Name: Private walking tour in Cartagena with visit to Naval Museum
SKU: 39748
Price: 10 USD
Availability: InStock

Duration: 4h

Activity Level: Easy

Experience: Adventure, Historical, Nature

Language: English

Photo permit included

Tour by public transport

Canal Boat tour included

Train tickets included

Suitable for little children

Wheelchair accessible tour

Museum ticket included

Light snack included

Lunch included

Transportation included

Walking Tour

Overview

Private tour to Cartagena is th best way to explore it at your own pace, even if you are pressed for time. Thus, you will explore the city most famous attractions which will tell you a lot regarding the city history. You will find out how Cartagena succeeded in being a modern city where you still can feel a touch of history. One of the exciting parts of the tour is a walking tour around its streets as it is the best way to feel its charming and friendly atmosphere. And you can't spend a minute not admiring the city fascinating views.

What's included

English-speaking guide
Return transportation
Entrance fees (Roman Theatre and Naval Museum)

Food and drinks
Personal expenses

Meeting point is Cartagena cruise port

Highlights

Cartagena

Cartagena, port city, in the provincia (province) and comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Murcia, southeastern Spain. It is the site of Spain’s chief Mediterranean naval base. Its harbour, the finest on the east coast, is a deep spacious bay dominated to seaward by four hills crowned with forts and approached by a narrow entrance guarded by batteries. The outer bay is sheltered by Escombrera Island.

Cartagena Naval Museum

The Cartagena Naval Museum is a military museum near the city port of Cartagena, Spain. It presents exhibitions related to naval construction. It is a subsidiary of the Naval Museum of Madrid. The Naval Museum of Cartagena was opened on July 8, 1986. The original building was built under the direction of the architect Lorenzo Ros in 1926. Originally the building was used by the School of Apprentices of the Spanish Society of Naval Construction. They changed its name in 1947 to National Company Bazán. Later it became the school Our Lady of the Rosary. Later the Navy reclaimed the building and converted it to the naval museum. Captain Luis Delgado Bañón was director until January 8, 2011, when he retired. The current director is the captain of ship Jorge Madrid. The museum has been moved to a new headquarters in the city's seafront, in the former Maritime Instruction Headquarters, a historical building from the mid-eighteenth century that was constructed by the military engineer Mateo Vodopich. The building is in front of the Botes Basin.

Punic wall of Cartagena

The Punic wall of Cartagena is an archaeological site from the 3rd century BC in which can be seen the first defensive wall of Cartagena, built by the Carthaginians. This is an important site because it is one of the few remains of Carthaginian civilization in Spain, and the walls bear witness to one of the most important events of Ancient history in the Mediterranean Sea: the Second Punic War.

Roman Theatre (Cartagena)

The theatre was built between 5 and 1 BC, as has been proven by the dedication of the edifice to Gaius and Lucius Caesar, grandsons of Augustus, who had designated them as his successors. In the 3rd century AD a market was built over the theatre, reusing its materials, with a semicircular open space which followed the plan of the orchestra. The market was perhaps abandoned after a fire caused by the Vandals in 425. A market quarter of the Byzantines was established on the site in the 6th century AD. Dedicatory inscriptions to Gaius and Lucius Caesar. During the 13th century, the Old Cathedral of the city was built over the upper cavea. In 1988 the first remains of the theatre were discovered during the construction of the Centro regional de artesanía. The archaeological excavations and the restorations were completed in 2003. In 2008 a museum, designed by Rafael Moneo, was opened.

Itinerary

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The city of Cartagena is steeped in history and this tour is the perfect way to explore ancient ruins, religious architecture and the modern buildings that now line the streets.

Your first stop will be the Punic Wall. The wall dates from the 3rd Century BC and is the first defensive wall of its kind found in Cartagena. Your next stop will be the port area and surrounding architecture. The port has several areas of interest within the Maritime sector but also incorporates a vast amount of modern architecture and monuments which bring the port right up to date. You will then move onto the Roman Theatre. The theatre has many areas of interest and is a fine example of Roman architecture. This is a very famous landmark in Cartagena and one that the Spanish are very proud of as it is one of only a handful of Roman Theatres remaining and is in fantastic condition.

To complete the tour your guide will take you on a wonderful walking tour of the pedestrian streets of the historic centre where he will talk to you about the ways in which architecture in Cartagena has changed to allow the city to grow and become the beautiful city we see today.

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