Gabriel García Márquez Tour

The renowned Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez found in Barranquilla not only the love of his life but also inspiration for many of his famous works. Discover this on the tour of the life and works of Gabo in Barranquilla.

Itinerary

At the scheduled time, you'll be collected from your hotel in Barranquilla and taken by minibus to the city centre to follow in the footsteps of Gabriel García Márquez. The tour will explore aspects of the novelist's life in this city, which he called home from the age of 8, including visits to key locations from the 1950s.

The first stop will be the old headquarters of El Heraldo newspaper, where he began his journalism career. Walking along Paseo Bolívar, the tour will lead to the New York Skyscrapers.

To explore the author’s personal life, we’ll visit Perpetuo Socorro church, where he married Mercedes in 1958. We will then proceed to the River Quartermaster's Office to see the Yellow Butterflies monument, honoring the writer.

Continuing through the Caribbean Cultural Park, we will see the statue of Gabo. Next, we’ll head to the El Prado neighborhood to visit the site of their first date.

Only a short distance away is the old Museum of Fine Arts, where García Márquez frequented and met Pedro Biava, an inspiration for a character in his work Cien Años de Soledad.

The tour concludes at La Cueva, a cultural bar where Gabo engaged with friends in intellectual debates, and we'll enjoy a local drink before returning to the hotels after 4 hours.

Hotel pickup

This activity includes pickup from hotels in the north of Barranquilla.