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Guide for Spending 48 Hours in Cartagena

Frequently, many travellers only have two days for discovering a new city. That’s why we bring you a list of things to do in Cartagena in 48 hours.

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Olivia López discovers the Colombian fashion

On her visit to Colombia, Olivia López dove into the national fashion industry along with some of its most highly recognized contemporary designers.

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Four places to visit in Colombia made famous in songs

Famous Colombian singers and their international counterparts have been inspired to sing about the best places to visit in Colombia. Learn about four places for tourism in Colombia and discover why world-renowned artists fell in love with them.

Everything you need to know about Cartagena’s Hay Festival

Cartagena prepares to host the tenth edition of Colombia´s most important literature festival. Here’s what you should know.

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Your guide to Cartagena’s Hay Festival

Cartagena is a city of dreams with its colorful balconies, colonial streets and vivid sunsets that bathe its walls in orange as the Caribbean sea crashes on its shores. Such a romantic setting is ideal for the world’s most famous literary festival. Here is everything you need to know to join in the festivities:

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San Basilio de Palenque, the first ‘free town’ for Africans in the Americas

The first ‘free town’ in the Americas, Palenque founded by those who fled a life of slavery in colonial times, has been preserved intact in Colombia. It’s a unique place, famous for its culture, language, gastronomy and, of course, its history.

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Your Guide to Cartagena’s International Music Festival

Every year more than 20,000 classical music lovers from every corner of the earth descend on the coastal city of Cartagena for its International Music Festival, held every January. But what makes the city’s musical extravaganza such as success?

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The best places in Colombia to spend the holidays

Christmas is the highlight of the year in Colombia and the country’s towns and cities go all out to impress with elaborate lighting, traditional displays and fun for all the family. Here are five of the best.

Relax in style on these spectacular Colombian beaches

Colombia is the only country in the whole of South America to be blessed with both a Caribbean and a Pacific coastline and we certainly make the most of it.