Venecia, a small town some 50 miles southwest of Medellin, offers visitors a tranquil scenery, a unique culture and possibly the most famous hill in Colombia. Upon entering Venecia, visitors…
Medellin’s city authorities shut down a museum dedicated to the memory of late drug lord and Congressman Pablo Escobar on Wednesday. The museum had been set up by former Medellin…
Parque Periodista is the hangout of Medellin’s bohemian underground. The square can be sketchy at times because of drug-dealing in the area, but can also be one of the city’s…
Ex-combatants from the Colombia’s demobilized FARC group are recreating a guerrilla jungle camp to show tourists what their life during the conflict was like. According to newspaper El Espectador, the former…
Colombia’s third largest city Cali is best viewed from above. The vantage point from Cristo Rey, the country’s largest statue of Christ, is beautiful and well worth the trek for…
Colombia’s largest nature reserve, Chiribiquete National Park, has become a world heritage site, UNESCO announced Sunday. Together with a number of other natural wonders, UNESCO inscribed the 4.3 million-hectare national park…
A judge in Cartagena on Tuesday overruled a government resolution that sought to close a popular beach in an attempt to preserve a threatened sea turtle. The Environment Ministry ordered…
Colombia’s national parks authority has declared one of the world’s largest displays of prehistoric art a protected site. The Serrania La Lindosa is one of the country’s most important archaeological…
Colombia’s Jaime Cabal has been appointed deputy secretary general of the United Nations’ World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Cabal will be the UN organization’s second most important executive after Zurab Pololikashvili of Georgia.…