We’re closing in on Christmas in Colombia (my first) and it’s starting to look like it’s a pretty big deal. We already looked at Medellín’s Christmas Lights, but even I was struck by how early things get going in Bogotá. Lights are adorning the major parks and commercial areas and houses are increasingly likely to […]
Tag: Colombian Festivals
Travel to Medellín is becoming increasingly popular as the city’s reputation transforms from danger capital to party and culture capital. Travellers discover a city full of international quality restaurants, bars and clubs, as well as a city of contemporary beauty. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– In the run up to Christmas, Medellín transforms once again into […]
Colombia is a country with a rich cultural history. Anyone who travels to Colombia will find that out for themselves, but on this special day we at the Colombia Travel Blog want to share with you a different side of Colombian culture; the dark side… –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– The spooky side. From black […]
Barranquilla is a port at the North Coast of Colombia, a city with a little more than a million people and fourth in size after Bogota, Medellin, and Cali. For many years, especially during the 18th Century, Barranquilla was a very important trading port and therefore, as most big harbors around the world, lots of […]
To conclude what’s become known around the office as ‘Medellín Week’, we’ve decided to round up our trip with something of a photo essay about our time at Medellín‘s Fería de Las Flores 2011. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– We don’t have photos of some of the awesome concerts that took place earlier in the […]
FELIZ DIA COLOMBIA!!!! –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– July 20th – Dia de la Independencia de Colombia
So after months of anticipation and hype, Rock Al Parque finally came to Bogotá, bringing the crème de la crème of Colombian artists and some pretty big names from the international scene, too. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Rock Al Parque is notable for being the largest free music festival in Latin America, but there’s […]
Get your digitus secundus manus and your digitus mínimus manus ready and throw your horns in the sky because this weekend Rock Al Parque comes to Bogotá, Colombia. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Rock Al Parque is an annual music festival held in Bogotá that features some of the best local and international talent around at the […]
Considering Colombia is one of the biggest providers of flowers in the world’s import/export market, and considering Colombia’s 3rd biggest city calls itself ‘The City of Eternal Spring’, it should come as no surprise that one of the biggest flower festivals in the world takes place in the capital of this very city – Medellín. […]
Holy Week, otherwise known as Semana Santa, is fast approaching. With many Colombians having time off work during this period, plans to celebrate Holy Week are being made around Colombia. Holy Week celebrations in Colombia traditionally run from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday and this year it falls on the dates Sunday 17th April to […]