The best of Bogota and Medellin, 8 days from US$810

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Based on 2 adults

Created: Saturday, December 21, 2024

Itinerary

Tours

Bogota

Day 1: Welcome to Bogotá! You will be picked up at El Dorado Airport by our prepared private transportation service and taken to your hotel. You can relax during your approximately 30-45 minutes drive to your hotel.

Day 2: City Tour of Bogota and Monserrate, you will enjoy the beautiful neighborhood of La Candelaria, the colonial birthplace of Bogota. Then you will visit the Colon Theater, San Carlos Palace, San Ignacio Church, the Presidential Palace of Nariño, Bolivar Square, the City Hall and the Cathedral. You will also enjoy a visit to the Gold Museum. After visiting these treasures of the city, you will enjoy a wonderful view on a cable car ride to Monserrate Hill.

Day 3: One of the great works of Colombian engineering is La Catedral de Sal de Zipaquirá, which has been held nationally as the first Wonder of Colombia and internationally occupies an excellent ranking in its category. The majesty of this mine lies in its construction that took place through the use of its tunnels, which represent the fourteen stations of the crucism road, the Nartex, the choir and the beautiful central nave among others. The tour begins leaving north of the city where we will pass through the towns of Chía and Cajicá where we will delight in the beautiful countryside of the Cundiboyacense plateau. From there we will arrive to Zipaquirá, where we will visit the park of this tourist municipality and finally we will visit the main attraction of this place, the Salt Cathedral, where beyond a religious tour, you will enjoy a path that brings together the culture and adventure of Enter the depths surrounded by salt.

Medellin

Day 4: Flight from Bogota to Medellin. Our private transportation service will pick you up at the airport and take you to your hotel. You will be able to relax during the approximately 30-45 minute drive to your hotel.

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Day 5: Have an excellent time getting to know the icons that have been different in Medellin, to understand how the city turned from a Villa into a City, after a period marked by social exclusion, it became the most dangerous city in the world and after understanding mistakes we were considered the most innovative city in the world, after picking them up at the hotel the first visit begins arriving at Pueblito Paisa, since there, in addition to geographically recognizing the Valle de la Aburra and seeing a replica of a typical town in the region, know how the territory was inhabited before the arrival of the Spaniards. Have an excellent day touring around the city’s main sites, setting off from the Hotel you start the first visit arriving to Pueblito Paisa, from there a great geographical view of Aburra Valley can be spotted and see a replica of a typical “paisa” village, as from the times when it was inhabited before the arrival of the Spaniards.

The center of the city is the next visit where the growth and transformation from Villa to the City of Medellín is evidenced, there we pass through the San Antonio Park, Plazuela de San Ignacio, the traditional La Playa Avenue, the ouses and mansions of the neighborhood Prado, the Metropolitan Church, one of the symbols of the paisa strength (The Coltejer Building). The tour continues through the renovated and transformed Zona Norte, where you will pass through Wishes park , La Casa de la Música (The house of music), Explora Park, Antioquia’s University, and the Botanical Gardens, then continue to the west of the city , Passing by the Zero Point, Atanasio Girardot Sports Unit where most of the sports practiced in the city are developed, in addition to the Convention Center la Macarena old Plaza de Toros. the last stop is the Plaza Mayor Convention Center and the Palace of Exhibitions, the main axis of the tourist vocation of the city. From here you can visit the Metropolitan Theater, the “Intelligent Building of EPM” (Public Services Enterprices of Medellin) and the Bare Foot Park and Parques del Rio . On the way back to the hotel you will also pass by Alpujarra where you will find the Medellin City and Antioquias Department’s Hall, Plaza de la Libertad (Freedom square), Parque de las Luces (lights park) and Empresas Públicas de Medellín’s public library. Inside the tour you will also visit Poblado’s neiborhood area, where you will get to know Poblado’s Park, Lleras Park and the Golden Mile, the financial and hotel heart of the city.

Day 6: The Municipality of Guatapé and La Piedra del Peñol are 2 of the most important tourist places in the Surroundings of Medellin, located approximately 2 hours from the city, become one of the most visited places by tourists and the inhabitants of the City, for the fantastic country landscape, which contrasts with a stone of great height (297 meters) in the middle of a dam that generates great amount of the

country electric power and one of the most picturesque villages of the country. After a journey of 1 hour and 30 minutes you will pass through the new town of Peñol, a fundamental starting point to Know the past, present and future of this beautiful area, continue with the visit to the majestic Peñol Stone there will have a panoramic view of the Guatapé - Peñol reservoir and those who wish can climb to the top of the Rock of Peñol in A route of more than 600 stops (ascending not included) Continue with the visit to the town of Guatapé famous for the details of the Zócalos of their houses, where a tour in Mototaxi is made through its streets. In Guatapé you can also have time to take a tour on a typical boat (not included), enjoy the beautiful scenery, fly above the dam on the cable flight (not included) or just enjoy the craft stalls and the life of the boardwalk Of Guatapé.

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