Villa De Leyva Travel Guide

Aptly nicknamed the City of Eternal Spring, Medellin takes your breath away with the jagged mountain peaks of the Andes range providing a sharp contrast to the city’s modern skyline.

Múcura is a tiny little island on the Caribbean Sea, which is part of Colombia’s San Bernardo Archipelago. It is part of the country’s protected marine parks and is involved in the conservation of endangered marine life

Barú is a long island on the Caribbean Sea, south of the city of Cartagena. It used to form the tip of a peninsula stretching out from mainland Colombia, before the Canal del Dique was built, cutting off the island.

Tayrona is a large protected natural ecosystem with a diverse range of landscapes. It is bound by the turquoise blue Caribbean Sea with its coral reefs and coconut palm fringed beaches to one side, and coastal lagoons skirted by lush tropical jungles on the other.

Set at an altitude of over 2,000 meters in Colombia’s Eastern Andean range, Bogota boasts wonderful highland climate and natural beauty. The capital of Columbia is dotted with numerous national monuments and cultural landmarks.

The pretty little colonial town of Barichara in Columbia was declared a national monument in the 1970s. With its highland climate, natural beauty and old world charm, Barichara attracts visitors all round the year.

The wild and mystical San Agustín, riddled with architectural wonders, is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The oldest colonial city of South America, Santa Marta was established by the Spanish in the 16th century. The area around the old city dates back to the ancient Tayronas, who ruled the region before the Spanish invasion.

Also known as La Ciudad Blanca in Spanish, or ‘the White City’, Popayán was an important 16th and 17th century Spanish settlement in the colonial era.