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Cartagena: Rooftop Brunch & Paint Class in Getsemani

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Duration2h 30m

GroupUp to 10

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Paint Cartagena's Colors While the Wind Cools Your Rooftop

You'll spend two and a half hours on a private rooftop in Getsemani learning to paint Cartagena's colonial center while eating Colombian breakfast and drinking mimosas. The host teaches you their technique, provides all materials, and you leave with a finished canvas sized to travel home. No painting experience required; public transport is nearby if you need it.

2h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Arrive at private rooftop in Getsemani
Enjoy welcome glass of champagne and fruit
Put on aprons and gather painting supplies
Learn painting techniques and start painting
Paint historical center of Cartagena scene
Eat empanadas, patacones, and cheese fingers
Drink mimosas while painting

The Experience

There's something about standing on someone else's rooftop in a neighborhood you've just arrived in that makes you want to make something. The Getsemani rooftop in Cartagena sits on the third floor, high enough that there's always a breeze moving through, low enough that you can see the castle San Felipe rising up across the skyline. You're not here to be quiet. You're here to paint for two and a half hours, and the host — who runs the whole thing — starts by handing you champagne and fresh fruit while you settle in. No small talk about your experience level. They already know you don't have any, and they don't care.

The painting part happens after you've eaten. Empanadas, patacones, cheese fingers, fresh Colombian cheese — the kind of breakfast that doesn't apologize. Two glasses of mimosa come with it, and the water keeps coming. Then the aprons go on. You learn the techniques the host uses, and you paint the historical center of Cartagena the way it actually looks: colorful, crowded with life, the kind of place that doesn't sit still. The canvas is small enough to carry home, big enough that what you make feels like it matters. People who've never held a brush before walk away with something they painted themselves, not something they watched someone else make.

The whole thing takes place on a private rooftop in Getsemani, the neighborhood that's become the place travelers actually want to be in Cartagena. You're not on a tour bus. You're not in a studio with thirty other people. It's small, it's intimate, and the wind doesn't stop the whole time you're painting.

What’s included

Two glasses of mimosa and two bottles of water.
three fresh cut fruits, cheese fingers, fresh Colombian cheese, and empanadas.
all painting materials, aprons, brushes, and instruction.
the finished canvas to take home.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyPublic transport nearby

Operated by Real Experience Cartagena

Is this one for you?Right for anyone who wants to make something with their hands and eat well while doing it — the small group and private rooftop are what make it feel like you're painting with a friend instead of taking a class.