The guide · Cartagena, Colombia
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2The photographs
Every photograph, with author, license and source
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Rafael Núñez airport from an arriving plane: the runway on the strip between the Caribbean and the Ciénaga de la Virgen lagoon, with the Crespo grid below it
On Cartagena airport, Getting around Cartagena, How to get to Cartagena, Medellín to Cartagena, Travel to Cartagena
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The Cholón lagoon on a busy day: people standing waist-deep among thatched bars in the water
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Fishermen in a canoe off Barú at sunset (Barú)
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Playa Blanca on Barú from the air (Barú, not the Rosario Islands)
On Cartagena beaches, Day trips from Cartagena, Isla Barú, Rosario Islands, Things to do in Cartagena
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Playa Blanca on Barú seen from a boat: turquoise shallows, a few swimmers, tents and thatched huts along the sand
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Chicken and plantains on a charcoal grill at a beach kitchen on Playa Blanca, with a boat in the turquoise water
On Isla Barú
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A rustic beach hostel on Playa Blanca at dusk: hammock beds and loungers facing the sea under a wooden deck
On Isla Barú
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Late afternoon on Playa Blanca: the sun low over the sea, a single boat at the shore and a buoy line
On Aviario Nacional de Colombia, Cartagena itinerary, Isla Barú, Where to stay in Cartagena
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Cañaguate trees in yellow flower in dry pasture beside a fence on Barú
On Aviario Nacional de Colombia, Day trips from Cartagena, Isla Barú
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A beach near the village of Barú at the south end of the peninsula, with a buoy line and moored boats
On Isla Barú
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Bocagrande beach from above, between two rock groynes, with umbrellas, tents and swimmers
On Cartagena airport, Cartagena beaches, Getting around Cartagena, Travel to Cartagena, Where to stay in Cartagena
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Rental tents on the beach at the western end of Bocagrande, with the hotel towers behind
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The wide, flat sand of La Boquilla beach with fishing boats and thatched restaurants
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Beach in front of the apartment towers of the Morros zone north of the city, with tents and umbrellas
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A hotel beach on Múcura in the San Bernardo islands, with loungers, a thatched shade in the water and clear shallows
On Cartagena beaches, Cartagena islands, San Bernardo Islands
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Playa Blanca on Barú at ground level: pale sand, turquoise shallows, boats close to the swimmers and stalls along the beach
On Cartagena beaches, Cartagena boat rental, Cartagena islands, Is Cartagena safe, Isla Barú
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A quiet curved beach on Tierra Bomba under a grey sky, with a pier and thatched shelters
On Cartagena beaches, Cartagena cruise port, Cartagena islands, Cartagena itinerary, Cartagena weather, Day trips from Cartagena, Things to do in Cartagena, Tierra Bomba, Where to stay in Cartagena
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The wooden boardwalk of Muelle de los Pegasos with a replica galleon and sport boats moored, the Bocagrande towers across the water at dusk
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The waterfront of Muelle de los Pegasos with flags, palms and the pier basin, the dome of San Pedro Claver behind
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Three twin-engine speedboats with blue canopies moored at a tourist dock below the old city wall of Cartagena, life jackets on the seats
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The bay side of Bocagrande from the water: grey naval ships at their berths in front of apartment towers
On Bocagrande
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The small lighthouse at Castillogrande on the bay, with the towers of Bocagrande behind it
On Bocagrande
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The Bocagrande shore seen from above at the north end: rock groynes, small bays of sand, swimmers and a row of towers along the beach road
On Bocagrande
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Bocagrande from above: apartment towers among older low buildings, the bay and the hills beyond
On Bocagrande
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The ochre front of the Hotel Charleston Santa Teresa on Plaza Santa Teresa, with café umbrellas and a horse carriage in front
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The courtyard of the Palacio de la Inquisición in the walled city: brick floor, white arcades and a wooden gallery on the upper floor
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A street of two-storey colonial houses with wooden balconies and bougainvillea, two blocks from Plaza de San Diego
