Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings An overview of Puerta del Reloj, the main gateway that leads to the walled ...

Cartagena is a city that is deeply connected to Afro-Caribbean culture. There is a significant amount of people with direct African descent and a legacy shaped by the transatlantic slave trade. This ...

Cartagena, Colombia is a thriving coastal city with a fascinating history, great food, and cultural influences from South America and beyond. There’s no other Caribbean destination like Cartagena, ...

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Cartagena, an inviting port city on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, is as colorful and vibrant as you might imagine, and an emerging tourist hotspot prime and ready for your wanderlust spirit to explore.

It’s a few days before Christmas, the temperature is 24 degrees, I’m struggling with the humidity – and it’s only 10.30am. Kayla, our tour guide, is looking a bit guilty. “I’m sorry about the weather, ...

I was born and bred in Watford, a town labelled by Lonely Planet as “the kind of place that makes you want to travel.” They weren’t wrong: I lived and worked as a writer in the Middle East, China, the ...