Jardin
Department: Antioquia
Area: 224 km²
Altitude: 1,750 m.a.s.l.
The façades of Jardin are covered with flowers that embellish the town and its traditional porticos with color. The town also offers particular experiences such as the garrucha, an aerial cable from where you can appreciate the coffee region’s landscape.
Santa Cruz de Mompox
Department: Bolivar
Area: 645 km²
Altitude: 22 m.a.s.l.
Located on the banks of the Magdalena River, this village was a key port for Spanish colonization and therefore houses an important religious and artisan legacy, which highlights the commemoration of Holy Week and the production of jewelry in filigree.
Honda
Department: Tolima
Area: 309 km²
Altitude: 229 m.a.s.l.
This hot municipality located three hours from Bogota housed Colombia’s first fishing port on the Magdalena River and was one of the most important commercial corridors and goods distribution points in the country at the time of Independence.
Santa Fe de Antioquia
Department: Antioquia
Area: 493 km²
Altitude: 500 m.a.s.l.
It preserves the traditional architecture of the region, which is characterized by white façades with colored doors and balconies, cobbled streets and large squares that keep history alive. Even better: it is only two hours away from Medellin.
Villa de Leyva
Department: Boyacá
Area: 128 km²
Altitude: 2,149 m.a.s.l.
The essence of Villa de Leyva lies in the combination of old houses, cobbled streets and desert landscapes. It is a very attractive scenario for those who seek to be part, for a few moments, of the history of Colombia.
Barichara
Department: Santander
Area: 134 km²
Altitude: 1,336 m.a.s.l.
This village of warm and dry climate was declared a Site of Cultural Interest of the Nation thanks to its chapels, houses and colonial streets made of stone. Barichara is the ideal place for a relaxing and detaching experience.
Salamina
Department: Caldas
Area: 404 km²
Altitude: 1,822 m.a.s.l.
Salamina is the ideal place to learn about the origin of Colombian coffee culture. You can visit farms where you can learn how to grow, harvest and roast coffee made in Colombia and taste the type of grain grown in the region.
San Gil
Department: Santander
Area: 149 km²
Altitude: 1,114 m.a.s.l.
This town offers a great variety of unique experiences, among which the practice of rafting on the Ponce and Suarez rivers, torrentism in Quebrada La Chorrera, paragliding in Curiti, bungee jumping over the Ponce river, and paragliding over the Chicamocha Canyon.
Illustrations: Andrés Felfle
