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How to get from Medellín to Guatapé
Guatapé sits about 75 km from Medellín. There are three ways to get there, and the real difference between them is not the price…
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What to do in Medellín in 3 days
Three days is enough to get to know Medellín properly, as long as you do not try to cram everything into the first one. This is …
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Comuna 13: what to know before you go
Comuna 13 is the most visited place in Medellín and also the one most often misunderstood. A few practical things make the diffe…
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How much does a tour in Medellín cost?
Prices in Medellín are quoted two very different ways — per person or per vehicle — and comparing them without noticing is how t…
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Getting from Medellín airport to the city
José María Córdova (MDE) is in Rionegro, 45 to 60 minutes from Medellín and 2,100 metres up. How you cover that stretch sets the…
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The best time to visit Medellín
Medellín is called the City of Eternal Spring because the temperature barely moves all year — between 18 and 28 °C. What changes…
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Is Medellín safe to visit?
It is the question we get most before people fly, and it deserves an answer without marketing: Medellín is an ordinary Latin Ame…
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How many days do you need in Medellín?
The short answer is three or four days. The useful answer is what actually fits in each number of days without ending the trip e…
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Medellín with kids: what works and what does not
Medellín is a friendly city for families, but not every plan on the usual travel lists survives a six-year-old at three in the a…
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Getting around Medellín
Medellín moves well, and that is one of the things that surprises people on arrival. The trick is knowing which option suits whi…
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Where to stay in Medellín
Choosing a neighbourhood in Medellín shapes your trip more than choosing a hotel. These are the four that make sense for someone…
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Medellín in one day
One day in Medellín covers a surprising amount, as long as you accept one thing: you have to choose. This is the route that work…
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Parque Arví and the Medellín Metrocable
Arví is the cheapest spectacular thing you can do in Medellín: twenty minutes hanging in a cable car above the city, and then a …
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Medellín Christmas lights
Medellín does not decorate for Christmas — it stages a production. Millions of bulbs, more than a month of display, and visitors…
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The Medellín Flower Festival
The Feria de las Flores is the week Medellín goes fully out: ten days of events that end with thousands of farmers carrying sixt…
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What to eat in Medellín
Paisa food is heavy, cheap and not remotely subtle. It makes more sense once you accept two things: lunch is the main meal of th…
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Paragliding in Medellín
Flying over the Aburrá Valley is one of the easiest things to arrange in Medellín and one that most visitors skip simply because…
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Pablo Escobar tour: what to expect
It is the most searched tour in Medellín and the one that makes locals most uncomfortable. It is worth doing if you understand w…
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Medellín tourist attractions: what to visit and how to fit it in
Medellín has more places to visit than fit into a short trip. This is the list we give first-time visitors, grouped the way it i…
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Medellín in 2 days
Two days are enough to get to know Medellín, not the whole of Antioquia. The key is deciding before you land whether you want th…
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Medellín in 4 days
With four days the trip changes: you no longer have to choose between the city and Guatapé, and there is a day left for whatever…
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Medellín tour packages: tours and transfers at real prices
A package with us is your trip sorted on the ground: airport transfers and the tours you want, in a private car with hotel picku…
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Day trips from Medellín
Around Medellín there are four trips that work well in a day, with a return to sleep at your hotel. They differ in hours on the …
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Private tours in Medellín for groups and families
Travelling as a group or with children changes the rules: the timetable of a shared tour weighs more, luggage takes space and so…
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Medellín layover: what you can see between flights
José María Córdova airport is not in Medellín but in Rionegro, 45 to 60 minutes away on a mountain road. With a long layover you…
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Medellín at night: what to do and how to get around
Medellín at night has two sides: the city lit up seen from above, which is a relaxed plan, and the nightlife of El Poblado, Prov…
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Medellín viewpoints: where to see the city from above
Medellín sits in a valley between mountains, so almost any height gives you a view. These are the viewpoints that are really wor…
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Botero Plaza in Medellín: what to see and how to visit
Botero Plaza is the stop nobody skips in central Medellín: 23 monumental sculptures by Fernando Botero out in the open, next to …
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Piedra del Peñol: tickets, steps and what the climb is like
The Piedra del Peñol is a 220-metre monolith next to Guatapé, and climbing it is the reason almost everyone makes this trip. Thi…
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Things to do in Guatapé in one day
Guatapé is much more than the rock: it is a village of hand-painted façades on the shore of a huge reservoir. You can see it wel…
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Medellín tour guide: private, group or free walking tour?
In Medellín there are three ways to see the city with someone who explains it, and each suits a different kind of trip. Here is …
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Arriving in Medellín late at night
Many international flights land in Medellín late at night or in the small hours. At that time, what is routine by day —getting o…
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A coffee farm near Medellín or a trip to the Coffee Region?
Many people arriving in Medellín want to see Colombian coffee and think first of the Coffee Region (Eje Cafetero). Before decidi…
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Comuna 13 and Pablo Escobar in one day
It is the combination we are asked for most, and it makes sense: in one day you understand Medellín's hardest era and what the c…
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Medellín for couples: plans for two
Medellín has plans that are especially good for two: flying over the valley, watching the city light up from a hill, or spending…
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Where to shop in Medellín: clothes, outlets and El Hueco
Medellín is the capital of Colombian fashion: this is where the jeans and underwear factories that dress the continent are. Know…
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What to do in Medellín when it rains
In Medellín it almost never rains all day: it rains in spells, mostly in the afternoon, and mornings are usually clear. With tha…
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Medellín with seniors: comfortable, unhurried tours
Medellín is very enjoyable with parents or grandparents if you pick the right plan: almost everything can be seen from a car tha…
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