first impressions of South America and it's honestly so amazing [Music]
we're starting off in the heart of Cartagena Getsemani this is the most trendy neighborhood
and where you can get the best food and the best photos we're going to be trying a lot
of Colombia's best food this also used to be the area of Cartagena with the most crime but now it's
turned into a nice beautiful little neighborhood you see a lot of street art everywhere there's
people dancing around there's a lot of restaurants it's a really great area to be in now [Music]
the streets are so festive here there's a few streets that have all the country flags on them
this is monumento torre de reloj which is the main entrance to the
walled City and the likely spot to start any tourists since it has a port [Music]
so Cartagena was founded in 1533 by the Spanish who came here and it ended up being the most
famous city in South America where everyone came to to make some money later in the 17th century
they decided to build a fortress around the city and it was a main hub for slave trade later on
the British and Spanish both had a battle for this city and the Spanish ended up winning and
they created a massive Fortress around the city to make it one of the most protected cities in
South America and after that it also became one of the first cities in South America to become
independent from Spain now this 11 kilometer long wall is still the same one that was built back
then and Cartagena is still one of the most preserved walled cities in the entire world
now we're here at cartagena's most popular restaurant which is located
on the 12th and it's just an amazing place to watch sunsets everyone comes
here to get some really great drinks and just look out onto the sunset just make
sure you check what time sunset actually is because it could be earlier than you think
so this right here is a Ceviche and they gave it to us with plantain chips
this is just a really popular meal here
honestly that Cafe was one of the best experiences ever it was just a nice chill evening you should
get here before Sunset like an hour before when the music is nice you're just chilling waiting
for Sunset you get your food and just chilling here at Sunset is one of the best Vibes ever
it wasn't too expensive either we paid about 15 USD for the ceviche and the drink total
for dinner we went to LA Santa Guadalupe which has amazing tacos [Music]
now we're at a play at a place called Mila Mila bellaria which is a really known dessert place
here got a shout out my sister here for sure but this place is a bit of a hit or miss you
have to know what to get to end up getting a good dessert [Music] we ended up walking
around the Old Town a little bit more after that but then we went home something around
next day we had breakfast at labrios which was a fantastic choice and after
that we did a tour to Rosario Island which is going to be in another video
we got back and now we're at Plaza Trinidad which is
where they have a little night market and they're selling a bunch of food
thank you for dinner we chose Mar de la santias this place is known for its
great Colombian Style seafood and we were not disappointed so far every restaurant we've been
to has been giving us the glow plantain chips it's always there as a sign [Music] [Applause]
so place to do some shopping is that last bovadas but it is more of a gift
shop area than a local shop area if you have traditional just gift shop
items that you would find anywhere else at gift shops in any other City
nearby is a massive shopping center called Centro commercial La ceresula it has all the popular
stores you would find in big cities around the world with some Colombian stores but don't expect
the prices to be cheaper here [Music] we just got some arepas at donde magula which is the
best arepas in Cartagena and we got arepas with chicken arepas with cheese and arepas with shrimp
and they were so good I definitely recommend this place it's definitely the best arepas in Cartagena
foreign [Music]
the most famous spot in Cartagena and it's also
South America's largest Colonial Fort and that's Castillo San Felipe
[Music]
The Fortress was built all the way back in 1536 and it was built on top
of the hill at a strategic location to protect the entire city [Music]
the castle itself is a pretty cool sight to see but I definitely do recommend doing it
in a tour because we just kind of walked around aimlessly and didn't really know what was going on
[Music]
this is a really cool cafe that's also a book shop and the drinks here don't disappoint foreign
Colombian meal is a bandeja Paisa and it comes with eggs beans a few Meats like
chicharron sausages it also has arepas and avocados this is a really filling
meal so if you're coming with two people you should probably just split it [Music]
we're walking around Boca Grande now personally I don't really like this
area and I think it could be skipped I definitely prefer Gethsemane in the old
town more it has more of an authentic feel Colombian Cartagena then this area here in
Boca Grande which is just a bunch of built up areas whereas the old town has a lot
of more traditional Colombian food it has a more authentic feel to it than it does here
if you do plan on coming to Boca Grande I do recommend visiting this one restaurant [Music]
Nami has such great Asian food with a Colombian twist try the Latino roll
this is probably the best restaurant in Boca Grande and I definitely recommend going here
the one thing that's really annoying about this city is all those people that hassle you and
while I respect the grind it's probably a lot more than like cities like Paris Barcelona Rome
I definitely think more people have to live here in Boca Grande than they do in Gethsemane or the
Old Town also if you're looking for a place to stay I definitely prefer Gethsemane over
Boca Grande I think it'll get a much more local and authentic field there than you would here
[Music]
we just went to Boca Grande Beach and other than getting into it when a bunch of people just hassle
you it's actually a pretty good experience there's a couple people that still do hassle
you but the beach is actually pretty nice and the waves are really big so you can have fun [Music]
the one thing that you need to get here in Colombia is ahatsu our favorite one so far
has been the lychee flavor but like we've been drinking it this whole time here you
can't go to Colombia without having hatsu make sure you're buying lots of fruits when
coming here because they're just amazing thank you so much for watching this video
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