Unique Experiences
Cartagena Street Food
A tour through Cartagena’s vibrant historic centre showcases a range of cuisine. Enjoy tasting a variety of snacks.
12 nights from
£4025
The mythical city of El Dorado was first rumoured in 16th-century Europe, when Spanish Conquistadors and serious explorers searched for it across South America. The ‘lost city’ was never found because it was never a city but a ceremony of the Muisca people; a ritual evidenced in the fabulous ‘Golden Raft of the Muisca’ figure, found close Bogotá. Where the mystery ends, our tour begins, the capital’s colonial core encircled now by an up-market, up-tempo, modern metropolitan sprawl. By contrast, Villa de Leyva is little changed in the last four hundred years, a gorgeous glimpse of Colombia’s colonial past, its charm and calm matched by a rural setting; and tradition continues too in the hills of the Coffee Region, where crops are harvested by hand, and coffee is not so much a hot drink, more a way of life. Medellin climbs scenic valley slopes in a mix of colourful cottages and contemporary towers, dubbed the ‘City of Eternal Spring’ for its year-round temperate climate; Guatapé boasts reservoir cruises and rainbow-painted houses; and Cartagena comes very close to pleasing all of the people, all of the time, with coral-stone forts, cathedral towers, Caribbean beaches, and the walled and wonderfully preserved colonial town.
A tour through Cartagena’s vibrant historic centre showcases a range of cuisine. Enjoy tasting a variety of snacks.
This departure coincides with this extraordinary event. Enjoy a full day tour to Barranquilla (day 10) to experience this most festive and carefree carnival. The carnival dates back to the 19th century and UNESCO has declared it as one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2003.
This is a full itinerary with some steps (740 steps up at Piedra del Penol) and uneven surfaces.
Air travel and taxes, transfers, 11 nights’ accommodation, breakfast daily, 6 lunches, itinerary as described, services of guides and local representatives. If our specially negotiated airfares are unavailable at the time of booking, a supplement may apply.
Travel insurance, overseas departure taxes, optional excursions, tipping, any government taxes or compulsory charges introduced after publication.
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