Santa Marta Historic City Tour

Explore the oldest surviving colonial city in Colombia with a knowledgeable local guide. Founded in 1525, Santa Marta predates Cartagena by four years and has a rich and often overlooked history. The tour covers the Cathedral Basilica (the oldest in Colombia, built in 1766), the Museo del Oro Tairona with pre-Columbian Tayrona goldwork, the Simón Bolívar Gold Museum, the malecón, and the colonial streets of the historic center. The tour finishes with coffee at the Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino — the hacienda where Simón Bolívar died in 1830, still intact with his personal quarters and ceremonial rooms preserved.

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