Kid Friendly: Yes. Children might not enjoy as much the historical sight seeing as we adults do.

Friendly: Yes.
Every sightseeing activity can be done by car except the optional waterfall trek near the town of Sucre.

Maximum travelers: 4

Language(s)

explanation

Spanish (fluent), English (fluent)

The most beautiful colonial architecture town in the region

Founded in 1541, first capital of the Antioquia Province, this beautiful colonial town is well worth a visit. Enjoy a stroll through its cobblestoned streets and explore its churches, homes and hotels. Besides this well preserved historic beauty, there's a great attraction just 10 minutes outside the city limits, the Puente de Occidente (West Hanging Bridge).

Itinerary

This tour starts with a 9:30 am suggested pick-up time at your hotel in Medellín. We will then drive west and go through the Western Tunnel, currently the longest tunnel within the Americas. After about an hour drive, we will visit the Western Bridge and learn about its interesting history. Following that we will drive to Santafé de Antioquia and begin our historic center pueblo stroll. At you convenience, we can have lunch after or before exploring this magnificent historic town.
If you're interested in adding the horse-back ride, please inform me in advance so we can leave a little earlier and plan the day accordingly.

Meeting Location + Tour Duration

Meeting location: I will pick you up at any hotel in Medellín.

End location: I will drop you off at your hotel after the tour or at a reasonable location for your convenience.

Duration: 7 hours

On Sundays, traffic returning to Medellin can get very heavy.

Transportation

Comfortable Toyota Corolla with A.C., leather seats and capacity of 4 passengers. MP3 player jack equipped if you want to bring your own music.

What’s Included

• Pick-up at your hotel in Medellín.
• Roundtrip transportation Medellín - Santafé de Antioquia - Medellín (172+ kms).
• English speaking driver / guide.
• Going through the longest tunnel within the Americas.
• Historic center pueblo stroll.
• Visit to the Puente de Occidente - West Hanging Bridge built in 1895.

Estimated Local Cash Needed

14 COP - Lunch at the nicest restaurant in Santafe de Antioquia usually costs under US$14. At other restaurants it can be half of that.

What’s Extra

Optional activities:
• 2 hour horseback ride: add $90,000 COP per person (approx. USD$30 per person).

A Recent Review of this tour

Fabulous to walk around the town and see Colonial architecture. My son also loved the bridges which Andres included. He tailor makes his tours to suit and does an excellent job at it.
Karen Lubner