Twenty-three barrel-vaulted chambers built into Cartagena’s thick colonial walls in the late 18th century — originally used as military storerooms and, grimly, as dungeons. Today they house a long arcade of shops selling handicrafts, hammocks, emeralds, and Colombian souvenirs. The goods are standard tourist fare and prices run high, but the setting is the real draw: the massive stone arches, cool interiors, and the sense of being inside the fortifications themselves. Walk along the top of the walls afterwards for views over the Caribbean.
Las Bóvedas
Colonial vaults in the city walls, now craft shops