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Templo de Santo Domingo vs La Popa Convent
Both are recommended by professionals. Overall, Templo de Santo Domingo is the choice of most professionals compared to Convento La Popa de la Galera. Templo de Santo Domingo ranks #5 in Cartagena with accolades from 2 reviews like Lonely Planet, Travel + Leisure.
Templo de Santo Domingo
Lonely Planet
Travel + Leisure
Lonely Planet
Plaza de Santo Domingo, Cartagena, Colombia
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Santo Domingo is reputedly the oldest church in the city."
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Travel + Leisure
"The tropical-fruit-colored façade hides a marble interior that offers a cooling respite from the hot city streets."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"With a bubbly stone facade, the tarnished pink Templo de Santo Domingo, in a plazuela of the same name, is in a baroque style, with fine gilded altars and a graceful horseshoe staircase"
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La Popa Convent
Lonely Planet
Afar Magazine
Atlas Obscura
Frommer's
U.S. News & World Report
Calle 37, Cartagena, Colombia
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"A beautiful image of La Virgen de la Candelaria, the patroness of the city, is in the convent's chapel, and there's a charming flower-filled patio. "
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Afar Magazine
"Charms hang from the wall enclosed in glass because they are special – each representing a miracle come true."
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Traversing multiple switchbacks the procession stops at each of the stations of the cross along the route to say prayers and ask for miracles to be performed.
Atlas Obscura
"Perched atop the highest hill in Cartagena, this 17th-century convent offers spectacular views of the city. "
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Frommer's
"Mention La Popa to any Cartagenero and he will invariably turn dreamy eyed. Visible for miles around on Cartagena’s highest hill (150m high), the Convento de Nuestra Señora de la..."
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U.S. News & World Report
4.0
"At the peak of a nearly 500-foot hill, Convento La Popa de la Galera towers over Cartagena."
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