Walks · Cartagena · English
6 narrated stops, 18 minutes of stories, 4.2 km on foot. Press play at each stop — no app needed — or open the walk in Avsha and let the stories keep coming as you move.
Stop 1 · 3 min
In short: The church is significant because Pedro Claver, who dedicated his life to helping enslaved Africans, lived and died there. The site houses his remains beneath the main altar and features an iconic dome added by Gaston Lelarge in the 1920s.
↓ 400 m · 6 min to the next stop
Stop 2 · Camellón de los Mártires, Getsemaní, Cartagena · 3 min
In short: It is the site where nine intellectual and military leaders were executed by firing squad in 1816. General Pablo Morillo ordered their deaths during the Spanish Reconquest to crush the dream of liberty and Colombian independence.
↓ 300 m · 5 min to the next stop
Stop 3 · Callejones de arte urbano de Getsemaní, Cartagena · 3 min
In short: The murals represent Getsemani's identity and revolutionary spirit, depicting local heroes like the Lanceros from the 1811 independence movement. They also celebrate Palenqueras and the Maria Mulata bird, serving as a shield against gentrification by preserving the neighborhood's history.
↓ 850 m · 12 min to the next stop
Stop 4 · Plaza Fernández de Madrid, San Diego, Cartagena · 3 min
In short: This plaza features a statue of hero José Joaquín Fernández de Madrid and the historic Church of Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo. It also served as the inspiration for the 'Plaza de los Evangelios' in Gabriel García Márquez’s Love in the Time of Cholera.
↓ 400 m · 6 min to the next stop
Stop 5 · Teatro Adolfo Mejía, Cartagena, Argentina/Colombia · 3 min
In short: Designed by Luis Felipe Jaspe on the site of a 17th-century church, this theater features cedar balconies and Carrara marble stairs. Its ceiling mural, painted by Enrique Grau, depicts the nine muses of the arts against a Caribbean sky.
↓ 2.3 km · 32 min to the next stop
Stop 6 · Estatua de la India Catalina, Puente Román, Cartagena · 3 min
In short: India Catalina, a Mokaná chief's daughter kidnapped in the 1500s, returned to Cartagena as a translator for Pedro de Heredia. Sculpted by Eladio Gil Zambrana in 1974, her image now serves as an award for the Cartagena Film Festival.