Garcia Marquez

Visiting the imaginary places invented by Gabriel García Márquez, as well as the real scenarios of novels like 'Love in the times of cholera', it will be possible to see now thanks to this tour, Let's know Cartagena through the life and work of the most important writer born in Colombia, the Magical Realism Nobel-Prize. This wonderful tour is done only in the afternoon starting at 3 pm. Meeting point in the old city; at the reception of The Navy Museum.

Embark on the original and unique Mindo's Cloud Forest Tour: Chocolate, Coffee, Birds. Immerse yourself in the wonders of nature as you explore lush forests teeming with vibrant bird species. Indulge in the art of chocolate-making at a local factory, savoring the rich flavors of Mindo's finest cocoa. Discover the secrets of coffee cultivation and brewing at a picturesque plantation, delighting in the aromas and tastes of freshly roasted beans. This tour stands out with its authentic experiences, expert guides, and the opportunity to support local communities. Unforgettable moments, breathtaking scenery, and a genuine connection with nature await you. Don't miss the chance to be a part of this extraordinary and original adventure in Mindo's cloud forest Ecuador.

Stories lost in time are hidden in Cartagena of Indians. In its muse-inspired corners, yellow butterflies, reminiscing about the ways of Gabo's life. The boy, the irreverent, the man, the journalist, the writer. Cartagena, your Macondo, corner of scares and ghosts, witness of witches, spells, and inquisition. They won't forget her. We will meet in Plaza Bolivar, walk the streets, squares and stages until we finish in the butterflies. 2 hours Bolivar Square Palace of the Inquisition Cathedral of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saints of Stone Street, Plaza Santo Domingo, Cl. 35, Cartagena, Province of Cartagena, Bolivar, Colombia,

This is the best way to get to know the historic center of Bogotá, we will travel in time from the beginnings of our indigenous ancestors through the colonization period to the present. This is a shared tour, it is a fun and informative tour full of fun facts about history, culture, gastronomy, architecture, places to visit, art and cultural offer. This Tour is part of a shared experience called "Free Walking Tour" and the value you just paid through Viator is the same suggested tip per person for the guide's work. This amount that you already paid in advance will go directly to your guide (minus the commission). In this way, at the end of the Tour, the guide will not ask you for any extra contribution. We hope you have fun and learn with us!

Discover Gabriel García Márquez's transformative years in Barranquilla through expert-guided tours of pivotal locations and landmarks. Start at Parque Cultural del Caribe, featuring an immersive exhibition that transports visitors to a 1950s Caribbean newspaper setting. Explore Macondo Media Library, highlighting Gabo's works in over 25 languages, and sample Colombian coffee at the Museum's Kitchen. Visit Plaza de San Nicolás, Heladería Americana for Frozomalt ice cream, and the Church of Perpetual Help, where García Márquez married Mercedes Barcha. Experience La Cueva Restaurant Bar, a hub of intellectual discourse, and conclude with traditional coastal cuisine at La Tiendecita, celebrating Gabo's culinary favorites.

Are you looking to spend a fun afternoon learning and getting to know about the city and its places? This experience is much more than a photo shoot! I want to show you the most beautiful places in the city, I want you to taste the delicious Colombian coffee and have a fluent conversation in English or Spanish, but what I want the most is for you to take home a beautiful and memorable memory of your time in Bogota, Colombia; and I also want you to make a new Colombian friend 🙂 Professional photography session in the streets of Bogotá. We’ll explore beautiful and historic locations, and you’ll get to know more about this charming city. The experience includes 12 edited photos in high resolution, as well as all photos in low resolution. Videos are also available as an optional add-on for an additional cost. We will be walking around downtown after having a delicious coffee and we can have a fluent conversation in English or Spanish

Discover Aracataca, Gabo's hometown, a lovely and traditional village that inspired him to create the fictional and magical town of Macondo (Buendia family home town), mentioned and used as location for several of his novels and short stories. Understand the imaginary of Colombia's greatest man in literature, follow his steps and live a cultural immersion in a real Colombian Caribbean town.

