Hours Ashore

Sights in Cartagena

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SightsClosed Mondays

ARQVA National Museum of Underwater Archaeology

Shipwreck finds, from Phoenician cargo to amphorae, in a modern building right beside the cruise quay.

⏱ 1 h 00 visit🚶 4 min walk from the Cruise terminal, Muelle de Alfonso XII

SightsClosed Mondays

Roman Theatre Museum

A route through two buildings and under a church brings you out into a Roman theatre rediscovered only in 1988. The entrance is on Plaza del Ayuntamiento.

⏱ 1 h 15 visit🚶 9 min walk from the Cruise terminal, Muelle de Alfonso XII

SightsClosed Mondays

Castillo de la Concepción and panoramic lift

A glass lift whisks you up to the castle park, with peacocks, an exhibition on the city's history and the best view over the harbour.

⏱ 1 h 00 visit🚶 9 min walk from the Cruise terminal, Muelle de Alfonso XII

SightsClosed Mondays

Civil War Shelters Museum

Tunnels dug into the hill to shelter residents from air raids during the Spanish Civil War, next to the lift.

⏱ 40 min visit🚶 9 min walk from the Cruise terminal, Muelle de Alfonso XII

Sights

Calle Mayor and the Town Hall

The marble main street, lined with ornate early 20th-century façades, runs from the striking Town Hall on Plaza del Ayuntamiento.

⏱ 30 min visit🚶 9 min walk from the Cruise terminal, Muelle de Alfonso XII

SightsClosed Mondays

Punic Wall Interpretation Centre

A stretch of the city wall built when Carthage founded the town, with a crypt of later burials above it.

⏱ 40 min visit🚶 17 min walk from the Cruise terminal, Muelle de Alfonso XII