Cartagena, Columbia

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Overview

Cartagena is a city in Bolivar, Colombia. It is located on Colombia's northern coast facing the Caribbean Sea. It is an historic town and port city, which is a popular tourist destination during summer months. Cartagena's colonial walled city and fortress were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984.

Cartagena offers tourists ancient forts, churches and palaces; a walled town filled with exquisite 16th- and 17th-century Spanish colonial architecture, beaches, snorkeling and scuba diving reefs, excellent restaurants and great shopping.

Things to See & Do

* Cartagena's 500-hundred year-old coralstone forts
* Castillo de San Felipe - fortress
* Historic old town and city wall
* Museums & churches
* Views from La Popa hill and nearby Santa Cruz monastery

Cruise Season - Jan - Dec
Currency - Peso (COP)
Language - Spanish
Land Area - 572 km²
Population - 1,200,000 approx
Electricity - 2 perpendicular flat pins USA style
Time - GMT minus five hours
International Country Telephone Code - + 57

Port Location - There are cruise port is located a 15 minute taxi or shuttle ride from downtown Cartagena.

Transport Links - Rafael Nuñez International Airport receives international flights from Panama City (Aero Republica), Lima (LAN Peru), Fort Lauderdale (Spirit Airlines and Avianca), and Miami (Avianca) and domestic non-stop flights from Medellín, Cali, San Andrés and Bogotá. Cartagena is 1000 km north of Bogotá (about an hour by air), or a 2.5 hour flight from Miami and five to five and a half hours from New York City.

The bus terminal is 6 km east of the old city. Buses leave every hour for Barranquilla, and from there frequent buses connect to Santa Marta.

Cartagena is an important port for charter boats between Colombia and Panama. There is several private boats doing that trip. The trip usually takes 4 nights and 5 days and includes a 2 days stopover in San Blas Islands. At the Panama end, the boats either leave from the Portobelo Area or from Carti in San Blas, rather than Colón.

