Magdalena · Colombia Capital
In the destination Santa Marta and Tayrona.
In the photo: Catedral Basílica de Santa Marta
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The city
Santa Marta is the capital of Magdalena, founded in 1525 in a Caribbean bay at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, and is the oldest continuously inhabited city in Colombia. The center has the Cathedral, the Casa de la Aduana and the malecón; nearby are the Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino, where Bolívar died, El Rodadero and Taganga. It is the base for Parque Tayrona and for Minca in the mountains. The climate is warm year-round.
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The local experience
Protected coastline east of Santa Marta, with golden-sand beaches between rounded rocks and tropical forest that reaches the sea. Sacred territory of the indigenous peoples of the Sierra Nevada.
The white cathedral in the historic center, from the 18th century, where the tomb of Rodrigo de Bastidas, the city's founder, is located, and where the body of Simón Bolívar remained until it was taken to Caracas.
Museum of the Banco de la República in a colonial house opposite Parque de Bolívar, with gold pieces and Tairona ceramics and the history of the peoples of the Sierra Nevada. Bolívar's body was laid in state there.
The old sugarcane estate where Simón Bolívar died in 1830, now a museum, with the colonial house, the Altar de la Patria, a contemporary art museum and gardens with century-old trees.
The beach neighborhood south of Santa Marta, with buildings, hotels and a sandy shore in a protected bay, generally calm sea, close to the airport.
Fishing village in a bay north of Santa Marta, surrounded by dry hills, with colorful boats on the sand, diving schools and boats to neighboring beaches.
Settlement in the Sierra Nevada, at about 650 meters elevation and 20 km from Santa Marta, with forest, cafés and cocoa, waterfalls for swimming, viewpoints and birdwatching, in a climate cooler than the coast.
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