Medellin tours, things to do and tickets

Visit the city of Guatapé, located 1.5-hours from Medellín, and see a world of color amongst its streets adorned with tile facades. Take a relaxing boat ride and enjoy a traditional Colombian lunch.

Take a trip to Columna 13, which went from being the most dangerous neighborhood in Colombia to a bustling art district. Ride the cable car across the mountains and taste some typical ice cream.

Comuna 13 is currently the most visited site in all of Medellin and our company has the title of those qualified to make this tour.

What does the tour include?

- Local guide in Spanish or English,
- Delicious Church Empanadas
- Patacon with Hogao
- Sausages
- Mango ice cream with salt and lemon
- Visit the neighborhood with the most graffiti in all of Medellin. (We will know the history behind many of these graffiti),
- Visit the escalators of Comuna 13,
- Visit an art gallery in Comuna 13,
- Artistic Shows in Comuna 13 We will also go to a viewpoint where the entire city of Medellín is displayed,
- Visit Independencia 2: this is another place full of graffiti and history,
Learn about the history of the largest urban mass grave in the world, which is in Commune 13.

Guatape, this eastern Antioquia municipality, located an hour and a half from Medellin, opens a world of color among its streets, adorned with baseboards that tell stories of the town and its people. They also call it the interior sea of Antioquia, the Acapulco of Colombia, the interior Cartagena, Paraíso Paisa, Remanso de Paz, the heart of Antioquia's East. It was named in honor of Cacique Guatapé, an inhabitant of this territory in the pre-Hispanic period. Another name he has had is the Ceja de Guatapé. The Rock of Guatapé or Piedra del Peñol, is a monolith 220 meters high located in Guatapé (Antioquia, Colombia). The Stone of El Peñol, composed of quartz, feldspar and mica, was climbed for the first time on July 16, 1954 by an inhabitant of the area, Luis Eduardo Villegas López. in the company of Ramon Diaz and Pedro Nel Ramírez until now the stone still belongs to the Villegas family. You can now access its summit by climbing 740 steps built in the monolith.

Climb the 742 steps to the top of the Piedra del Penol and visit the historical and charming pueblo of Guatape with the oldest and most trusted tour company in Medellin. This is the first and highest rated tour company with service to Guatape listed on TripAdvisor and We have received the 6 Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor and rated in the top attractions for all of South America. Professional tour guides accompany you throughout the day during this 10- to 12-hour tour. This is the one tour you do not want to miss during your visit to Medellin, Colombia.

Explore the past of the murderous drug lord, Pablo Escobar on a guided tour from Medellin. Visit his grave and former residence, and learn about the detrimental effects his organization had on Colombia.

Enjoy a guided tour of the colorful town of Guatapé, take in the vast vistas from atop La Piedra del Peñol, and eat lunch in Guatape´s best local restaurant. Take a boat cruise on the Guatapé Reservoir.

Explore the Comuna 13 district, learn about the troubled history of Medellín while checking out amazing street art and meeting artists and local residents in the community.

Welcome to the Pablo Escobar Museum.

Learn about the history of Pablo Escobar, from his most intimate and close bond... HIS FAMILY

In the museum are exposed the most precious articles of Pablo Escobar, that belong to his elder nephew Nicolás Escobar, among them:

* Furniture with hideouts.
* Crashed aircraft and helicopter parts.
* James bond's wetbike.
* The first racing car and his passion for speed.
* The Lambretta scooter that he used with his cousin and partner Gustavo Gaviria.
* The history of the neighborhood that he built and donate to the most vulnerable people.
* The historical aircraft of the Hacienda Napoles.
* Armored vehicles.
* The tour is done with a bilingual guide (Spanish-English).
* Souvenirs Store and crafts.

Get a complete understanding of Colombian coffee, renowned all over the world for its quality and delicious taste. Discover its history, origin, cultivation, and the beans themselves. Learn how to make and taste different kinds of coffee.

We are the best and most complete coffee tour in Medellín! Colombia Coffee Tour has gained the TripAdvisor certificate of Excellence 2019, 2020 and 2023 because our exceptional service and unique experience that we offer.

Why Colombia Coffee Tour:
- It's just a 20 minute ride! (from El Poblado neighborhood)
- The beautiful farm that you will visit is organic, it has 80 years of coffee tradition and it's surrounded by exuberant nature and gardens.
- Plus the farm, you will visit a Coffee Roasting company where only specialties coffees are processed and you will see the whole industrial part of the coffee production.
- Take a profesional coffee tasting of contest winner coffees with the best tasters and baristas.

