Cartagena
Cartagena conjured up romantic images of colonial wealth, and the city didn’t
disappoint. Cartagena was indeed a lovely and fascinating city with a long history. I
understood that various cultures and indigenous people occupied Cartagena as far
back as 4,000 B.C. and that Spanish Cartagena was founded in 1533. Cartagena’s
colonial walled city is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The old town was inside the elaborate city walls, complete with cobbled pedestrian
lanes, leafy plazas and old buildings featuring beautiful bougainvillaea-covered
balconies.