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The arcaded gallery around the cloister of the former Santa Clara convent, now the Sofitel Legend Santa Clara, with beamed ceilings, iron chandeliers and breakfast tables on brick floors
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The top of the city wall near the Baluarte de San Francisco Javier, with the Hotel Charleston Santa Teresa and the dome of San Pedro Claver behind
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Colonial houses with wooden balconies and bougainvillea in the walled city
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Baluarte de Santo Domingo with the sea behind
On Best time to visit Cartagena, Cartagena sunset, Cartagena walled city
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Bay of Cartagena with the San Pedro Claver church and old town at sunset
On Home, Cartagena sunset
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Arcade of Las Bóvedas below the walls at sunset, with kites in the sky
On Home, Best time to visit Cartagena, Boutique hotels in Cartagena, Cartagena sunset, Cartagena walled city, Cartagena weather, Is Cartagena safe, Where to stay in Cartagena
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Tower of the Cathedral of Santa Catalina de Alejandría framed by a colonial street
On Best time to visit Cartagena, Cartagena walled city, Where to stay in Cartagena
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Torre del Reloj above the Puerta del Reloj, the main gate in the city wall
On Home, Cartagena airport, Cartagena cruise port, Cartagena itinerary, Cartagena walled city, Getting around Cartagena, Medellín to Cartagena, Where to stay in Cartagena
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Plaza de la Trinidad in Getsemaní
On Cartagena independence day and the festival year, Cartagena nightlife, Things to do in Cartagena
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Colonial facades with wooden balconies on Plaza de la Aduana
On Home, Cartagena independence day and the festival year, Cartagena walled city, Cartagena weather, Travel to Cartagena, Where to stay in Cartagena
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Dome and towers of the Church of San Pedro Claver
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City and Bocagrande skyline seen from La Popa hill
On Cartagena map, How to get to Cartagena, Medellín to Cartagena
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Bocagrande skyline seen from the Baluarte de Santiago on the city walls
On Cartagena nightlife, Cartagena walled city, Where to stay in Cartagena
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Brick walkway on top of the city walls, with the Caribbean on the left
On Home, Cartagena cruise port, Cartagena itinerary, Cartagena map, Cartagena tours, Cartagena walled city, Cartagena weather, Check-Mig Colombia, Medellín to Cartagena
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A resort pool with blue loungers and a footbridge on Isla Grande in the Rosario Islands
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Tables and loungers in the shade of palms on Isla Grande, facing the open sea
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Island day-trip speedboats with twin outboard engines tied up at a dock in Cartagena
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Loungers under a slatted shade on a Tierra Bomba beach, with the Bocagrande towers across the water
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A Tierra Bomba beach with small waves and the Bocagrande skyline across the bay
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A wooden canoe and a small boat on the mud flat at La Boquilla, with mangroves and houses behind
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Beehive ginger in flower beside a path in the Jardín Botánico Guillermo Piñeres, Turbaco
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The colonnaded houses of the pedestrian river front in Santa Cruz de Mompox
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Statue of Benkos Biohó breaking his chains, in San Basilio de Palenque
On Cartagena itinerary, Cartagena tours, Day trips from Cartagena, San Basilio de Palenque, Things to do in Cartagena
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The mud cone of the Volcán del Totumo with its wooden platform at the top
On Cartagena itinerary, Cartagena tours, Day trips from Cartagena, Things to do in Cartagena, Totumo mud volcano, Travel to Cartagena
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Red snapper and other whole fish laid on ice on a fish stall at the Mercado de Bazurto
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Pen drawing of the arcades of Plaza de los Coches in 1893, the portal where the sweet sellers sit today
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Posta negra cartagenera, dark beef in its sauce in a glass dish, beside a dish of white sliced rolls on a laid table
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Puerta El Trabajo, a gate of Parque del Centenario, with the years 1811 and 1911
On Cartagena independence day and the festival year, Getsemaní
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A brown-throated sloth in a tree in Parque del Centenario
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Mural of a woman's face across the front of a yellow house in Getsemaní
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Mural of a woman carrying a bowl of fruit on her head, on a street wall in Getsemaní
On Getsemaní
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Mural of a tiger in shutter-shade glasses on an old brick wall in Getsemaní
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Plazuela del Pozo in Getsemaní with café tables, benches and the old well
On Boutique hotels in Cartagena, Getsemaní, Where to stay in Cartagena
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Church of the Holy Trinity on Plaza de la Trinidad, Getsemaní
On Cartagena cruise port, Getsemaní, Getting around Cartagena, Where to stay in Cartagena
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Corner house with wooden balconies at Plaza de la Trinidad, Getsemaní
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Fuerte San Fernando de Bocachica seen from the water, with its gate, flag and corner sentry box
On Cartagena beach clubs, Cartagena islands, Day trips from Cartagena, Tierra Bomba
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Santa Cruz del Islote, a small island covered with houses, seen across a choppy sea
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Thatched shades, a boat on a wooden jetty and pale shallows on Isla Tintipán
On Cartagena beach clubs, Cartagena islands, San Bernardo Islands
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A street in the walled city at night, lamps lit along the arcades and people walking
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The Clock Tower and the city wall lit at night, with horse carriages waiting in front
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The cloister courtyard of the Convento de Santa Cruz de la Popa, with its well and two storeys of arcades
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Two cruise ships in the Bay of Cartagena, one docked at the port and one arriving
On Best time to visit Cartagena, Cartagena cruise port, Cartagena itinerary, Cartagena map, Cartagena walled city, Getting around Cartagena, How to get to Cartagena
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High aerial view over a Rosario island toward the open sea and other islands
On Cartagena beach clubs, Cartagena boat rental, Cartagena islands, Day trips from Cartagena
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Aerial view of a forested island with inland lagoons
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Thatched house on a small cay in turquoise water
On Home, Cartagena boat rental, Rosario Islands, Travel to Cartagena
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Wooden dock with a snowy egret and an island beyond
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Brown pelican on a wooden dock over turquoise water
On Best time to visit Cartagena, Cartagena airport, Cartagena beaches, Cartagena itinerary, Is Cartagena expensive, Things to do in Cartagena
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Small sailing canoe on calm water
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Statue of Blas de Lezo in front of the fortress
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Bronze cannon on a red wooden carriage
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Front of Castillo San Felipe de Barajas above its lawn
On Cartagena cruise port, Cartagena itinerary, Things to do in Cartagena
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The fortress and La Popa hill seen across the water
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Sloping ramps and walls on the fortress
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Tunnel doorway set in the weathered stone wall
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View from the fortress over the lagoon to Bocagrande
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Santa Cruz del Islote across the water from Múcura: houses, thatched roofs and a water tower filling the islet, Tintipán's trees on the left and the hills of the mainland coast on the right
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The shore of Isla Múcura seen from a boat: coconut palms, thatched cabins and a low stone sea wall
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The mangrove-lined shore of Isla Tintipán above clear green water, a jetty with a thatched roof far off on the left
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Turquoise shallows off Isla Tintipán with a thatched shelter at the end of a wooden jetty, palms and a thatched house on the shore
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Sunrise over the open sea seen from Isla Tintipán, the sun breaking through a band of cloud on the horizon
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Avenida Santander running along the open sea through Marbella, seen from a high building, with buses on the road, groynes and beach on the sea side, a lagoon on the land side and the walled city in the haze behind
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Bocagrande towers at dusk seen across the water from the south end of the old town
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Sentry box on the Baluarte de Santiago at dusk, with the Caribbean behind
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Cannons and tables on the Baluarte de Santo Domingo at sunset, 2019
