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The long queues to visit the ships, the terraces of the bars full of people and some 4,000 visitors have passed through Cartagena Port of Cultures, has been the result of the stay in the port of fourteen ships of the Alliance over the weekend week
It's not every day that fourteen NATO ships visit the port of Cartagena and above, that open to the general public visit, which is why, during this weekend and with that claim, floods of visitors and curious both of Cartagena and the surrounding area, have crowded the city center.
The abrupt climate changes have also failed with long lines to see inside the vessels of the Navy Immediate Response of the Atlantic Alliance, also causing traffic queues on the pier and a great atmosphere on the terraces of bars and restaurants area, which also celebrated the last day of the Ruta de la Tapa IV.
About 2 800 sailors have gone through these two days Cartagena, aboard some of the most important Spanish ships, such as the aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias, frigate Álvaro de Bazán, Victoria and Navarre, the Marquis of oil Ensenada and amphibious command ship Castilla.
The ships have called at the city to carry out an exercise in joint exercises, Noble Mariner 11, in waters of the southeastern Spanish between February 28 and March 10, which involved 20 warships with more than 3,500 NATO troops from eleven countries.
4,000 VISITS PORT OF CULTURES
Tourist interpretation centers Cartagena Puerto de Culturas also been overwhelmed by the large number of visitors, some 4,000, who have attended over the weekend, 42 percent more than last year in the same dates.
Of this amount, 48 percent were tourists from the region, 32 percent national and 20 percent foreign.
Also note that the total visitors, some 545 people have passed through the exposure of playmobil clicks of the Byzantine walls.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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