Ayuntamiento Cartagena — Attraction in Cartagena

Cartagena Cartagena is old. It already had an illustrious past when the Roman general, Scipio, renamed it Carthago Nova - New Carthage - in 209 BC. The city is an important port and naval base but its glory days were in the past - a bit like Portsmouth and Chatham really! So when I visited Cartagena recently, I was expecting to see decrepit, run-down areas with old dreary houses. I was pleasantly surprised! What I encountered was a bright airy city with pedestrianised boulevards and decorative buildings. One road in particular - Calle Major - is particularly attractive with shops, eating places and 19th-century mansions with colourful façades such as Cervantes House and Llagostera House both in Modernist style. The Grand Hotel is another building in this road that has modernist influences and a spectacular dome caps its circular façade. There are attractive and historical buildings throughout the city as well as museums - many of a naval and military nature. There are also a number of archaeological sites including Carthaginian and Roman ruins. At one end of Calle Major is another extremely photogenic area - the Plaza de Ayuntamiento where the City Hall building is located. Nearby are attractive gardens that lead to the Paseo de Alfonso XII, which overlooks the marina. It is a pleasant place to sit with a glass of beer. The Peral Submarine is located on this promenade. According to local tourist information Isaac Peral, invented the submarine in 1889. Whilst Senor Peral undoubtedly designed the fine specimen of a U-boat that is on display, the locals are wrong to allege that he invented the submarine - a Dutchman, Cornelis Drebbel, built the first one in 1620! Submarines were also used during the American Civil...

Great building, great city with great history, buildings of all eras and beautiful landscapes. However, political corruption have stuck the development and culture of the population. Despite being focused to tourism, shops have no staff trained and ready to speak other languages, city centre shops are common and less every day. Cruise visitors have nothing to do but visit historical buildings but not spending money on entertainment and good shops. The arrival at the port is also terrible, since it's a concrete area without trees or shadows where the closest shop is a burger king. It's just ok to stay for some days or to refill your cruise but not to settle...

El día 3 de octubre de 2017 finalizo el plazo para presentar documentación de una licitación para la cantina cuatro santos. Ya va cumplir un año y 4 meses desde que comenzó el procedimiento y todavía no se ha resulto nada, según el art.42 de contratación este procedimiento esta fuera de plazo (obsoleto). No obstante en la cuarta mesa de contratación, proponen al antiguo cantinero para volver a hacerse cargo de la cantina, a esté en Diciembre de 2018 le llega una notificación y el no se presenta para hacer ningún tipo de alegación, quedando fuera del concurso y pasando al siguiente licitador, que en este caso mi pareja. Y YO PREGUNTO: ¿CUANDO PIENSAN ADJUDICAR LA CANTINA? SABEN QUE EL PLAZO ERA DE 3 MESES PARA SU RESOLUCIÓN UNA VEZ INICIADA LA PRIMERA MESA DE CONTRATACIÓN ? ESTÁN TENIENDO EN CUENTA QUE LA GESTIÓN DE ESTA CANTINA REPRESENTA EL SUSTENTO PARA UNA FAMILIA ? PORQUE ESTÁN TARDANDO TANTO TIEMPO EN RESOLVERLO? Hay que ir a la prensa para que sean ellos quienes les hagan estas preguntas? Cuando llamo al ayuntamiento para que me aclaren un poco el asunto NADIE SABE NADA, SOLO QUE ESTA PARADA PORQUE HAY COSAS " MÁS IMPORTANTES" ... Es un despropósito lo que están haciendo con esta licitación desde...