Interactive Tour about the work and life of the Colombian Nobel Prize and the History of Cartagena de Indias for understand the relationship of the city with Gabriel, with which you will be able to know the most important sections on the life of the writer, to know the main works of Magical Realism and to know stories that will welcome you to the Macondo's Land where you can listen, read and feel anecdotes that could be your own. Cartagena de Indias magic colonial city, a place full of tales of pirates, battles, loves, and fantasies, will host this immersive adventure through streets, squares, parks buildings, and scenes where every corner has a story to tell, accompanied by an expert guide in the work of Macondo, we will trace the route that will lead us to understand who would be one of the most important writers of universal literature of the 20th century.

Bogotá is a mysterious city, in which the limit between myth and reality vanishes in the stories told in its streets, many of them about the living and some many others about dead and ghosts. We will walk the streets of La Candelaria neighborhood, in a storytelling tour, to discover the lives and tragedies of the most traditional ghosts that inhabit our city. How to participate? *Fill one form per group (please, do not fill the form if you don`t mean to attend) https://descubrebgta.weebly.com/programacioacuten *5 days before the tour, you will receive a confirmation mail with the meeting point. *Arrive to the meeting point 15 minutes early *Enjoy the tour *Make this tour possible by making a good donation

There is 3 options. Downtown, West or North. (We do one route per day). To Downtown we go through Teusaquillo, try pandebonos, we pass through 26th street and see some street art and a Botero´s sculpture. Then we go to international downtown, La Candelaria, historic district and end on National park and try salpicón. On the west tour we go and try some exotic colombian fruits at a boutique fruit shop, then go to El Campín area passing over Movistar Arena and the Stadium. Then we go to Pablo Sexto and Simón Bolivar Park. After this we go to Virgilio Barco Library, we share a short story of García Marquez and then go to try buñuelos and pandebonos. On the north tour we go to Chapinero hills, try arepa with cheese, then we go to G Zone and after that we go to Los Heroes Monument. We go then to Virrey park, 93th street park and then Chicó Park and then we come back passing over the 82th street and finally we go to Cafe Cultor to know about coffee process and try some variety.

Let a three-time Grammy Award winner tell you the story of his hometown. Carlos Vives, one of Colombia's best-known artists, will bring the history of his beloved Santa Marta to life. Learn all about the history of Bastidas Bay. Carlos' voice will lead you to the Plaza de Bolivar, where you will discover one of the local tragedies that played a role in the Nobel Prize-winning book "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. You will admire the monuments in the square and learn the stories about the last days of Libertador Bolivar, who arrived in the city in his last days.The tour also takes you to the local culture, the history of the forts, the convent of San Franciscoand the Cathedral, while discovering how the city was sacked 17 times by pirates. At the end of the tour, Carlos will tell you some of the local legends about the former inhabitants of downtown St. Marta, such as Madame Augustine.

Live the magic of the First Wonder of Colombia! Let us accompany you on this fantastic private tour with one of our driver-guides, who will make your trip an unforgettable experience. The Cathedral is an enclosure built inside the mines, completely carved out of salt, discover the imposing architecture of this great cultural and religious heritage, in this tour you will learn about history, customs, folklore and the typical food of our region, you will know the Historic center of Zipaquirá and you will be able to admire its colonial architecture, places like the Plaza de los Comuneros, Plaza de la Independencia, the school where our Nobel Prize for Literature (Gabriel Gracia Márquez) studied, the train station, time for lunch (optional) and return to Bogota. In this experience we will also take a tour of the town and you will taste a delicious coffee accompanied by almojábana, empanada, among other surprises that we have for you. We are waiting for you!

On our essential Free Tour we offer you an extensive historical and cultural introduction to our beautiful city. During the tour you will walk through the streets of Candelaria, La Concordia and Las Aguas. During the tour we will talk about the beginnings of the capital, the indigenous tribe that inhabited Bogota, the legend of El Dorado, the colonization, the independence of Colombia, the most important events for the country as the Bogotazo and the violence in Colombia; we will talk about important celebrities such as Fernando Botero and Gabriel García Márquez; besides knowing how a Colombian lives in Bogota, education, art, gastronomy, architecture and different essential tricks for the stay in the capital. This walk will last approximately 3 hours. *The tour will not be cancelled due to bad weather, so we recommend bringing an umbrella.