"Everyone in our group of four agreed it was the best coffee tour we'd been on; between all of us we've done tours in Hawaii, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Uganda" - Scott Meekhot

Exploring Medellin by bike means access to hidden back roads, quiet parks, and viewpoints, but local knowledge is essential for finding a safe and fun route through the city.

What could be better than a bike city tour on a sunny day in Medellin?

During the day bike tour Medellin, you will visit the most representative touristic sights and spots that you would not go by your own, guided by local guides that know the city better than anyone. Duration of the bike tour is between 3 and 4 hours, departing every day at 9:30 AM and 3:00 Pm

In this way, you will get to know the city in a special route, including hidden parks, special streets, stunning viewpoints and iconic places.

GUATAPE GASTRONOMIC TOUR

Traveling is living, and we all want to know not only the places but also the characteristic flavors of each destination. YOU IMAGINE? Tour one of the most beautiful wonders of the world LA PIEDRA DEL PEÑOL while you learn about the history, culture and delight yourself with the main flavors of the region, experience GUATAPE AND LA PIEDRA DEL PEÑOL like never before, enjoy 7 tastings at different stops in the route.

Unique in the market, Two Tours in One Get to know the history of Antioquia Gastronomy and Live Guatape like never before.

Our half-day coffee private tour is a 2019 & 2021 Travelers' Choise Award Winner, the highest honor TripAdvisor can give.

We assure you, you will never think the same about coffee after taking this coffee tour with us.

So the question is: Is there a coffee plantation tour close to Medellin that can be done in half a day?

Of course there is! And we designed it thinking of your needs and budget.
It is only 30 minutes away from El Poblado and though it is near Medellin, the scenery is absolutely different and spectacular.

The coffee production stages you will see and participate in this coffee tour are:
• Planting the seeds
• Picking the ripe beans selectively
• Depulping
• Fermenting and washing
• Drying
• Threshing
• Roasting
• Grinding
• Packing

With all the knowledge you receive in this tour we ensure you will be in capacity of running your own coffee farm in the future, imagine how detailed it is.

Look no more and book now, we are available everyday!

I am Juan Carlos, founder of Sagtourmedellin. We are a local tour guide company dedicated to offering you more than just a tour ... rather, we offer you a beautiful life experience, loaded with the most exciting moments you will never forget. Come visit our commune where you will find many stories accompanied by art, color and life do not miss this great experience
To be considered one of the most dangerous cities in the world, to be named now as one of the most innovative and incredible to be inspired and to be able to see and bear witness to the aspirations and the strong desire of a people of Medellín, particularly the people of comuna 13 .and thus create and paint a beautiful future for themselves and their children.
A strong and dark past that has prevented us from seeing God's wisdom and plan, the people of Medellín are living proof that no matter what happened. it's time to move on and be an example of life to the world

Live a unique experience of transformation where you will not only get to know an important part of Medellín and its streets, but you will also enter one of its most magical places, thanks to the artistic transformation that "La Comuna 13" has undergone in recent years. Companions will tour the longest escalators in Latin America, you will have an artistic experience by seeing hundreds of graffiti that reflect art, history and transformation, they will witness authentic dance and improvisation shows and also you will enjoy with your loved ones a wonderful biche mango cream .

Dive into the history of the transformation of Medellín and the Comuna 13 neighborhood on this guided tour. Interact with locals, try a traditional ice cream, and soak in mountain views from a cable car.

On this tour, you will take a morning bike ride through Medellin. Discover the best parks, downtown, and beautiful viewpoints. Access hidden back roads with a local guide on a safe and fun route through the city. Sample some local flavors.

Learn about the story behind the fiction, on this tour we will visit the most representative places that were related to the famous Pablo Escobar. There you will be able to learn a little about the history of this character and how his actions generated a mark in Colombia due to his harmful actions.⁣
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You will have the opportunity to visit representative neighborhoods where he had his office, illuminated and created sports courts, the inflection park, where the old Monaco building was located, and the Pablo Escobar neighborhood, a place built by him to favor the most needy that has a mini museum with unpublished photos in which you and yours can relive part of the history of those dark years.
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This is a way to learn another part of the history of Pablo Escobar.

You will start in the park of the town, the first inhabited place in the entire region, then we will enter the city where we will visit the administrative center of the Alpujarra and discover the old headquarters of the Antioquia railway and the monument to the race, we continue our tour on foot through the different streets of the center where we will arrive by the Tram so later you can take an innovative ride on the cable metro, a unique cable car that brings the neighborhoods of the city closer, the Botero Park will host our visit to delight us with the more than 20 sculptures that adorn its surroundings. there to the barefoot park everything will be laughter and history while we get to experience 4 of our five senses in this zen culture park in the heart of the city and our last stop will be the Paisa town, an iconic replica of a typical Antioquian town built with the remains of the town that sank in the peñol.