Baluarte de la Gente

Formerly known as Café del Mar, this section of Cartagena's old city walls was relaunched by the city as Baluarte de la Gente — and the change is worth knowing about. The space is now operated by the Escuela Taller Cartagena de Indias, a vocational school training young cartageneros from low-income backgrounds in culinary arts. The food and drinks are prepared by graduates and apprentices of the program, and every peso spent here is reinvested into youth training and the preservation of the city's cultural heritage sites. It's a genuinely good place to spend your money.

As a sunset spot, it remains unmatched. Watch the sun drop over the Caribbean from an antique colonial wall with Bocagrande's skyline of skyscrapers glittering in the distance. The walls turn amber, the sky goes pink, and the whole thing stops people mid-sentence. Open Monday to Sunday, 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.