had 7 buses to cover the whole city.
Visited: Apr 19, 2018
by Mengcd
Street merchants are very aggressive! We did the city highlights tour and was the worst tour we have ever taken. Tour guide was horrible and did nothing to shoo the street merchants from us. Instead he dropped us off at 2 different locations for 30 minutes to be on our own. Not ideal!
Visited: Mar 04, 2019
by rbsuterpa
Did a bus tour with several stops. Well worth it
Visited: Apr 01, 2019
by mphpjh
We have been on over 35 cruises and this was by far the worst port I have ever been to. Street vendors will get in your personal space(FACE) trying to sell you junk! I must have said No thank you at least 250 times. The traffic is horrendous and dangerous; the locals do not follow the laws down there. You have to be very careful where you are walking, holes in the sidewalk and street only covered by cardboard filled with trash. We did the Hop On Hop Off Bus excursion offered by Cruisesonly. We were on the bus with many of our fellow cruises who had bought the excursion through the cruise ship. Buses get caught in the traffic back up and it delays the bus getting to the stops on time. For some reason when we were getting close to the Castle of San Luis, the tour guide did not make an announcement that the bus was making a stop at the Castle. the bus stopped several times in front of the castle, but that was because of traffic. Many of us wanted to get off, but the bus stopped at another bus stop and it was too far away to walk back to the castle, plus it was too dangerous to walk due to the traffic. At the 2nd stop after the castle 4 passengers got very upset that the castle stop announcement was not made and they also had entrance tickets for the castle. There was no time to take the entire loop back to the castle and the tour guide told them to call a taxi!!! We did not want to make the loop back to the castle because we wouldn't have time to buy the entrance tickets or to be able to tour the castle and get back to our cruise ship on time. Plus, when we were at stop #2 waiting to get on the next bus, we were accosted by so many street vendors. It was irritating. When we finally got off at stop #14 and had to wait for the next bus to take us back to the cruise ship, were again accosted by more street vendors. There was a nice walled-off, tented area with fans for the passengers to sit and wait for the next bus, but the street vendors were still harassing us. As were boarding the buses, they surrounded the passengers and the bus. The vendors were throwing their goods up to the top level which was an open deck. The vendors were screaming for money and if the passenger didn't want the goods, they would throw them back to the vendor. It was ridiculous. We will never go back to Cartagena, Columbia.
Visited: Nov 26, 2019
by timnancycruise
Went to five emerald shops and saw old town.
Visited: Mar 19, 2019
by masonmcm
Did an excursion and saw a dance company at the theater. The city has old & new sites to see. The locals hound you to death to buy something & this became very annoying.
Visited: Mar 01, 2020
by Chug60
Very dirty, lots if traffic and felt dangerous, the bird sanctuary was really beautiful but overall would’ve stayed in the ship!
Visited: Dec 01, 2019
by SteveDianeWakef
We enjoyed going to the zoo at port. I did not realize that port was in an industrial area which made it difficult to enjoy without an excursion. Next time we will know.
Visited: Apr 01, 2019
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