Gabriel García Márquez Tour

Discover a new side of Cartagena de Indias on this Gabriel García Márquez Tour and explore the places that inspired the Nobel Prize winner.

Gabriel García Márquez Tour

At your chosen time, we'll meet at the Camellón de los Mártires to start our route through Gabriel García Márquez's Cartagena de Indias.

We'll walk through the streets and corners of the city that inspired Márquez to write notable works, including Love in the Time of Cholera, showcasing the Colombian way of life through magical realism.

The tour includes key places in Gabo's Cartagena, starting with the Serrezuela, a former bullring now a shopping centre.

Next, we will visit the Bóvedas, part of the Old City of Cartagena with historical dungeons. The tour will highlight moments from the life of the Nobel laureate.

We'll continue to the Monastery of La Merced, home to a monument dedicated to the writer in the cloister, followed by the Heredia Theatre and Bolivar Park, where a bench dedicated to Gabriel García Márquez is located.

The tour concludes back at the starting point after a duration of 3 hours.