Cartagena is one of the cities I have visited several times in Spain.
It’s not a big city but it has it’s magic. You can easily spend a day here without knowing the hours are passing.
One of the most interesting things I have seen was the Roman Theater that was built in the times of Emperor Caesar Augustus (16 jan 27 BC – 19 aug 14 AC). In those times Cartagena was a Roman Colony (obviously).
In order to get to the theater you first will enter its museum in which you can find many pots coming from different periods of Cartagena, pieces of statues from the theater and other things like this. After that, you pass from the museum to an old Cathedral. Next in line you will find the theater.
Cartagena is also famous because there was built the first self-propelled submarine. It was built by the Isaac Peral in 1884 and launched in 1888.
Then there is the National Museum of Underwater Archeology and Center of Underwater Investigations. Long name, funny story. It’s a new museum (it was inaugurated in 2008) that holds extremely many things related to a boat. So for a while I remained thinking that it’s museum built for a boat. In fact there are 2 Phoenician boats. One of them, called Mazarrón II, is an the most complete ancient boat ever found.
Let’s not forget about the Gran Hotel.
This is the most modernist building from the city built in 1917. In the present the only thing left from the beautiful hotel is its facade. The inside was totally reformed and if I am not mistaken, there is a bank office on the 1st floor.
It’s a port city so one of the attractions is the port.
Did I say that it’s a natural port?
Let’s have some fun! The first time I visited the city they had an annual carnival.
Singing
Dance & Parade
It’s beautiful to see. Because the gran majority (I cannot say all, I don’t have all the facts) dress up and parade for free. Exactly the same thing happened in Murcia in the Spring Ferries. Almost everybody, from babies to grownups, was dressed in national costumes even though they were just taking a walk.
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