This journey allows us to understand the creative process of the writer. It helps us see the influence that great writers from around the world had on his political and literary thinking and especially the great influence of his grandparents and the environment in which he lived his first 22 years. Likewise, it helps us understand several of his works and especially Love in the Time of Cholera, One Hundred Years of Solitude, the Colonel Has No One to Write to Him, and others.

An elegant and distinguished character comes to life and takes you on a journey to the architectural jewels of Cartagena. Your narrator on this soundwalk is Luis Felipe Jaspe, creator of the famous tower clock and many other monuments in Cartegena. The tour begins in a street named after him, where he points out the house where he used to live. He will also show you the house of his old neighbour, the famous poet known as Tuerto Lopez. As you walk through the city, you will see and hear special comments and highlights about the tower clock. As you walk through the city at your own pace, you will discover the stories of the martyrs executed by Murillo. You will learn about Cartagena's republican past and discover the features of colonial and republican architecture. The audio tour ends in Cabrero, in front of the church where Rafael Nuñez, former president of Colombia and author of the national anthem, is buried.

This tour goes back through time into the legendary walled city of Cartagena de Indias. Hear stories about ancient fortresses, pirate attacks and what made Cartagena the wealthiest port the colonial world. Discover what inspired the magical realism in the novels of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Journey along the stone walls and cobbled streets of this world heritage site. Our trip begins at the India Catalina monument and then goes into the city via the San Diego neighborhood entrance. We'll get a perfect view of how the defenders of Cartagena warded off attackers. We'll then enter the heart of the walled city, making our way to Plaza de Santo Domingo.We'll take in the beautiful architecture, magical atmosphere and sultry characters that make Cartagena one of the most fascinating destinations in the world. The tour is ready whenever you are and the audio plays automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smartphone's GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline.

We visit the main tourist places of Barranquilla such as the El Prado neighborhood and its heritage houses, the Edgar Rentería baseball stadium, the Carnival House and Museum (where we take a guided tour), the old Customs building and the exhibition to the graffiti-free air, the Fluvial Intendancy, the 'Window to the World' and the Great Malecón del Río, from where you can appreciate the best view of the Magdalena River.

I love to ride a bicycle, because you can enjoy closer the city, Bogotá has 535 km (332 miles) of cycling paths, the nature of the city is all the year green, so you should know the parks to live it and to relax, the Simón Bolivar Park is the biggest, with an area of 113 hectareas (279 acres) it is equal to 1076 olympic swimming pools, it has cycling paths, jogging paths, a lake, palygrounds, etc. Then we continue to Virgilio Barco Library designed by the most important colombian architect Rogelio Salmona.

On this self-guided GPS audio walking tour of traditional Bogotá you'll be transported from colonial times to the 21st century. It's a route designed to put you in touch with the cultural life of this city that has grown from a small village up in the mountains to a multicultural hotspot. You'll walk in the footsteps of Gabriel García Márquez, the Nobel literature prize recipient, and you'll get a glimpse of the places that have made Bogotá a cultural capital. If you like, you can stop at traditional cafes and delis along the way, or at the local market, where you'll see the mix of races that constitute the Colombian people. You'll also have the chance to buy some gifts to take back home. The tour is ready whenever you are and the audio plays automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smartphone's GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline.

This tour goes from the Plaza de Bolívar to the Museo de Oro and passes by some of the most important places in Bogotá. You’ll visit the Palacio de Nariño which is the president’s house and you’ll get to see the first observatory built on the American continent. Wander churches and see their collections of religious art, check out the international art collection at the Museo Botero and see exhibits at the Casa de la Moneda – Bogota’s currency museum. See where the legendary Simón Bolívar escaped death and have a coffee at the Gabriel Garcia Márquez centre. Learn about “El Bogotazo”, a people’s revolt caused by the assassination of Jorge Eliecer Gaitán. Finish at the Gold Museum where you’ll learn about “El Dorado” and see the art of indigenous tribes that lived in Colombia before the Conquistas. The tour is ready whenever you are. It plays audio automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smartphone's GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline.