Red de Miradores de Cartagena

The Cartagena Viewpoints Network is located between the rocks and cliffs of the southern coastal edge of the municipality. Here the landscape moves you with its geography, the sea, the flora, the fauna, and the history.

Caleta de San Pedro

Among them, the popular Caleta de San Pedro stands out, located next to the traditional Barrio Estación, where we can still find vestiges of the historic Puerto Nuevo. The generous harvests of the interior valleys in colonial times left for Peru through here. The European prefabricated mansions and palaces also landed here, in the days of aristocratic Cartagena. In addition, in this place, the traditional Cartagena fishing village was present for decades until the end of the nineties. Legends of pirates and hidden treasures abound in its deep caverns.

Nowadays the Caleta de San Pedro is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Cartagena. Its only access is on the curve and the viewpoint of La Caleta street.

Punta del Barco Viewpoint

Another beautiful place to see the best sunsets is the Punta de Barco Viewpoint, which is located next to the San Pedro Street square, in the Puerto Nuevo Uno neighbourhood. This viewpoint is built on steep cliffs, which is why it surprises with its views over the breadth of the bay and the historic centre of the city. A curious fact is that the construction and the landscape here are naturally aligned with the sunset of the autumn and spring equinoxes.

Caleta Vieja and Punta de la Yegua

Finally, there is the viewpoint of Caleta Vieja on San Pedro Street and the viewpoints of Punta de la Yegua, in the Puerto Nuevo Dos sector, at the southern end of the system of rocks and cliffs of Cartagena, just before the border with the San Antonio municipality.

The access to the viewpoints of Punta de la Yegua, located at the end of Las Rocas street, is a narrow and steep path over the cliff that not many people know. The company of a local guide is recommended to access this sector of dramatic natural scenic value.

Texto: Christian Barrios / Fotografía: Juan Godoy / Traducción: Patricio Escobar

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