CRUISES AVAILABLE FOR CARTAGENA, COLUMBIA
Cruise Lines & Ships	2012								2013
Cruise Lines & Ships	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
Celebrity Cruises - Celebrity Infinity					21 Sep 2012 Infinity, Eastbound Panama Canal Cruise ex Seattle to Ft Lauderdale for 17 days	08 Oct 2012 Infinity, Westbound Panama Canal Cruise ex Ft Lauderdale to San Diego for 15 days 23 Oct 2012 Infinity, Eastbound Panama Canal Cruise ex San Diego to Ft Lauderdale for 15 days	07 Nov 2012 Infinity, Westbound Panama Canal Cruise ex Ft Lauderdale to San Diego for 15 days 22 Nov 2012 Infinity, Eastbound Panama Canal Cruise ex San Diego to Ft Lauderdale for 15 days	07 Dec 2012 Infinity, Canal & Sth America ex Ft Lauderdale to Valparaiso for 15 days
Celebrity Cruises - Celebrity Millennium					22 Sep 2012 Millennium, Eastbound Panama ex San Diego to Miami for 15 days	07 Oct 2012 Millennium, Westbound Panama Canal ex Miami to San Diego for 15 days
Celebrity Cruises - Celebrity Equinox								10 Dec 2012 Equinox, Ultimate Caribbean Cruise ex Ft Lauderdale Return for 11 days 31 Dec 2012 Equinox, Ultimate Caribbean ex Ft Lauderdale Return for 11 days	21 Jan 2013 Equinox, Ultimate Caribbean Cruise ex Ft Lauderdale Return for 11 days
Celebrity Cruises - Celebrity Century								04 Dec 2012 Century, Eastbound Panama Canal ex San Diego to Ft Lauderdale for 15 days 19 Dec 2012 Century, Westbound Panama Canal ex Ft Lauderdale to San Diego for 15 days	03 Jan 2013 Century, Eastbound Panama Canal ex San Diego to Ft Lauderdale for 15 days 18 Jan 2013 Century, Westbound Panama Canal ex Ft Lauderdale to San Diego for 15 days
Compagnie Du Ponant - Le Boreal						23 Oct 2012 Le Boreal, ex Forte de France to Callao for 14 days 23 Oct 2012 Le Boreal, ex Forte de France to Ushuaia for 37 days
Costa Cruises - Costa Deliziosa									06 Jan 2013 Deliziosa, World Cruise ex Savona to Los Angeles for 29 days
Crystal Cruises - Crystal Serenity									16 Jan 2013 Serenity, Grand South America Exploration ex Miami Return for 74 days 16 Jan 2013 Serenity, Discovery of the Americas ex Miami to Callao for 17 days
Crystal Cruises - Crystal Symphony						31 Oct 2012 Symphony, Bridge of the Americas ex New York to Los Angeles for 18 days
Cunard Line - Queen Victoria									10 Jan 2013 SPECIAL QV, World Cruise 2013 Sector ex Southampton to Brisbane for 47 days 10 Jan 2013 QV, World Cruise 2013 Sector ex Southampton to Auckland for 40 days 10 Jan 2013 SPECIAL QV, World Cruise 2013 ex Southampton Return for 106 days 10 Jan 2013 SPECIAL QV, World Cruise 2013 Sector ex Southampton to Sydney for 44 days More cruises click here
Disney Cruise Line - Disney Wonder								09 Dec 2012 Disney Wonder, Panama Canal Eastbound ex Los Angeles to Miami for 14 days
Holland America Cruise Lines - HAL - Zuiderdam					29 Sep 2012 Zuiderdam, Panama Canal ex Vancouver to Ft Lauderdale for 20 days	02 Oct 2012 SPECIAL Zuiderdam, Panama Canal ex San Francisco to Ft Lauderdale for 17 days 29 Oct 2012 Zuiderdam, Panama Canal Sunfarer ex Ft Lauderdale Return for 11 days	19 Nov 2012 Zuiderdam, Panama Canal Sunfarer ex Ft Lauderdale Return for 11 days	10 Dec 2012 Zuiderdam, Panama Canal Sunfarer ex Ft Lauderdale Return for 11 days	14 Jan 2013 Zuiderdam, Panama Canal Sunfarer Cruise ex Ft Lauderdale Return for 11 days
Holland America Cruise Lines - HAL - Statendam						12 Oct 2012 Statendam, Panama Canal ex Ft Lauderdale Return for 28 days 26 Oct 2012 Statendam, Panama Canal ex San Diego Return for 28 days 26 Oct 2012 Statendam, Panama Canal Discovery ex San Diego to Ft Lauderdale for 14 days		21 Dec 2012 Statendam, Panama Canal Discovery ex San Diego to Ft Lauderdale for 14 days
Holland America Cruise Lines - HAL - Amsterdam									05 Jan 2013 SPECIAL Amsterdam, Grand World Voyage ex Ft Lauderdale Return for 116 days 05 Jan 2013 SPECIAL Amsterdam, Grand World Voyage Sector ex Ft Lauderdale to Sydney for 41 days 05 Jan 2013 SPECIAL Amsterdam, Grand World Voyage Sector ex Ft Lauderdale to Auckland for 32 days
MSC Cruises - MSC Poesia							27 Nov 2012 Poesia, Caribbean Combination ex Ft Lauderdale Return for 14 days	01 Dec 2012 SPECIAL Poesia, Caribbean ex Ft Lauderdale Return for 10 days 01 Dec 2012 Poesia, Caribbean Combination ex Ft Lauderdale Return for 20 days
Norwegian Cruise Line - Norwegian Pearl					28 Sep 2012 SPECIAL Pearl, Panama Canal ex Los Angeles to Miami for 14 days
Norwegian Cruise Line - Norwegian Sun						24 Oct 2012 Sun, Southern Caribbean ex Miami Return for 11 days	14 Nov 2012 Sun, Southern Caribbean ex Miami Return for 11 days	05 Dec 2012 Sun, Southern Caribbean ex Miami Return for 11 days 26 Dec 2012 Sun, Southern Caribbean ex Miami Return for 11 days	16 Jan 2013 Sun, Southern Caribbean ex Miami Return for 11 days
Norwegian Cruise Line - Norwegian Jewel					27 Sep 2012 SPECIAL Jewel, Panama Canal ex Los Angeles to Miami for 15 days
