"Gabo Márquez" Tour - Aracataca and Cienaga

5.0 (1 reviews) Santa Marta, Colombia
Duration9h - 10h
Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before
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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish
Private tourOnly your group will participate
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Overview

Among the towns of the Magdalena Province, there are stories, thousands of them in silence, perhaps as the Colombian literary Nobel would say: you have to live to tell it, this tour evokes the literary world of Gabriel García Márquez, making a journey through his real and imaginary history captured in books, all through the recognition of the two cities that most influenced his writings: Aracataca and Ciénaga, Capital of the Magical Realism.

What's included

  • Fruit
  • According to the menu of the day.
  • Medical Insurance

What to expect

  1. Santa Marta
    Pass by
    - We pick up the tourists at their lodging at 08:00am and then take the road that connects us to the municipality of Aracataca.
  2. Zona Bananera
    1h
    - We will have a 1:30hr drive to Aracataca and stop halfway to buy a snack.
  3. Aracataca
    3h
    - When we arrive in Aracataca we will start with the first part of the tour at the Casa del Telegrafista and continue through the Plaza Bolivar, Casa Museo Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Biblioteca Remedios La Bella, Plaza de los Almendros, Escuela Montessori, Casa de la Logia Masónica until the train station.
    - Around noon, being at the Train Station, we will enjoy lunch.
    - After lunch we will go to the Cienaga where we will have a 1 hour rest in the car.
  4. Cienaga
    3h
    - Between 2:00pm and 3:00pm we will be arriving at the municipality of Cienaga.
    - We will start the second part of our tour with a visit to the Public Market to see the sculpture of Prometheus and the place where the Banana Massacre took place.
    - After that we will go to the Plazoleta Principal.
    - From the square we continue the tour visiting the San Juan Bautista Church, the Templete, Alvaro Cepeda Samudio's House and the Blue Palace.
    - After the tour of the Plaza we will go to the beach to visit the Cayman Monument where we will also stop to take photographs.
  5. Santa Marta
    1h
    - We finish our visit to Cienaga taking the way out to Santa Marta and passing by the famous Casa del Diablo.
    - We will return to Santa Marta between 5:00pm and 6:00pm to end the tour.

Additional information

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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