Tag Archive | "Colombia"
Taganga Travel Information Gudie
Taganga is a small fishing village 5 kilometres north of Santa Marta at the Caribbean coast in Colombia. With a dirty beach and noisy restaurants it is not the idyllic fishing village you expect. But has its charm and might be a nicer place to explore the surrounding attractions or do some diving than Santa [...]
Continue reading...Santa Marta Travel Guide Information
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Santa Marta is a city and municipality, located in northern Colombia by the Caribbean sea and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains, capital of the Magdalena Department. The city is an important maritime port and hub for tourism, history and culture. It was founded on July 29, 1525 by Spanish conqueror Rodrigo de Bastidas, [...]
Continue reading...San Gil Traveller Information Guide
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
San Gil is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. San Gil is a city with a population of 50,000 in the Santander region in Colombia. San Gil is on the road between Bucaramanga and Bogotá, hence there are frequent connections to Bucaramanga (two and a half hours), Tunja and Bogotá, San [...]
Continue reading...Popayan Tourist Guide Information
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Popayan is a municipality and def. is a capital city of the Colombian department of Cauca, with a population of about 215,000 people. It was conquered by Sebastián de Belalcázar on 13 January 1537. It is known as the “white city” because of its beautiful colonial houses. Located at an altitude of 1,737 meters, the [...]
Continue reading...Medellin Travel Guide Information
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Medellín is the second largest city in Colombia and is located in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northern regions of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.4 million inhabitants. Medellín also serves as the core of the Metropolitan Area (Area Metropolitana de Medellín), the second largest in Colombia in [...]
Continue reading...Manizales Tourist Guide Information
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Manizales is a city and municipality in central Colombia, capital of Department of Caldas and part of the region of Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis, near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano. Nowadays the city is the main center for the production of Colombian coffee and an important hub for higher educational institutions. There is an extensive network of [...]
Continue reading...Cartagena Travel Information Guide
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Cartagena de Indias is a large city seaport on the northern coast of Colombia. Capital of the Bolívar Department, it has a population of 1,240,000 in its Metropolitan Area, and 1,090,000 in the city (2005 Census), being the fifth largest urban area in Colombia. Founded in 1533 by Spaniard Don Pedro de Heredia, and named after [...]
Continue reading...Cali Travel Information Guide
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Santiago de Cali, often shortened to Cali, is the main city and capital of the Valle del Cauca, a department in western Colombia, also known as the Pacific Region. With a population of 2,725,000, Santiago de Cali is the third largest city in Colombia. It is a magnet and a catalyst inside Colombia because of [...]
Continue reading...Bogota Tourist Guide for Visitor
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Bogota formerly called Santa Fe de Bogotá — is the capital city of Colombia, as well as the most populous city in the country, with 7,033,914 inhabitants (2007). Bogotá and its metropolitan area, which includes municipalities such as Chía, Cota, Soacha, Cajicá and La Calera, had an estimated population of 8,244,980. In terms of land area, [...]
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
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