TOP COLOMBIA TIPS

5 TOP COLOMBIA TIPS  AND A BONUS: MEDELLÍN THE CITY WITH AN ETERNAL SPRING by: Néstor Meléndez Soler Medellín, Colombia is a city that keeps on blossoming all the time despite the turbulent recent history of drugs, crime and violence. Not even when the Cartél de Medellín, ruled by the infamous Pablo Escobar tried to overtake Colombia the city surrendered and kept on going forward. Today is one of the most attractive cities in the South-American travel circuit and I am going to tell you why in my Top Colombia Tips. Come to Medellín and live the city of the eternal spring. This are the 5 places you have to go when coming to the capital of the department of Antioquia in Colombia. 1.   PLAZA BOTERO: At Plaza Botero be prepared to walk into immense sculptures made by the local artist Fernando Botero , one of the most important plastic artists of the world. And yes, the sculptures are humongous; the trademark of the artist are the oversized ...

This is the history of one man that gave it all for the African slaves that came to Cartagena.   Peter Claver called “The Slave of Slaves”, lived at Cartagena de Indias, in the first half of the 17 th century. African descendants from all around the world give eternal tribute to this saint that lived to his motive of serving human beings, motored by God. Cartagena de Indias was from the 1500s till late 1800s the preeminent slave Spanish port in the Caribbean and where the biggest human slave trade happened. There were only 2 ports authorized by the kingdom of Spain to receive Portuguese slave ships sailing from Africa. Those were Veracruz, in the territory of The Nueva España, or how we know it today, Mexico and Cartagena de Indias in the Nueva Granada, today Colombia.   The number one “legal” slave port market was Cartagena by far. More than double of the blacks that were slaved and imported “legally” by Spain to America, set foot for the f...

5 NEARBY TO BOGOTÁ MUST SEE PLACES This are the Top Colombia Tips , for nearby places to Bogotá that you should go to enjoy , and make the most of the travel to the capital of Colombia. Bogotá is a great city to be in; besides the attractions like the Gold Museum, the ascend to Monserrate, the wonderful gastronomy and restaurants, and the old colonial neighborhood of La Candelaria , there are some amazing places nearby the city that should be visited, if you want to have a more complete look and understanding of   the capital of Colombia. You can know about the legend of El Dorado, be in a church built into the depths of a salt mountain and go from cold to hot temperature in just a few hours . All of that, and more, are part of your trip to Bogotá, Colombia. ·       THE SALT CATHEDRAL: The indigenous people that inhabited the region where Bogotá was funded, were very wealthy because of a salt mountain located in the nearby town ...