ARCHIVED - 19th April, English language guided tour of Cartagena

The tour includes a stop-off to sample the famous Cartagena Asiatico coffee

During April, guided walking tours in English are available as follows:

5th and 19th April, ( Saturdays) Guided walking tours of Cartagena,( see details below) including Asiatico coffee tasting. Start time 11am, on the corner of Cartagena Town Hall, Plaza del Ayuntamiento.

Wednesday 16th April, Special guided tour, Getting inside Cartagena’s Semana Santa. This tour takes visitors inside the churches where the sculptures and thrones are being dressed with flowers ready for their evening processions and explains the inside story of Semana Santa in Cartagena in English. 10 euros per person, meeting in front of the town hall, departure 11am

12th and 26th April ( Saturdays) Guided walking tour of Murcia in English, including entry to the Casino. Departure 11am in front of the Tourist office in Plaza Belluga, opposite the Cathedral.
 

BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL, call 650 01 73 27 or email using the safe contact box below.

Please note. Ignacio is fully qualified to run tours anywhere in the region, including wine trips to Jumilla, please contact to ask for a quote.

Details of the Cartagena tour:

This is a three hour long walking tour offering an introduction to Cartagena,
with full guided commentary about the history of the city, explaining }the important stages in its construction and visiting the main sites of tourist interest.

The tour is designed to provide an insiders view of Cartagena and lay the foundations for those who may wish to return and visit another time.

The tour starts in the port and promenade area, explaining why the whole history of Cartagena focuses around this natural harbour.

Here you will learn about the actual founders of the city, the Carthaginians from North Africa, and its later conquest by the Romans.

Following this, the route  heads up one of the 5 hills of Cartagena to see the best views of the city. Walking down, the tour stops at a second viewing point from which the Roman Theatre can be seen from above.

At the bottom of the hill the route enters another site containing interesting roman mosaics and other remains of the Roman Theatre.

Following this, a welcome coffee is enjoyed, the Asiatico Coffee, a local recipe which has become famous in the area.

The tour will be resumed having a look at the remains of the most important ancient road in the Iberian Peninsula, the so called Via Augusta, before viewing the distinctive Modernist townhouses built during the boom years of the second half of the 19th century and the two first decades of the 20th.

The tour ends in the heart of the old city, facing the magnificent Palacio Consistorial, a good place from which to head off for something to eat.

Price 10€, including full English commentary.
Saturday at 11am, leaving from the Town Hall Tourist Office. Booking essential.

The guide can also be contracted for private groups and tours anywhere in the Region of Murcia, as an official tour guide of the Region of Murcia.