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Crowd on the Baluarte de Santo Domingo watching the sunset, 2019
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Two people sitting on the sea wall parapet at dusk
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The sloping stone walls of the Batería del Ángel San Rafael on the hill above Bocachica, with the village roofs and the bay below
On Tierra Bomba
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A small sandy cove on Tierra Bomba with a stone groyne, looking across the water to the towers of Bocagrande
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Shaded loungers under a wooden pergola on a Tierra Bomba beach, with the Bocagrande skyline across the bay
On Tierra Bomba
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Two men paddle a dugout canoe past the walls and flag of Fuerte San Fernando, while a passenger boat heads for the Bocachica pier
On Tierra Bomba
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The sea gate of Fuerte San Fernando de Bocachica with a sentry box, and people from the village fishing on the quay in front
On Tierra Bomba
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Fuerte San Fernando de Bocachica seen low on the water from a passing boat, with palms behind its walls
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The low Batería de San José on its islet across the Bocachica channel, with a tiled roof and a corner sentry box, in hazy light
On Tierra Bomba
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The grey mud cone of the Volcán del Totumo with the wooden stairs up the front, a second stair down the side and two drink stalls at the foot
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Bathers up to their shoulders in the grey mud inside the crater of the Volcán del Totumo, with the timber lining of the crater and a ladder at the edge
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Stalls under red umbrellas and fishmongers’ shops along a busy street of the Bazurto market
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A painted orange chiva bus with open sides waits at the kerb of a lit street at night
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Palenqueras sit at fruit stalls with sliced watermelon and mango on a brick-paved street of colonial houses
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A palenquera in a yellow, blue and red dress walks with a bowl of fruit on her head and a basket of sweets on her arm
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A man at a shaved-ice cart under a red umbrella beside a bronze sculpture of a shaved-ice seller and his cart
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Tourists queue on a paved square for a photo with the giant bronze old shoes, with the walls of Castillo San Felipe at the top right
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Carved stone portal of the Palacio de la Inquisición on Plaza de Bolívar
On Cartagena cruise port, Cartagena tours, Cartagena walled city, Is Cartagena expensive
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The front of the Museo Naval del Caribe, with cannons and a statue on the square
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Zenú gold ear ornaments hung on wires in the renovated Museo del Oro Zenú
On Cartagena cruise port, Cartagena itinerary, Cartagena tours, Things to do in Cartagena
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Plaza Santo Domingo with café tables and Botero's reclining Gertrudis
On Boutique hotels in Cartagena, Cartagena independence day and the festival year, Cartagena nightlife, Cartagena walled city
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Teatro Adolfo Mejía (Teatro Heredia), pink stone facade
On Boutique hotels in Cartagena, Cartagena independence day and the festival year, Cartagena walled city
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3Maps
Map data
The maps and plans on this site are the guide’s own drawings. The coastlines, streets, walls and places in them are drawn from OpenStreetMap data: © OpenStreetMap contributors. The data is available under the Open Database License (ODbL). The distances on the site are computed from the same data.
4Weather
Weather and climate data
- Heat by hour
- Computed by the guide from hourly observations of the weather station at Rafael Núñez airport, taken from the Integrated Surface Database of NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Used under NOAA’s data terms; station data from Colombia fall under WMO Resolution 40. The site publishes its own monthly and hourly statistics, not the observations.
- Rain by month
- Climate normals of IDEAM, Colombia’s national weather service, for the same airport station, published on datos.gov.co under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Sea state, today’s forecast
- Weather data by Open-Meteo.com, under CC BY 4.0.
The tables the guide builds from these sources, and the terms for reusing them, are on the Cartagena data page.
5Type
Typefaces
- Fraunces
- Headlines and large figures. Copyright 2020 The Fraunces Project Authors.
- Source Sans 3
- Text and tables. Copyright 2010-2020 Adobe, with the reserved font name “Source”.
Both are used under the SIL Open Font License, version 1.1, in the Latin subsets published by Fontsource, and are served from this site.