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Museo Nacional de Colombia
Museo Nacional de Colombia This massive stone-and-brick structure—built originally as a prison—houses Colombia’s first museum, founded in 1823. The imposing structure is now home to more than 20,000 objects that represent the Colombian experience, displayed in revolving exhibits that fill 17 perma
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Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogota
Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogota Bogota’s Museum of Modern Art, affectionately referred to as MAMBO, offers an entirely different experience than the capital’s other museums. The sleek building, designed by Colombian architectural icon Rogelio Salmona in the 1980s offers four floors of clean-cut ga
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Metropolitan Cathedral
Metropolitan Cathedral Cali has no shortage of impressive churches, but the grand Metropolitan Cathedral (or Cathedral of San Pedro) stands out from the crowd, with its powder-white façade and trio of domes looming over the busy central square of Plaza de Caicedo. Although construction origin
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Medellin Botanical Garden
Medellin Botanical Garden In the heart of Medellin, the Medellin Botanical Garden is the city’s green lung and a living museum with plants from around the country as well as birds, turtles, reptiles, insects and fish. At the end of the 19th century, the area was a private farm used for recrea
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La India Catalina Monument
La India Catalina Monument At the main entrance to Cartagena’s Old Town, La India Catalina Monument is a bronze rendering of the Doña Marina of Colombia — India Catalina. The daughter of a local chief, in 1509 Catalina was abducted, aged 14, from her home in Galerazamba. Once she’d learned Spanish
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Isla Encanto
Isla Encanto Though Cartagena’s city beaches will do in a pinch—renting a breezy covered lounge chair on the broad, gray sands of Boca Grande is your best bet—the water is usually murky and setting never really postcard-worthy. Heading out to one of the offshore island’s perfect palm-shaded white
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Gold Museum (Museo de Oro Zenu)
Gold Museum (Museo de Oro Zenu) Opened in 1982, Cartagenas Gold Museum (Museo de Oro Zenu) is dedicated to Colombias indigenous Zenu people. Housed in a grand colonial building facing the Plaza Bolivar, the first room greets visitors with a pre-Hispanic golden jaguar and an ornate gold filigree bu
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Gardel Plaza
Gardel Plaza Carlos Gardel was a famous tango musician whose music and voice thrilled lovers of tango all over the world. In 1935, while touring Colombia, he was involved in a tragic airplane accident in Medellin that took his life. That event sparked the love of tango in Medellin, and to this day
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Eje Cafetero
Eje Cafetero Eje Cafetero, also known as the Coffee Triangle, famously produces some of the best coffee in the world. Running through the center of Colombia on the western end of the Andes Mountains, Eje Cafetero comprises the three departments of Caldas, Quindíó and Risaralda, all known for their
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Casa Gardeliana Museum
Casa Gardeliana Museum Medellin is the second world capital of tango (after Buenos Aires), and tango music can be heard throughout the city. This is due in large part to Carlos Gardel, a famous tango musician who died in 1935 in a tragic plane accident in Medellin while touring Colombia. Gardel’s
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Cartagena Cathedral (St Catherine of Alexandria Cathedral)
Cartagena Cathedral (St Catherine of Alexandria Cathedral) A striking reminder of Cartagena’s colonial heritage and standing proud at the heart of the historic district, Cartagena Cathedral (St Catherine of Alexandria Cathedral) is not only one of the city’s most notable landmarks, but one of Colo
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Carlos Valderrama Statue
Carlos Valderrama Statue Former Colombian football player Carlos Valderrama is known for his athletic ability and his outgoing personality, and this 22-foot-tall bronze statue of him in his hometown conveys both qualities. He is known as “El Pibe” or “the kid” and for his blond curly head of hair.
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Buga
Buga Founded by Sebastian de Belalcázar in 1555, Buga (or Guadalajara de Buga) was among Colombia’s first colonial cities and the historic town is now both a National Monument and one of the top attractions of Valle del Cauca. The undisputed star attraction of Buga is the magnificent Basilica del
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Barranquilla
Barranquilla Barranquilla is one of Colombia’s most vibrant cities. The fourth largest city in the country, it is best known for its annual Carnival, second in size only to Rio de Janeiro’s. The event takes place four days prior to Ash Wednesday and has been recognized by UNESCO for its cultural s
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Bare Foot Park /Parque de los Pies Descalzos
Bare Foot Park /Parque de los Pies Descalzos Though the residents of Medellin love their sophisticated, urban lifestyle, there must be something inside each that longs for a simpler era. This park, billed as a natural foot massage, is perfect for kids and a fun destination for everyone.The park is
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Baru Island
Baru Island A verdant peninsula jutting out below Cartagena and lapped by the glass-clear waters of the Caribbean, Baru Island has long been touted as one of Colombia’s most serene beach resorts and deservedly so. The aptly named Playa Blanca is the undeniable highlight, an expanse of powder-white
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Santa Fe de Antioquia
Santa Fe de Antioquia North of Medellin, in the mountains, there’s a little piece of the past that seemingly hasn’t changed in centuries. Santa Fe de Antioquia, founded in 1541 as a gold-mining town, seems to have changed little since then. In fact, due to its perfectly conserved colonial architec
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Rafael Nuñez House Museum
Rafael Nuñez House Museum In Cartagena, the Casa de Rafael Núñez is a mansion that was once home to the famous politician, poet, and lawyer Rafael Núñez. The countrys president on four occasions, Núñez importance in Colombian history cannot be overstated — not only did he write the countrys 1886 c
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Totumo Volcano
Totumo Volcano Take the wooden steps up the 15-meter mud mound that is Totumo Volcano (Volcán de Lodo El Totumo) then look down to be greeted by a mud bath big enough to fit dozens of bathers. A popular day trip from Cartagena, its said that the volcano goes hundreds of meters deep, but when you d
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Parque Arvi and Piedras Blancas
Parque Arvi and Piedras Blancas Medellin is certainly marvelous, but there may be times when you just want to hop into a gondola and float above the urban jungle and into the untamed mountains. Happily, this is one city where that’s not only possible, but also easy and inexpensive.The Medellin met
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