Oceania Cruises - Oceania Cruises Regatta	24 May 2012 SPECIAL Regatta, Passage through Panama ex San Francisco to Miami for 18 days						27 Nov 2012 SPECIAL Regatta, Tropical Explorations ex Miami to Los Angeles for 23 days	04 Dec 2012 SPECIAL Regatta, Passage to Panama ex Miami to Los Angeles for 16 days 20 Dec 2012 SPECIAL Regatta, Passage to Panama ex Los Angeles to Miami for 16 days
P&O International - Adonia									08 Jan 2013 SPECIAL Adonia, World Cruise D301 ex Southampton Return for 85 days
Paul Gauguin Cruises - Tere Moana									05 Jan 2013 Tere Moana, ex St Martin to Puerto Caldera for 14 days
Princess Cruises - Island Princess					26 Sep 2012 Island, Panama Canal ex Vancouver to Ft Lauderdale for 17 days 28 Sep 2012 Island, Panama Canal ex San Francisco to Ft Lauderdale for 15 days	13 Oct 2012 Island, Panama Canal Cruise ex Ft Lauderdale Return for 10 days 23 Oct 2012 Island, Panama Canal ex Ft Lauderdale Roundtrip for 10 days	02 Nov 2012 Island, Panama Canal ex Ft Lauderdale Roundtrip for 10 days 12 Nov 2012 Island, Panama Canal ex Ft Lauderdale to Los Angeles for 14 days 26 Nov 2012 Island, Panama Canal ex Los Angeles to Ft Lauderdale for 14 days	10 Dec 2012 Island, Panama Canal Cruise ex Ft Lauderdale Return for 10 days 20 Dec 2012 Island, Panama Canal ex Ft Lauderdale Roundtrip for 10 days 30 Dec 2012 Island, Panama Canal ex Ft Lauderdale Roundtrip for 10 days	09 Jan 2013 Island, Panama Canal Cruise ex Ft Lauderdale to Los Angeles for 14 days 23 Jan 2013 Island, Panama Canal Cruise ex Los Angeles to Ft Lauderdale for 14 days
Princess Cruises - Coral Princess					17 Sep 2012 Coral, Grand Panama Canal ex Vancouver to Ft Lauderdale for 17 days 20 Sep 2012 Coral, Panama Canal ex Los Angeles to Ft Lauderdale for 14 days	04 Oct 2012 Coral, Panama Canal Cruise ex Ft Lauderdale Return for 10 days 14 Oct 2012 Coral, Panama Canal Cruise ex Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles for 14 days 28 Oct 2012 Coral, Panama Canal Cruise ex Los Angeles to Ft Lauderdale for 14 days	11 Nov 2012 Coral, Panama Canal Cruise ex Ft Lauderdale Return for 10 days 21 Nov 2012 Coral, Panama Canal Cruise ex Ft Lauderdale Return for 10 days	01 Dec 2012 Coral, Panama Canal ex Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles for 14 days 15 Dec 2012 Coral, Panama Canal ex Los Angeles to Ft Lauderdale for 14 days 29 Dec 2012 Coral, Panama Canal ex Ft Lauderdale Return for 10 days	08 Jan 2013 Coral, Panama Canal ex Ft Lauderdale Return for 10 days 18 Jan 2013 Coral, Panama Canal Cruise ex Ft Lauderdale Return for 10 days
Regent Seven Seas Cruises - Seven Seas Mariner									07 Jan 2013 Mariner, Peruvian Promenade ex Miami to Callao for 14 days 07 Jan 2013 Mariner, Circle South America ex Miami Return for 72 days
Regent Seven Seas Cruises - Seven Seas Navigator					03 Sep 2012 Navigator, Panama Canal Passage ex San Francisco to New York for 21 days
Royal Caribbean International - Grandeur of the Seas							24 Nov 2012 Grandeur, Southern Caribbean ex Colon Return for 8 days	02 Dec 2012 Grandeur, Southern Caribbean ex Colon Return for 7 days 09 Dec 2012 Grandeur, Southern Caribbean ex Colon Return for 7 days 16 Dec 2012 Grandeur, Southern Caribbean Cruise ex Colon Return for 7 days 23 Dec 2012 Grandeur, Southern Caribbean ex Colon Return for 7 days More cruises click here	06 Jan 2013 Grandeur, Southern Caribbean ex Colon Return for 7 days 13 Jan 2013 Grandeur, Southern Caribbean ex Colon Return for 7 days 20 Jan 2013 Grandeur, Southern Caribbean ex Colon Return for 7 days 27 Jan 2013 Grandeur, Southern Caribbean ex Colon Return for 7 days
Royal Caribbean International - Vision of the Seas					14 Sep 2012 Vision, ex Copenhagen to San Diego for 35 days	05 Oct 2012 SPECIAL Vision, Westbound Panama Canal ex Ft Lauderdale to San Diego for 14 days 19 Oct 2012 Vision, Eastbound Panama Canal ex San Diego to Ft Lauderdale for 14 days
Sea Cloud Cruises - Sea Cloud								14 Dec 2012 Sea Cloud, ex Willemstad to Puerto Limon for 6 days
Silversea Cruises - Silver Whisper								20 Dec 2012 Whisper, Voyage 4235 ex Ft Lauderdale to Los Angeles for 16 days
Silversea Cruises - Silver Spirit									17 Jan 2013 Spirit, Voyage 5303 ex Ft Lauderdale to Los Angeles for 15 days
Star Clippers - Star Flyer							25 Nov 2012 Star Flyer, Panama Canal ex Bridgetown to Balboa for 14 days
Voyages of Discovery - Voyager								04 Dec 2012 Voyager, The Grand Voyager ex London to Portsmouth for 147 days	04 Jan 2013 SPECIAL Voyager, A Tapestry of Central America ex Montego Bay to Quito for 19 days 04 Jan 2013 SPECIAL Voyager, Grand Latin American Discovery ex Montego Bay Return for 94 days 04 Jan 2013 SPECIAL Voyager, Grand Latin American Sector ex Montego Bay to Buenos Aires for 52 days
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