{"id":6949,"date":"2015-06-07T04:17:38","date_gmt":"2015-06-07T02:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/?p=6949"},"modified":"2020-12-18T13:13:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T12:13:30","slug":"cartagena-probably-the-most-beautiful-old-town-on-the-south-american-continent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/2015\/06\/07\/cartagena-die-wohl-schmuckste-altstadt-des-suedamerikanischen-kontinents\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartagena: Probably the prettiest old town on the South American continent"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Travel to Cartagena by minibus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For breakfast there is again the Colombian corn flatbread <strong>Arepas<\/strong>, tasty but also a bit dry. That&#039;s why Niki chose the egg-fried version today. A real calorie bomb! Yes, the regional cuisine is not exactly the most line-conscious, which you can see from many people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At 10 a.m. the MarSol shuttle stops right in front of the hostel and we get on. This drives us <strong>straight to Cartagena<\/strong>, instead of the various local buses. Which is, firstly, much less cumbersome and, secondly, a lot faster. We drive along the Caribbean coast <strong>via Santa Marta to Barranquilla<\/strong>. The third largest city in Colombia gives pretty little for tourists, so we go straight to the more touristy <strong>Cartagena de Indias<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6951\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6951\" style=\"width: 1170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015_06_07_2.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=1879166289  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6951\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015_06_07_2.jpg\" alt=\"Colorful old town\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015_06_07_2.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015_06_07_2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colorful old town<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shortly after 3 p.m. we are dropped off directly in the city center and ask for directions to our hotel. We stay in a family room for the two of us and enjoy it <strong>rare luxury<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6952\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6952\" style=\"width: 1170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015_06_07_3.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=747408468  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6952\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015_06_07_3.jpg\" alt=\"Fruit seller\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015_06_07_3.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015_06_07_3.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fruit seller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The stomach growls and so we find a creperia around the corner. Then we explore the colorful, <strong>idyllic streets of the old town of Cartagena<\/strong>. Not for nothing is the historical center with all the wonderful colonial architecture as <strong>UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/strong> protected. <strong>Yes, it is perhaps the prettiest city in all of South America! <\/strong>A real gem.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6954\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6954\" style=\"width: 1170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015_06_08_1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=949849982  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6954\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015_06_08_1.jpg\" alt=\"One of the old town streets\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015_06_08_1.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015_06_08_1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the old town streets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We take some pictures and Niki, as usual, rummages through the numerous souvenir stands looking for cheap jewelry. And of course she will find it again this time! The <strong>colorful buildings<\/strong> with the <strong>wooden balconies<\/strong> and the <strong>blooming bougainvilleas<\/strong> is truly a <strong>great photo subject<\/strong>. We continue our march over the old city wall and overlook the sea. As the sun goes down, descendants of African slaves perform wild dances to drums and singing.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Travel to Cartagena by minibus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<p>For breakfast there is again the Colombian corn flatbread <strong>Arepas<\/strong>, tasty but also a bit dry. That&#039;s why Niki chose the egg-fried version today. A real calorie bomb! Yes, the regional cuisine is not exactly the most line-conscious, which you can see from many people.<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,820,1982,2083],"tags":[1510,1985,2054,2055,2061,2067,2068,2081,2084,2085,2086,2087,2088,2089],"class_list":["post-6949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tagebuch","category-suedamerika","category-kolumbien","category-cartagena-de-indias","tag-unesco-weltkulturerbe","tag-kolumbien","tag-santa-marta","tag-tayrona","tag-el-zaino","tag-karibik","tag-caribbean","tag-hostel-monte-verde","tag-shuttle-to-cartagena","tag-cartagena-de-indias","tag-arepas","tag-marsol","tag-barranquilla","tag-arepa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}