Las Bóvedas
Las Bóvedas
3.5
8:00 AM - 6:30 PM
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8:00 AM - 6:30 PM
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8:00 AM - 6:30 PM
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8:00 AM - 6:30 PM
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8:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 6:30 PM
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8:00 AM - 6:30 PM
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8:00 AM - 6:30 PM
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Carlos R. Minossi
Porto Alegre, RS5,035 contributions
Mar 2024 • Friends
The Las Bóvedas Crafts Center is housed in an old building, right in the heart of the Old City of Cartagena, in Colombia. It is attached to the walled city and was built at the end of the 18th century. as a prison and is located between the forts of Santa Clara and Santa Catalina.
In a spacious and well-organized place, home to a huge number of little shops that offer a wide variety of products, selling local products, handicrafts, souvenirs, souvenirs, jewelry, emeralds, as well as bars and galleries, it is also very popular as there are venue, shows, attractions, cultural presentations and culinary diversity.
The service is agile, friendly and attentive, the products are of excellent quality and the prices are quite adequate for the quality offered.
Maybe it's not the cheapest place to shop, but it's worth visiting, for the wide variety and diversity of products and especially to enjoy the beautiful Caribbean Sea and the beautiful sunset, which is visible from the top of the structure.
In a spacious and well-organized place, home to a huge number of little shops that offer a wide variety of products, selling local products, handicrafts, souvenirs, souvenirs, jewelry, emeralds, as well as bars and galleries, it is also very popular as there are venue, shows, attractions, cultural presentations and culinary diversity.
The service is agile, friendly and attentive, the products are of excellent quality and the prices are quite adequate for the quality offered.
Maybe it's not the cheapest place to shop, but it's worth visiting, for the wide variety and diversity of products and especially to enjoy the beautiful Caribbean Sea and the beautiful sunset, which is visible from the top of the structure.

Written 16 April 2024
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lucycan
San Diego, CA3,713 contributions
Feb 2025 • Friends
This is part of the old city where the cells / prison was built into the actual wall. Today these narrow and deep "cells" are stores. Basically one long shopping area. Some nice jewelry shops in here along with plenty of tourist stuff.
Written 6 February 2025
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Kevin A
Cuyahoga Falls, OH136 contributions
Oct 2022 • Solo
The old prisons of yesterday capture you for that item you need to remember your trip. Multiple dealers with everything from t shirts to jewelry to refrigerator magnets. Beware toilets here are pay to use and pay for paper; so use, just pack some toilet paper.
Written 14 October 2022
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Daniela P
Cartagena, Colombia9 contributions
Jan 2024 • Family
A super nice and historic place
If you go with the guide, he will explain everything about the vaults and they will also give you time to buy souvenirs from the city.
In vault number 1 they sell super cute things.
If you go with the guide, he will explain everything about the vaults and they will also give you time to buy souvenirs from the city.
In vault number 1 they sell super cute things.

Written 27 January 2024
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Stephen N
New York City, NY1,540 contributions
Feb 2020 • Friends
Las Bovedas is a cool building with a long arched walkway in front of a bunch of tourist shops selling the usual things like t shirts, magnets, artwork, trinkets, coffee, etc. There are plenty of Afro-Colombian ladies in their beautiful colorful dresses to take the usual tourist pictures with. There are plenty of boys with coolers walking around selling drinks. Give it a look but I wouldn't spend too much time here.
Written 9 February 2020
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Andrea R
13 contributions
Mar 2021 • Solo
Cool, but you can see the entire thing in 3 minutes. The shops sell the same things all the other spots around the old city sell. Would've been better if they left one of the cells empty so tourists could see how one used to actually look.
Written 15 March 2021
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Wayne
Caribbean11 contributions
Dec 2019 • Solo
Las Bovedas is a building with several sections that house many vendors that sell tourist items. Some are good craft products, e.g. hand carved masks and pottery. Useful shopping if looking for Souvenirs.
Written 1 January 2020
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Michael W
Washington DC, DC10 contributions
Feb 2020
Twenty-three shops in the old city walls of Cartagena. A great place to look for souvenirs for your trip. My advice is go through all of them because each shop has slightly different options (also good to price compare).
Written 15 February 2020
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Gardengel-IoW
West Sussex, UK1,011 contributions
Nov 2022
I suppose good to see an old building repurposed but now just a row of shops in an ornate building. Most of the shops sell the same thing and hassle you to go inside.
A shame the history of the place isnt made more of, them being old prison cells.
I think we were unlucky in that our visit coincided with a childrens parade making it extra busy and chaotic.
A shame the history of the place isnt made more of, them being old prison cells.
I think we were unlucky in that our visit coincided with a childrens parade making it extra busy and chaotic.
Written 7 January 2023
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NieSam
Maine966 contributions
Feb 2020
We stopped here as part of a cruise tour and were instantly surrounded by peddlers who didn’t consider the concept of personal space, especially on a narrow sidewalk. We were steered to a particular souvenir stall as I suspect the tour guide received a commission. The bathroom there was disgusting and looked like it was a holdover from the old dungeons.
Written 20 February 2020
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montesedixon
Caracas, Venezuela
La próxima semana estaré en cartagena donde puedo comprar artesanía q no sea en las bóvedas algo como un mercado o vendedores ambulante???
Written 23 June 2017
Genau, es gibt genügend Händler vor Ort!
Written 11 July 2017
Estoy yendo la semana que viene a Cartagenas. Necesito saber que Artesanias típicas encuentro como para traer de recuerdos. Y el precio en los que rondan los bolsos wayuu y los anillos de esmeralda. Donde me conviene comprar esas dos cosas. Muchas gracias
Written 12 March 2017
hola stella los bolsas de wayuu los pague 25 a 30 dolares en dos colores. con respecto a los anillosde esmeralda no sabria decirte porque no me intereso fijarme en eso.Tenes muchas clases de artesanias, sobre todo en diferentes tejidos. Los precios son mas o menos uniformes en todos los lugares turisticos,
Written 12 March 2017
kjstoneb1
Nashville, Tennessee
is it easy walking or wheelchair accessible for seniors and in the walled city
Written 5 June 2016
The area of the wall where the Bovedas are I think is friendly for wheel chairs The accsess is a wide ramp and you can see the ocean there. Inside the bovedas not all the shops are spacious to go inside and check., people is very friendly and helpfull. There are restroom in that area that might be a challenge.
Written 8 June 2016
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