Gabriel García Márquez Tour

The renowned Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez found inspiration for many of his famous personalities in Barranquilla. Discover this on the tour of the life and works of Gabo in this Colombian city.

Itinerary

At the scheduled time, you'll be collected from your hotel in Barranquilla and brought by minibus to the city centre to follow in the footsteps of Gabriel García Márquez. This tour reveals the novelist's history in the city he lived in from age 8, featuring key locations from the 1950s.

The first stop will be at the old headquarters of the El Heraldo newspaper, where he began his journalism career. Walking on the Paseo Bolívar, we will reach the New York Skyscrapers, learning about its connection to the Nobel Prize.

Next, we will visit Perpetuo Socorro church, where he married Mercedes in 1958. We’ll then go to the River Quartermaster's Office to see the Yellow Butterflies monument, which honors the writer.

Proceeding through the Caribbean Cultural Park, we will find the statue of Gabo. We then move to the El Prado neighborhood, the site of Gabriel's first date with Mercedes.

Close by is the old Museum of Fine Arts, where García Márquez met Pedro Biava, inspiring the character of Pietro Crespi in Cien Años de Soledad.

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

Hotel pickup

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