Cartagena, Murcia Trip Overview
Planned experience to be able to offer the best of Cartagena throughout one day. You will be able to know the food customs of the native population (breakfast, lunch and dinner) with the typical and native dishes of the area, as well as the places and activities that are a “must”.
The “Cartagena’s Experience” tour is the only one that combines culinary, cultural and historical experiences of its customs and emblematic places of the city, which will be visited from the comfort of the Tourist Bus and boat ride, from where in addition to the walk you can get views and information from other corners of the port and beyond.
Please note that this experience does not include a physical guide. With the reservation of the Tour you are reserving the planning of different activities arranged throughout a day, the coordination of knowledge about places and indigenous tradition, as well as personalized online assistance if they require more information or services.
Additional Info
Duration: 12 hours
Starts: Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Cartagena, Murcia, Región de Murcia, Spain
Planned experience to be able to offer the best of Cartagena throughout one day. You will be able to know the food customs of the native population (breakfast, lunch and dinner) with the typical and native dishes of the area, as well as the places and activities that are a “must”.
The “Cartagena’s Experience” tour is the only one that combines culinary, cultural and historical experiences of its customs and emblematic places of the city, which will be visited from the comfort of the Tourist Bus and boat ride, from where in addition to the walk you can get views and information from other corners of the port and beyond.
Please note that this experience does not include a physical guide. With the reservation of the Tour you are reserving the planning of different activities arranged throughout a day, the coordination of knowledge about places and indigenous tradition, as well as personalized online assistance if they require more information or services.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Museo Del Teatro Romano, Plaza del Ayuntamiento 9, 30202 Cartagena, Municipality of Cartagena Spain
Entrance to the Museum of the Roman Theater of Cartagena, with a visit to the authentic theater itself, stands and seats, where several thousand years ago, the inhabitants of this city sat.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: El Parque Torres, Plaza Puerta de la Villa, 30202 Cartagena, Municipality of Cartagena Spain
Ascent with the panoramic elevator, to visit Torres Park, from where you can photograph the four cardinal points of the city with spectacular views of the port and different fortresses of the adjacent hills. Includes entry to visit the Castillo de la Concepción and learn about its history.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Municipality of Cartagena, Municipality of Cartagena
A gastronomic and cultural experience, which includes three typical and indigenous meals of Cartagena: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
All necessary tickets for excursions and visits are also included: Museums, Tourist Bus, Catamaran Olé. They will be able to enjoy spectacular panoramic views from Torres Park, visit the emblematic buildings of Cartagena from the comfort of their panoramic seats in the Tourist Bus, know the surroundings of the coast adjacent to the Port of Cartagena enjoying the Maritime Adventure in the safe Catamaran Olé .
I have prepared a full-day itinerary for you, so that you can know and experience an important part of our two-thousand-year-old culture and immerse yourself in the gastronomic and cultural aspects.
My purpose is to achieve your full satisfaction with this experience of a full day and that you become our best ambassador among your friends and acquaintances.
Duration: 10 hours
Pass By: Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
You will start the day at 9:30 am with one of the typical Cartagena breakfasts, to choose between:
Option 1: 1 Serving of Churros accompanied with chocolate or
Option 2, 1 Portion of Porras accompanied by 1 coffee with milk or
Option 3: Half Toast with Tomato, Oil and Serrano Ham, accompanied by 1 Orange Juice.
At 11am. City tour with panoramic views on the Tourist Bus.
At 2pm. Traditional Cartagena lunch.
At 4pm. View with entrance included to the Roman Baths Museum of Cartagena.
At 5:30 p.m. Ascent in the Panoramic elevator to the Torres Park viewpoint, from where you can take your best panoramic photos of the four cardinal points of Cartagena and visit (with your ticket also included in the experience) the Castle of La Cocepción.
At 8pm. Tasting of three typical and traditional tapas from Cartagena accompanied by three drinks to choose from: with or without alcohol.
Stop At: Museo Foro Romano Molinete, Calle Adarve 6, 30201 Cartagena, Municipality of Cartagena Spain
The city of Carthago Nova was elevated in 44 a. C. to the rank of Roman colony with the name of Colonia Vrbs Iulia Nova Carthago (C.V.I.N.C). . The Emperor Augustus was now going to endow it with a luxurious Roman theater and a great forum and undertook an ambitious process of Romanization and urbanization of the city that had had a large amphitheater since Republican times.
The Roman forum of Carthago Nova was located in the center of the city, at the confluence of the main communication routes (the cardo and the decumano), and between the mountains of the Cerro de la Concepción (where the theater was located) and the Arx Asdrubalis (currently Cerro del Molinete).
Among the main monuments of the forum that have been found so far, the following stand out:
Temple dedicated to the Capitoline triad: Jupiter, Juno and Minerva. To the north, on the Cerro del Molinete, the podium on which this temple was based has been found, common in almost all Roman forums.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Castillo de la Concepcion, Calle Gisbert 10, 30202 Cartagena, Municipality of Cartagena Spain
After the conquest of Cartagena by the then infant Alfonso X the Wise in 1245, he set out to restore the old episcopal seat of the Diocese Carthaginensis and to fortify the city with the construction of a castle at the highest point of the city, where it used to be found the citadel.
The city became at that time the only exit of the Crown of Castile to the Mediterranean Sea, which was sandwiched between the Crown of Aragon and the Kingdom of Granada. The strategic importance of the port of Cartagena was fundamental for the military policy of King Alfonso X the Wise. In times of King Alfonso, the Order of Santa María de España was created in Cartagena for the naval fight against the Muslims. Several naval disasters in which almost all the ships of the order were lost caused that the king signed its dissolution. This caused the decrease in the strategic importance of the port of Cartagena and, as a consequence, the castle was left unfinished.
Duration: 25 minutes
