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Cartagena is Colombia's charming portside gem

Mar 02 -- Walking through Cartagena de Indias, the enchanting port city on Colombia's Caribbean coast, is like stepping into an old painting.

2 de marzo de 2009

The city's textures and images drench your senses at every turn. Brilliant flowers drape the balconies of the 16th- and 17th-century Spanish colonial architecture lining the streets. The buildings are awash with oranges, purples, pinks and yellows, as they have been for hundreds of years. The sea crashes in shifting shades of blue at the feet of La Muralla, the weathered Spanish fortifications that encircle the city.
 
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