If you arrived in Cartagena and only know Manga by day, you are missing out on the best version of the neighborhood. When the sun sets behind the bay and the li

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Manga Mural: The Graffiti That Tells the Hidden History of the Neighborhood

Manga, in Cartagena, is known for its republican-style mansions, tree-lined streets, and the tranquil air of someone who lived through the neighborhood's golden

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Hidden Manga: 5 Portals Even Locals Don't Know About

If you come to Cartagena and only stay in the Historic Center or Bocagrande, you are missing half the city. Manga, that residential neighborhood of huge houses

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Walking Manga: A Gastronomic Route of 3 Local Eateries (Non-Touristy)

When people think of Cartagena, they imagine the Walled City, the Cerro de la Popa, and the beaches of Bocagrande. But the Manga neighborhood is something else.

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Family-Friendly Manga: 4 Parks with Neighbor Stories

If you are looking for a place in Cartagena where kids can run without tripping over street vendors every two meters, where the streets have shade from old tree

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Hidden Manga: 5 Modernist Facades You Won't See in a Guidebook

If you think Cartagena is all about the walls, the Historic Center, and Getsemaní, I invite you to walk through Manga. This neighborhood, built on an old mangro

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Manga at Night: 3 Secret Terraces Where Locals Dine

If you are reading this, you have probably already had enough of the inflated prices in the Historic Center and the endless lines in Getsemaní. You want somethi

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Manga at Sunset: 3 Secret Viewpoints Only Locals Know

If there's one thing tourists don't know, it's that Manga, that neighborhood of republican houses and tree-lined streets, holds the most intimate sunsets in Car

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Secret Manga: Art Deco Mansions Hidden by the Sea

Don Luis, an 80-year-old resident who lives on the corner of Avenida Santander and Calle 29, sits every afternoon on the porch of his house, a three-story art d

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Neighborhood Life: The 7 Corners Where Manga Breathes

I've lived in Manga since 2016. I came looking for a break from the historic center, and I found a neighborhood with its own pulse: neither the noise of Bocagra

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Manga for Running: The 5 km Circuit by the Sea

If you are in Cartagena and need a running route that is not the wall of the Historic Center (where you bump into tourists every two steps) nor La Bocana (which

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Open-Door Cooking: Manga with 5 Grandmothers Who Teach Recipes

If there is a neighborhood in Cartagena that still holds the smell of a wood-fired stove and the sound of a wooden spoon against the pot, it is Manga. While the

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