Joined a van tour on shore. In retrospect, should have used an 'authorized taxi' as suggested in shore shopping talk. Cost $20-25 pp. for our 3 people. Tour was okay, but they obviously wanted us to buy from their emerald vendor, etc. Street vendors very pushy. Nice city, safe. Read Less

Nice but very, very crowded. The guide for our carriage was very poor. NO RATING FOR SANTA MARTA, day before this, it was VERY BAD Read Less

Got off and got on a 3 hour city tour with one of the operators on site. Read Less

Hop on Hop Off Bus Read Less

We had been there before so we walked around the old city. Things looked a little more prosperous than before. The aggressive pan handling was more overt this time. Read Less

Did not like being swarmed by vendors trying to sell to us. Couldn’t even take good pictures because I was totally surrounded. Read Less

Walked and shopped. Read Less

Took a Princess tour - interesting Spainish colonial city - Sir Francis Drake sacked it in the 1550's ! (Too ) Many street vendors who were a constant pain - having to turn the same one away several times in 15 mintues ! even saw an attempted mobile phone theft from inside the catheral - beware pick pockets ! Read Less

There really wasn't enough time here to do too much. We good a Hop On Hop Off bus tour, but couldn't get off because there wasnt time. I wish they would have told us that and we wouldn't have taken any tour, just walked around some. It was our first time in Columbia or South America and we didn't really see much. Very disappointed in the cruise line on this one. Read Less

With several cruise ships at the port, extremely hot and crowded. Vendors everywhere. It’s a beautiful city but not under these circumstances. Read Less

We only spent some time in the facility right outside the port since we have taken excursions on previous visits and did not care to repeat them. Read Less

Took a local tour. Oscar was great and did a fabulous job. The biggest problem we had were locals getting in our face stopping us to try and get us to buy stuff and it was the same stuff everywhere. I had to say no thank you at least 5-6 times. Liked the country, not the locals. Read Less

Went ashore on our own to nature area/shopping at pier. Enjoyable. Read Less

We have been here before and took a tour. This time we just stayed in the port area and did some shopping and used the wifi. Read Less

Just walked around the port area which was nice. Shopping and great coffee at Juan Valdez and good prices for buying your coffee! Loved the macaws, peacocks, toucans, and monkeys! Read Less

Just walked around the docks Read Less

We just got of the ship and went through the local shops. Read Less

Not a lot to see really Read Less

We had a bad experience our last time at this port, so we only visited the shops on the pier Read Less

Tour of city on trolley was nice , however when we did the walking tour we were excessively dunned by street vendors Making things very unpleasant. Read Less

Every where we stopped we were attacked by vendors. The old city is beautful but very hot. Read Less

Hot, rushed walking tour with a guide that left impaired travelers a block behind. Read Less

Interesting walking round the City learning about the history Read Less

Extremely hot day. Heard from people who took excursions that the heat was too great on their trips. Read Less

Stayed on board Read Less