Colombia: Colonial Cartagena

Score: 65

"Legendary both for its history and its beautiful Spanish fortress. Cartagena's walls and fortifications are a monument to its rich past."

"Much of original fort area architecture remains."

"My favorite Spanish colonial city in the new world because it has always been lived in rather than restored and preserved in aspic."

"People seem to be happy with their city, and you feel that as visitor."

"Nice boutique hotels."

"The hotels that have been developed have been sympathetically done and have helped to restore some of Cartagena's buildings—but creeping change of buildings from local businesses to tourism risks ousting the local population from the historic center."