ARCHIVED - 11th July, English language tour of Roman Cartagena

See a Roman excavation site and discover the treasure of the Mercedes

During July Turismo de Murcia y Cartagena are offering two different English language guided tours in Cartagena, with an evening departure time of 6pm to avoid the mid-day heat:
Naval Cartagena, running on the Saturday 12th July and Saturday 19th July at 6pm
The Roman Cartagena route is running on Friday 11th July and Thursday 24th July at 6pm

BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL, as places are limited, call 650 01 73 27 or email using the safe contact box below.
Please note. Ignacio is one of the very few fully qualified English speaking guides licensed to run tours anywhere in the region, including wine trips to Jumilla, and can cater for groups of any size, so please contact to ask for a quote.

Tour Details:
Naval Cartagena, running on Saturday 12th July and Saturday 19th July at 6pm, Cost 12 euros.
This is a 2 hour long tour, which departs from outside the Palacio Consistorial and visits some of the most important vestiges of Cartagena’s naval past. The visit includes a chance to see the Isaac Peral submarine, which was removed from the dockside by the cruise ship port last year and is now in a covered pavilion behind the Naval Museum, the Naval Museum itself with an explanation of the core exhibits relating to Cartagena and its long naval history as well as the building itself which is alongside the port and naval installations. The visit then continues to the ARQUA, the subaquatic archaeology museum, to see the new exhibition showing the treasure recovered from the Nuestra Sra de la Mercedes and treasure salvage company, Odyssey which has recently been put on display for the first time.


Roman Cartagena on Friday 11th July and Thursday 24th July at 6pm, cost 12 euros
Departing from outside the Palacio Consistorial at 6pm
Cartagena was a major Roman Port and a substantial city, with a number of impressive buildings including a Roman Theatre, Public Forum, important religious buildings and bath-houses. This tour is an interesting introduction to the Roman world and visits some of the most important Roman elements of Cartagena including the Roman Forum District of the city, where archaeologists are still unearthing new finds in the current excavations, as well as taking visitors into the Parque Molinete, an archaeological park, one of the original five hills of Cartagena, to see the scale of the former Roman city.

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