Colours of Colombia: Bogotá, the coffee region, Medellín, Guatapé and Cartagena

Colombia

Colours of Colombia: Bogotá, the coffee region, Medellín, Guatapé and Cartagena

The wax palms of the Cocora valley and colourful villages, in a group of 18 at most

Colombia

Colours of Colombia: Bogotá, the coffee region, Medellín, Guatapé and Cartagena

Colourful Colombia: Bogotá, two nights in Salento in the coffee region with the Cocora valley and Filandia, Medellín and Santa Elena, a night in Guatapé, then Cartagena. With two more nights in Cartagena (13 days) from €3,321, or on the Barú peninsula from €3,422 per person.

When

December to March

Price

From 2 914€ excl. flights

(based on 2 people sharing)

How long

9 nights

Ideal length

Bogotá and the coffee region

Days 1-4

Wax palms and fincas.

Day 1

Arrival in Bogotá

Flight to Bogotá, welcome and transfer to the hotel.

Arrival in Bogotá

Day 2

Bogotá

Bogotá: the colonial Candelaria district, the Gold Museum and the Botero Museum, then Monserrate hill.

Bogotá

Day 3

Bogotá – Pereira – Salento

Flight to Pereira and a visit to a coffee finca, then Salento.

Bogotá – Pereira – Salento

Day 4

The Cocora valley – Filandia

The Cocora valley and its sixty-metre wax palms, then the colourful village of Filandia.

The Cocora valley – Filandia
Bogotá and the coffee region — photo 1
Bogotá and the coffee region — photo 2
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Medellín and Guatapé

Days 5-7

The city and the lakes.

Day 5

Pereira – Medellín – Santa Elena

Flight to Medellín and the flower farms of Santa Elena, home of the silleteros.

Pereira – Medellín – Santa Elena

Day 6

Medellín

Medellín, the city of eternal spring, its metro cable cars, Comuna 13 and its murals, and Botero square.

Medellín

Day 7

Guatapé

Guatapé, its village of painted façades and the El Peñol rock, 740 steps above the lakes.

Guatapé
Medellín and Guatapé — photo 1
Medellín and Guatapé — photo 2
Medellín and Guatapé — photo 3
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Cartagena de Indias

Days 8-11

The pearl of the Caribbean.

Day 8

Guatapé – Medellín – Cartagena

Flight to Cartagena.

Guatapé – Medellín – Cartagena

Day 9

Cartagena

Cartagena de Indias, its walled old town, its flower-decked balconies, the Getsemaní district and the San Felipe fortress.

Cartagena

Day 10

Cartagena – flight home

Free time depending on your flight, then transfer to the airport and fly to France.

Cartagena – flight home

Day 11

Arrival in France

Arrival in France during the day.

Arrival in France
Cartagena de Indias — photo 1
Cartagena de Indias — photo 2
Cartagena de Indias — photo 3
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