Cartagena Photo Gallery - Inner City Part 2

Cartagena's historic centre has plenty of colourful preserved architecture, churches, squares, and fine restaurants.
The Spanish arrived here in 1533 thinking they had reached Asia. They were wrong, but the town flourished as a port for treasures to be sent back to Europe. This got the French and the English interested. Huge walls were built to surround the city in the early 17th century .

One of the joys of visiting a foreign land is to venture into the supermarket and see how cheap the groceries are, and how your everyday necessities may be packaged differently than back home. One of the key items to bring home is coffee.


Cartagena's historic centre has plenty of colourful preserved architecture, churches, squares, and fine restaurants. The Spanish arrived here in 1533 thinking they had reached Asia. They were wrong, but the town flourished as a port for treasures to be sent back to Europe. This got the French and the English interested. Huge walls were built to surround the city in the early 17th century . One of the joys of visiting a foreign land is to venture into the supermarket and see how cheap the groceries are, and how your everyday necessities may be packaged differently than back home. One of the key items to bring home is coffee.

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