El Cabrero
El Cabrero is a neighborhood of Cartagena de Indias (Colombia), in front of the Caribbean Sea, and in the other side, El Cabrero lagoon.
El Cabrero is a neighborhood of Cartagena de Indias (Colombia), in front of the Caribbean Sea, and in the other side, El Cabrero lagoon. On the southwest borders the walled Old City, specifically the defenses of San Lucas and Santa Catalina and the northeast, with the district of Marbella.
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Worth seeing in and around El Cabrero
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas
The Castillo San Felipe de Barajas is a fortress in the city of Cartagena, Colombia. The castle was built in 1639, and is located on the Hill of San Lázaro in a strategic location, dominating approaches to the city by land or sea.
1.4 km · castle in Colombia · Wikipedia - 02Universidad de Cartagena
The University of Cartagena, also called UniCartagena, is a departmental public coeducational research university based primarily in the city of Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia. The university offers education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including two doctoral programs.
1.7 km · public research university in Cartagena, Colombia · Wikipedia - 03Cartagena Cathedral, Colombia
The Cathedral of Cartagena de Indias in Colombia, officially the Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of Saint Catherine of Alexandria is located in the historic centre of Cartagena. It is the episcopal see of the Archbishop of Cartagena de Indias, one of the oldest episcopal sees in the Americas.
2 km · national monument of Colombia · Wikipedia - 04Iglesia de San Pedro Claver, Cartagena
The Iglesia de San Pedro Claver is a church located in Cartagena de Indias, in Colombia. The church is part of a set of religious buildings that is complemented by the Cloister of San Pedro Claver and the archaeological museum.
2.1 km · national monument of Colombia · Wikipedia - 05Palace of Inquisition
The Palace of the Inquisition, also known as the Inquisition Palace, is an eighteenth-century seat of the Holy Office of the Inquisition in Cartagena, now in modern Colombia. Completed in 1770, the building now houses the Museo Histórico de Cartagena, which presents exhibits on the city’s colonial and republican past and on the operation of the Holy Office in Cartagena.
2.1 km · building in Cartagena · Wikipedia - 06Convento de Santo Domingo, Cartagena
The Convento de Santo Domingo is a Catholic convent established from the 16th century in the city of Cartagena, Colombia. Its canonical name was Convento de San Daniel.
2.1 km · national monument of Colombia · Wikipedia - 07Bastion of Santo Domingo, Cartagena
The Baluarte de Santo Domingo is a bastion located in Cartagena de Indias, in Colombia. The bastion of Santo Domingo has a particular importance, since it is the origin of the construction of the city walls of Cartagena de Indias in the early 17th century.
2.2 km · national monument of Colombia · Wikipedia - 08Convento de la Popa
The convent, cloister and chapel of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de la Popa are located at the top of Mount la Popa, in Cartagena de Indias, in Colombia. It is also called Convento de Santa Cruz de la Popa.
2.2 km · church in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia · Wikipedia - 09San Sebastián del Pastelillo Fort
The Fort San Sebastián del Pastelillo is a military fortress built in colonial times in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
2.4 km · military fortress in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia · Wikipedia - 10Old Boots
Old Boots, also known as the Old Shoes Monument is a sculpture located in Cartagena, Colombia. The statue was created in honor of Colombian poet Luis Carlos López, who, in his poem A mi Ciudad Nativa, compared the city of Cartagena to a pair of old boots.
1.5 km · sculpture located in Cartagena, Colombia · Wikipedia
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Getting to El Cabrero
- Airports
- Rafael Nuñez (CTG), 3 km · Ernesto Cortissoz (BAQ), 97 km
- Stations
- Rafael Núñez International Airport, 2.8 km
- Barranquilla → El Cabrero102 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · COL$23,450–31,300
- Medellín → El Cabrero4350 km · quickest by air, 16h 24m · COL$1,689,150–2,616,540
- Bogota → El Cabrero19 km · quickest by road, 57 min · COL$3,740–4,990
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for El Cabrero
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for El Cabrero. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inCartagena is an important port for charter boats between Colombia and Panama.
- Go nextMany colectivos passing by the India Catalina can let you just at their door for COP$1,500.
- Go nextTake a bus for COP$1,600 (March 2013), from India Catalina (Avenida Venezuela), if you get off of the bus at the end of the ride you can rent a canoe which brings you to a nice beach (Playa de Oro) passing trough lagoons and mangroves – pay for the boat once you are back.
From Wikivoyage: Cartagena (Colombia), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to El Cabrero
El Cabrero is 6 km from Cartagena, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Cartagenacity in Bolívar Department, Colombia1.8 km
- Puerta del Relojcity gate in Cartagena, Colombia1.9 km
- Bolívar Statehuman settlement in Colombia2.7 km