Cartagena, Colombia Travel Guide
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Paseo Camellón de los Mártires
Paseo Camellón de los Mártires Cartagena
This is the first place I saw after putting my luggage in my hotel room and darting north on Calle Larga (Calle 25) and a right on Calle 24. It set the exotic travel mood.
Muelle de los Pegazos (winged horses), Cartagena
Camellón de los Mártires (roughly equivalent to Martyr Avenue or Central and formerly, Independence Plaza) is a cool brick, historic plaza where locals hang out with statues of winged horses (Muelle de los Pegazos) and freedom fighters. Along the sides are benches (and the horses) and down the middle are fountains and other structures.
Camellón de los Mártires stone slab Cartagena
This independence plaza is itself surrounded by some of Cartagena’s big attractions. It’s a large divide with Parque Centenario one side and the harbor on the other. To the south are Cartagena Theatre and Cartagena Convention Center.
Last but not least, at the very end of the plaza, is the Old City’s yellow Clock Tower Gate. Yessir. That’s how cool this independence plaza is. You have to pass through independence if you want to get from the Old City to La Matuna or Getsemani and vice-versa.