The opening of the exhibition's Treasure Mercedes in ARQUA last June, gave way to the summer activities of Cartagena Port of Cultures immersing ourselves fully in the nineteenth century, especially in the time in which it was captured the Spanish fleet by the English, and sunken frigate Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes at Cape Santa Maria.
Given the great success of these activities continue during the weekend of September.
Thus, the general public as well as families and children will learn this time through theatrical visits, workshops and guided tours.
-Visit THEMED PIRATES TREASURE
A legendary pirate awaits you this Saturday at the port of Cartagena to enroll yourself in a great adventure of the sea.
A boat trip as part of a crew, take you to the Fort Christmas, where you will find a pirate tavern, with weapons and documents that help us to treasure hunt of Mercedes.
A theatrical tour where the whole family can enjoy a fun and entertaining way made a fascinating naval history.
Location: Tourist Boat and Fort Christmas Dates: Saturdays in September, starting at 12:00 h, from the Royal Puerto.Precio Scale: 10 euros.
Club Cartagena Port of Cultures 5 euros.
BÚSQUEDA -Workshop THE TREASURY
Sunday will be searching for a succulent treasure, where children explore at Fort Christmas, through games, passing the tests and quizzes related to military strength, life and pirate attacks.
Join the Pirate Brotherhood, revealing their secret codes and take the Fort to approach and get the treasure, is our goal.
Location: Tourist Boat and Fort Christmas Dates: Sunday September, starting at 12:00 h, from the Royal Puerto.Precio Scale: 8 euros.
Club Cartagena Port of Cultures 4 euros.
-Route GUIDED TREASURE OF MERCY
Sundays also will enjoy the guided tour El Tesoro de las Mercedes, which continues to mark the great reception throughout the summer.
This route starts from the harbor, sailing catamaran in the tourist Port of Cultures, where you can admire the spectacular natural harbor.
Through this route the national and international situation that existed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries is contextualized, and naval constructions in the military arsenal, who participated in the new intra-oceanic routes as well as the importance of the city as explained Headquarters Department of the Mediterranean Sea.
You dock at Fort Christmas, disclosed the complex defensive system of the bay, similar to those built in the Mediterranean and the Americas to the Indies.
On the other hand, the Fort hosts a space in which the cargo Spanish ships carrying transoceanic routes, is recreated as may have been in the Fragata de Las Mercedes.
Finally, the route continues in the National Museum of Underwater Archaeology, where a sea of 8,000 coins awaits visitors to learn the history of the four Spanish frigates caught in the battle of Cape St. Mary, its controversial cargo and what the weather would hold for its spectacular and tragic adventure.
Location:. Tourist Boat, Fort Christmas and National Museum of Underwater Archaeology ARQUA Dates: Sundays in September, starting at 11:00 h, from the Royal Puerto.Precio Scale: Individual $ 12, 9 euros Reduced, Club Cartagena Puerto Cultures 6 euros.
Information and reservations for the route, theatrical tour and workshop in Cartagena Port of Cultures on 968.50.00.93. www.cartagenapuertodeculturas.com
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena