Plaza de la Aduana

a Customs Square, the largest in Cartagena’s Historic Center. In colonial times it was the center of trade, ships loaded with goods arrived here and everything in and out of the port was controlled from these cellars. One of the most important products was tobacco, which was exported to Europe and became a real wealth for the Spanish Crown. This place was, in a nutshell, the economic heart of the city.”

Plaza De Los Coches

Car Square, right at the main entrance of the walled city. Here the slave market worked for a long time, but it was also a trading point. Local products were sold in the portals we see around, and tobacco was also circulating, which gradually ceased to be just an indigenous ritual and became a much appreciated social habit.”