Plaza de la Aduana

Explore this historic plaza, once a prison, now a vibrant market for local vendors and traditional coconut candies.

In their own words: “this is the Plaza of the Taxis or the Plaza de Alduanas? Alduanas I always have a hard time with that word but this used to be uh prison cells along this way and now during the time of the Spaniards and now it's vendors but one of the things that they sell are these coconut candies”

Visit this historic square, once the most important in South America, to appreciate Cartagena's colonial past.

In their own words: “This is Plaza de la Aduana. For the Spaniards who founded Cartagena this was the most important square in all of South America.”