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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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