Tayrona Gold Museum (Museo del Oro Tairona) Tours and Tickets

If you’ve only got limited time in Cartagena, don’t let that stop you exploring Santa Marta Historic Center, the first city founded by the Spaniards in Colombia. In a small group limited to 14, you’ll take a whistle-stop tour of Barranquilla and tick off colonial highlights in Santa Maria. Enjoy a beachside lunch in El Rodadero and relish the convenience of hotel pickup and drop-off.

Though Santa Ana is well-known for its beach, the coastal Caribbean town is also a colonial-era gem rich with unexpected history. A walking tour is the perfect way to orient yourself within the city and learn about its history and culture with your guide: follow your guide along the beach, check out top landmarks such as the Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino, and end your tour with a prime spot for watching the sunset.

Santa Marta was once called The Pearl of America by the Spaniards. Nowadays it deserves its name for being a natural and historical treasure for Colombia. If you want to know more and learn why join us in this private full-day tour around its most emblematic places. Visit the historical center and the Tayrona Gold Museum, and then, the Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino, death place of Simón Bolivar, and finish the tour by visiting one of its most famous bays: Taganga. • Historical landmarks of Santa Marta city • A walk along the old city and a guided tour in the Tayrona Gold Museum • A trip to Taganga’s Bay, one of the most important in Santa Marta • A visit and guided tour inside Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino, Simon Bolivar’s death place • Unforgettable memories of the oldest city of the country.

-Hotel pick-up in the downtown areas, Bocagrande, lake and large castle, to move by land to Baru Island where we take a boat to make the tour of the Rosario Islands, Cholon Island, Blue Water, quiet beach and plankton activity night. IT INCLUDES: -Breakfast -Panoramic tour of the Rosario Islands -Snorkel activity with photographs in Pablo Escobar's submerged plane -Welcome Seafood Cocktail at Cholon Island Full Party -Sun chairs on blue water island -Lunch on Isla Baru (3 lunch options fried fish, breast or vegetarian accompanied by coconut rice, patacones and salad) -Sunset on a quiet beach -Snack and plankton activity - Land return to the hotel Does not include: Expenses not specified in the plan.

Let a three-time Grammy Award winner tell you the story of his hometown. Carlos Vives, one of the most famous Colombian artists, will bring the story of his beloved Santa Marta to life. Find out all about the sacred pact of fraternity as you learn about the story in front of the bay of Bastidas. Carlos' voice will lead you to the Plaza de Bolivar, where you will discover one of the local tragedies that was featured in "One Hundred Years of Solitude" from Gabriel Garcia Marquez Nobel Prize winning book. You will get to admire the monuments in the plaza and discover the stories behind the last days of the Libertador Bolivar, who arrived in the city in his final days. You will discover the local culture, the history of the forts, the San Franciscan parish, the cathedral, and how the city was sacked 17 times by pirates. Carlos will finish the tour telling you some of the local legends of the notorious inhabitants of downtown St. Marta, such as Madame Augustine.

Santa Marta is a magical city known for its diversity and for making all its visitors feel at home. In this walking tour, you will explore its history and traditions among its streets and houses. Visit the Tayrona Gold Museum, Parque de los Novios, the Malecon, the Cathedral, and many other places. This experience includes refreshing traditional juices and fruit tasting with locals, more fun people to walk with, and a very knowledgeable local guide. • Historical landmarks about Santa Marta City • A walk through Tayrona Gold Museum • Visiting Santa Marta’s bay or Malecon, and the main parks and squares • A brief lesson about Colombian diversity through its history and guide’s recommendations • A glimpse of Colombia’s Caribbean flavors by tasting fruits and juices Note: If you have a layover in Cartagena please select the airport as a pick-up point for the layover tour.

Make the most out of your time in half a day and join this Santa Marta City Tour through the most relevant places in the capital city of Magdalena while a knowledgeable guide makes sure to tell you as much as you like to know about Colombian culture and history.