Blogs from Sante Fe De Antioquia, Antioquia, Colombia, South America

Last January I went to Medellín, the City of Eternal Spring, and I visited some interesting places with my mom. I want to talk you about Arví Park, it is an ecological nature preserve and Pre-Hispanic archaeological site on the eastern slopes of Aburrá Valley in Medellín Antioquía. There are two ways to get to Arví Park, one is by subway and the other by car. I went through the metro, the metro can be taken from the center of medellín and it takes about 45 minutes to arrive: It arrives at the Santo Domingo Savio station (Line K), and then you have to take the metrocable called Arví Cable. When we arrived, there were several guides, who tell you where to go. There are several types of trips through the park, one is with guide ... read more

Il est 9h00 et il pleut !!! J’espère fortement que cela ne va pas durer mais tout le monde dit que ce n’est que passager. En effet 1h après on avait totalement oublié qu’il avait plu car le soleil était au rendez-vous et la chaleur également. Petit déjeuner dehors et nous partons dans le petit village ou nous résidons pour aller au marché. J’adore toutes ces couleurs sur ces places principales des fruits et des légumes. Je fais le plein de vitamines avec tous les différents fruits que je mange mais mon préféré est définitivement la Mangue ! lol puis nous rentrons tranquillement à la maison ou une petite tête dans la piscine s’impose. Après un bon déjeuné nous partons avec Lida, gloria et la maman de maria fernanda dans le village de Santa-Fé de Antioquia. ... read more

We had read about a nice Colonial town of Santa Fe de Antioquia, only a short distance from Medellin but at a lower altitude (600m) so we were in for some warmer weather. On depature from the bus (we were the only two to get off) it just looked like another town and I was a bit worried of my choice of option. But it couldn´t have turned out any better. I wandered around in the heat looking for a hostel we had seen a sign for in Medellin. It was here that I discovered the old part of town, cobbled streets, the lovely architecture a nice large town square with a few bars and music coming out of them. I finally found Hostal Sweet Home and had to quickly race back to Deb, who I ... read more