Guatapé, Antiochia, Colombia
Guatapé is one of the most beautiful places in the world. A hydroelectric dam was built in the 1960s that filled in a relatively flat, yet hilly region, creating an incredibly complex system of lakes and islands. Th
Mall Santa Fe
One of the most spectacular, and newest shopping malls in Medellin, Mall Santa Fe is a gigantic, multi-level mall with stunning architecture. Medellin’s citizens adore their malls, and you will find both famous international brands, and high end boutiques and outlets from Colombian designers, most of which are headquartered in Medellin, the fashion capital of Colombia. Medellin is also a fashion...
Urban Art Gallery (Galeria Arte Urbana)
Part of Parque Ciudad del Rio in Medellin (River City Park), the Urban Art Gallery is a very long set of amazing spray paint artworks by Narkografika. This long wall is next to the Museum of Modern Art, which has a very nice cafe, as well as a skatepark and a rock-climbing wall.
Parque Explora
Parque Explora, which would translate to “Exploration Park” in English, is in the center of Medellin, and is one of the most popular attractions in Medellin with locals and tourist alike. The center of the park is a large courtyard filled with life-size robotic dinosaurs for kids to play on and around. There are several water features, and many scientifica and mechanical exhibits to play...
Plaza Botero
One of the most popular spots in Medellin is Botero Plaza, which is next to the Palacio de la Cultura. There are over a dozen huge bronze sculptors by Medellin’s most famous and most loved artist, Botero, who is famous worldwide for his artistic renderings of “fat people”. Botero says that he doesn’t paint fat people, but he paints figures more voluminously. You’ll notice...
Orchideorama at the Botanical Gardens
Perhaps the most beautiful modern structure in all of Medellin, the Orchideorama events center in the Jardin Botanico is made of a series of huge roof structures, and underneath events such as weddings, large parties, shows etc are...
Parque Explora Biologico
One of the best exhibitions within Parque Explora is the Biologico Exhibit, which features rainforest creatures from throughout Colombia. Included in the exhibit is this golden poison dart frog shown above, which is the world’ most venemous frog. Several species of tarantulas, including truly huge ones, are living here as well. A medium sized boa, and a huge anaconda, along with many other beautiful...
Parque Explora Dinosaurs
One of the most spectacular places in Medellin is the El Parque Explora, which consists of many exhibits centered around a courtyard full of robotic rubber dinosaurs. They are life-size dinosaurs, animated, and you can touch and play with them. A few of them have erratically swinging rubber tails that the kids love to dodge. Most of the most popular dinosaurs are on display, including a life-size...
Metro Cable Medellin
High above the city of Medellin is the Metro Cable, which connects to the city’s metro/subway line. We recommend buying a ticket for the regular metro, then ride to the Metro Cable and ride it up to the top to take photos of the city, then ride it back down. The Metro Cable isn’t just a tourist attraction… it’s an important mode of transportation for thousands of the citizens of...
Palacio de la Cultura
The Palacio de la Cultura Rafael Uribe Uribe, is an iconic structure known to tourists as the “Beetlejuice Building” because of its use of alternating black and white blocks, which reminds one of the design theme used in Tim Burton’s movie. This spectacular old building is part of Botero Plaza, and can be seen from the public metro system as you pass through the city. The Palacio is a...
Festival of Lights in Medellin
Medellin is sometimes referred to as “The City of Lights” and this is never more true than during the Christmas and New Years season (usually the last three weeks of December and the first week of January). During this time, the entire city has hundreds of spectacular light displays in public parks, which are made anew each year, and the people of Medellin, as well as tourists, are roaming...
Medellin Aquarium (El Acuario)
The amazing aquarium in Medellin is part of the Parque Explora in the center of Medellin. It’s known to be the best aquarium in South America, and has both freshwater and saltwater sections. Most or all of the aquatic species displayed here are from Colombia itself, which is one of the world’s most biodiverse countries because it’s an evolutionary melting pot between North America and...
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At Medellin’s Museum of Modern Art, located at one end of Parque Ciudad del Rio, you will find many works by Medellin’s best known modern artists.
Parque Central – Ciudad del Rio (River City Park)
A huge old factory was demolished to create this long beautiful central park in Medellin. Stretching several city blocks with views of large buildings and Medellin hillsides, Parque Ciudad del Rio has a lot to do within it.
There are many urban sculptures of various types, a very popular and high quality skatepark, a small rock climbing wall, as well as many shady and grassy spots to relax or have a picnic.
At one end of Ciudad del Rio is an amazing display of hip hop graffiti art in what’s called the Galleria Arte Urbana (Urban Art Gallery).
Medellin’s Museum of Modern Art (Museo del Arte Moderna) also is part of Ciudad del Rio.
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Urban Art Gallery (Galeria Arte Urbana)
Part of Parque Ciudad del Rio in Medellin (River City Park), the Urban Art Gallery is a very long set of amazing spray paint artworks by Narkografika.
This long wall is next to the Museum of Modern Art, which has a very nice cafe, as well as a skatepark and a rock-climbing wall.
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Parque Explora
Parque Explora, which would translate to “Exploration Park” in English, is in the center of Medellin, and is one of the most popular attractions in Medellin with locals and tourist alike.
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The Sala de la Mente is a large exhibit filled with two floors of mind puzzles, electric games, futuristic exhibitions, computer graphic puzzles, 3D animations, and all kinds of interactive things that need to be seen rather than described.
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Plaza Botero
One of the most popular spots in Medellin is Botero Plaza, which is next to the Palacio de la Cultura.
There are over a dozen huge bronze sculptors by Medellin’s most famous and most loved artist, Botero, who is famous worldwide for his artistic renderings of “fat people”. Botero says that he doesn’t paint fat people, but he paints figures more voluminously. You’ll notice that they don’t actually look fat… they’re just bigger in some areas. In any case, his unusual and very distinctive style has made him very famous and his pieces are collected worldwide. Botero currently lives in Rome, Italy.
On the other side of the Plaza, opposite the Palacio, is the Botero Museum, which has several rooms of his paintings, as well as other wings of the museum containing works of abstract art and many Colombian historical paintings.
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