Cartagena travel guides & articles
All 4 in-depth pieces we’ve published on Cartagena — newest first.
In Gabo's Cartagena: Streets That Became His Novels
A literary walk through the plazas, convents and crypts of the walled city that Gabriel García Márquez turned into Love in the Time of Cholera and Of Love and Other Demons.
The Cartagena Evening the Cruise Crowds Never See
As the last tender pulls away, Getsemaní's plazas fill, the walled city's real bars open, and Cartagena becomes a different, better city after dark.
Cartagena's Palenqueras: The Fruit-Sellers and the Afro-Colombian Story Behind the Postcard
Behind every postcard photo of a Palenquera balancing a bowl of fruit is a freedom village that beat the Spanish crown - here's how to see both, honestly, in 2026.
Eaten Standing Up: Cartagena's Street Food in the Caribbean Heat
A hungry, honest crawl through Cartagena's fry carts, market comedors and after-dark plazas — where the best food is eaten on your feet, in the heat, for a handful of pesos.