Bazurto Market

We had a great experience at this market. Yes it’s dirty, yes you have to be careful with your property, yes it smells, but hey, it’s a market. We had food at Restaurante Dona Ceci, it was delicious. We also had the aphrodisiac shake, and bought a few other things. Good experience.

Lots of cheaper-prices foods, fruits, veggies, and nicknacks. The cleanliness could've been a lot better. There was a lot of gross, dirty water on the floor and flies everywhere. It's also very crowded and really loud.

Horrible experience. We were recommended by our taxi driver that this was the best place to eat. When we got there we went to this place with seafood and forgot to ask for the prices first hand. Bad mistake. When we finished eating the girl in the picture ( who is a scammer and a liar) tried to charge us 200 000 pesos which is the equivalent of a very fancy dinner in a very fancy restaurant. We told them no way and we had to discuss back and forth to get them to lower the price to what it really was worth. All in all, I would not recommend coming here unless you remember to ask for prices before hand, plus the place is so dirty, smelly and the food was mediocre.

No entiendo why people are whining....it's a relatively tame market, we always felt completely at ease and only the fresh fish area kinda smelled. We saw a few other gringos. There's a zillion stalls to eat seafood y pollo, fairly reasonably priced especially in comparison to the overpriced walled city. Part of the market is a little indoor mall with jewelry y clothes. Do NOT pay for a guide to take u here.

Don’t waste your time going there. The place smells so bad, it’s extremely dirty and there is nothing to see. People says that food is good in some places, we have passed by a place that the food looked good but was impossible to eat anything in that place, with that smell.

Amazing experience, but not for everyone. It's an amazing experience, it's gritty, you're surrounded by seemingly thousands of people; noise bustling pushing smells sights and amazing observations. It's not for everyone so to be clear this is not a touristy thing to do you're not going to come here with your friends or with your kids and have an entertaining experience. The traffic is crazy, the noise is over bearing, but it's really an amazing experience if you enjoy that element of travel. Some people have posted about safety. I can tell you I didn't observe a moment of fear or questioning my safety at all. Everyone there is just doing their business and going about their day and very welcoming to the visitors who come there. At the same time you have to be wise to being a visitor in another country with where your wallet is with where your cash is with how you're handling yourself and behaving. Just remain self-aware try to behave in a humble manner, behave, you'll be fine. Lots of stands with fish, yeah it smells but no big deal, and there's another section for the meats that can be something difficult to see if you're not accustomed to it. And then the fruit stands and it goes on forever and there's another section where people are making amazing dishes for lunch that's two or three dollars it's a delicious meal. I hired a guide who knows the market extremely well he was very helpful negotiated some things for me showed me around introduced me to friends of his who's a super experience.

I had a wonderful experience at this market. It is in the REAL CARTAGENA, away from the touristy part. The famous Anthony Bourdain (RIP) visited here once. I knew what to expect since I have been to similar markets around the world. Of course the smell of fish and other things were present. Yes, it looked kind of gritty. But never forget that hard-working people work here and make a living. They were extremely friendly and welcoming to me. I interacted well with many here and they invited me to take lots of photos and videos. I bought a few items, some food and some paintings. I had a truly amazing and memorable experience here.

Definitely not for every tourist. It is a huge market, filthy, unorganized and with a certain sense of being somewhat dangerous. I didn't feel unsafe but we were followed several times by locals, certainly not very well intended. But it is an adventure, an experience, and I loved it. I certainly recommend it, but only if you feel like you have the guts for it. (you see every part of an animal's body on display there!) The produce there is amazing and you can literally find just about everything that you need, from a to z! It's Colombia and Cartagena at its best, and it's nice to go out of the walled city and live an authentic experience. Also there's loads of food stalls that you can buy and try local food of! Keep your wallet and documents at home (take just some cash in small bills), don't take your expensive camera with you and don't flash your cellphone around, keep your wits about your surroundings there, and you should be fine. It also helps if you know some Spanish.