13 San Felipe Castle Tours in Cartagena Worth the Day

1.Guided Tour, with La Popa Convent, and San Felipe

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 599 reviews · 4 hours · from $45Our pick

A 4-hour guided small-group loop through San Felipe fortress, La Popa views, and Cartagena’s Walled City, with bilingual storytelling.

“Carlos was an excellent Tour Guide. We were picked up at the agreed-upon spot right on time. The tour was thorough and entertaining. We learned so much that we wouldn’t have learned by just walking around on our own. I would highly recommend this Tour.”

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2.Walled City, San Felipe Castle & Popa Convent Cartagena City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 391 reviews · 5 to 6 hours (approx.) · from $94Top rated

Walled City, San Felipe Castle, Popa viewpoint, Getsemani and more in Cartagena with tickets, snack, and hotel pickup.

“Great complete tour of Cartagena city however we walked to a far away spot for the local snack. It was 85% with 75% humidity. They should Change the snack location.”

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3.BILINGUAL CITYTOUR + SAN FELIPE CASTLE & Old city

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 387 reviews · 4 hours · from $29

A bilingual Cartagena city tour on a Chiva bus with included San Felipe Castle entry, Old Town walking time, and classic photo stops.

“Cesar, our guide was funny, kind, friendly and knowledgeable. I loved the entire time I spent with him, learnt a few things as well. The sights were as expected -awesome.”

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4.City Tour Castillo San Felipe & Convento de La Popa

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 182 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $42

Cartagena fort tunnels, La Popa convent views, and the Crespo photo stop on a 3.5-hour small-group tour with tickets included for $42.

“Our tour guide Maria was great and knowledgeable, but everything leading up to the tour was completely disorganized and the van air conditioning barley functioned. We typically use Viator when we travel but this tour was completely disorganized and a little disappointing. I do want to stress our tour guide was great but leading up to the tour the communication was disorganized, we had multiple reach out and tell us they were our tour guide only to introduce us to someone else who was our tour guide, all of whom gave us different information. We then finally met our guide and got on the bus/can which was a little older…”

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5.Walled City, Getsemani San Felipe Castle Cartagena City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 91 reviews · 5 hours - 390 minutes · from $92

Private Cartagena tour covering San Felipe Castle, Walled City squares, Getsemani, tastings, and optional La Popa views, with guide.

“Nelson gave us a great tour and good understanding of Cartagena Fort and Old City - lots of interesting facts. We had not appreciated how hot it would be, but a great overview!”

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6.Cartagena Highlights: San Felipe, Popa & Coffee Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 39 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $152

Private Cartagena highlights tour with San Felipe Fortress, La Popa views, historic center walk, and a Colombian coffee tasting.

“well worth booking in order to see this beautiful city. expect to walk a lot.”

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7.San Felipe Castle and Getsemani Walking Tour with tickets

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 27 reviews · 3 hours · from $28

A guided 3-hour walk pairing Getsemaní murals with San Felipe Castle, including entrance and skip-the-line tickets from $28.

“The tour was ok. The things I wanted to see we didn’t. We walked around prettier much”

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8.Tour Compartido al Castillo San Felipe de Barajas Cartagena

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 18 reviews · 2h 30m · from $12Best value

Shared walk from Getsemaní to Castillo San Felipe de Barajas in Cartagena, with fortress tunnels, San Lázaro views, and a chocolate stop.

“Todo fue excelente. Deberían recomendar que uno cargue algún aperitivo para sobrevivir el tour. Fuera de eso, no hay más que agregar, estuvo perfecto. Me tocó el guía John Serrato y fue un adorado. Muchas gracias.”

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9.City Tour in Cartagena with visit to San Felipe Castle

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 14 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $67

A 4-hour Cartagena tour with bay panoramas, Manga architecture, and the Castillo de San Felipe, plus time in the walled historic center.

“Very beautiful, it was good to know more about its history, its country and its great beauties. The food is delicious..Auto-translated”

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10.Complete Tour “San Felipe Castle, Popa and Getsemaní”.

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 8 reviews · 4 hours · from $55

4-hour Cartagena tour with hotel pickup, San Felipe Castle, La Popa monastery, and Getsemaní, ending at Torre del Reloj.

“It was the worst experience I’ve ever had bought through your application. The guide rarely has spoken in English, he didn’t explain where we are going to and immediately we have got the situation. The fist stop, just one minute, we have taken a picture of the baia, but we needed to looking for google to understand where we are. We didn’t stop to visto the Getsmani neighbour. We didn’t visit the center of the city. We arrived to the Monastery and had pressed a lot in order to deny to let us buy something. He pressed us to buy in the only one point snack inside the Popa. Immediately…”

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11.San Felipe Castle and Getsemani Walking Tour with tickets

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $25

3-hour Getsemaní to San Felipe de Barajas tour with small-group guide, castle entrance, tunnels, and Caribbean views from $25.

“Our guide Rafael was fantastic. We started the tour in Getsemani & he led us over to the fort, telling us about the history of Cartagena on the way. We also stopped at a couple of shops on the route. Rafael is a history teacher and is very knowledgeable. He really seemed to enjoy sharing this knowledge with us. We learned a great deal about the history of the fort, how it was built, and how the features of the fort contributed to the defense of the city. We got so many amazing photos! A real highlight of our trip to Cartagena!”

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12.BILINGUAL CITY TOUR San Felipe Castle & Old city

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 6 reviews · 4 hours · from $28

A 4-hour Cartagena tour with an English guide, a traditional Chiva ride, skip-the-line access to Castillo de San Felipe, and an Old Town walk.

“Un lindo paseo para conocer algunos lugares e historia de la ciudad. El guía fue muy bueno.”

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13.Cartagena City Tour with San Felipe Castle & Old Town Walk

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · 4 hours · from $131

Private 4-hour Cartagena tour with San Felipe Castle, UNESCO Old Town, San Pedro Claver Church, Centenario Park animals, and Getsemaní.

“Creo hay que agregarle 2 hs y visitar ciertos edificios históricos en su interior, como el Fuerte San Felipe, la Catedral, el Museo de la Inquisición, iglesia de Santo Domgo y San Pedro Clover. Mi evaluación del tour ( el guia es 10 ) es de 7 por los datos comentados.”

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