Travel to Colombia | Trip to Colombia

Travel to Colombia

Welcome to Colombia, the unique country of South America bathed by the waters of the Pacífico and of the Atlantic Ocean. His wide cultural wealth as well as the marvellous tropical climate and the will make his green and extensive landscapes enjoy to the maximum this trip.

In viajesacolombiabaratos.com we show them a few advices to travel to Colombia. We inform him about the most out-standing cities, recommendations to realize your trip to Colombia and the most important tourist places in order that you enjoys to the maximum your stay in this precious South American country.

The base of the economy is the culture of coffee, rice, cotton, sugar cane and maize. Colombia is the second world producer of coffee to few distance of Brazil. In addition he is the first world producer of emeralds and an important producer of gold and platinum. Also they stand out for the exploitation of oil and Gas.

Though in the past it was a very insecure country with many delinquency, kidnappings and attempts, the efforts of the government have managed to reduce in the last years these events. Trip to Colombia and enjoyment of the people, the culture and the climate.

*Principal cities of Colombia*
	*Bogota*	*Medellin*
	It's the capital of Colombia and shapes the Cardinal District. Have a population near to 4 million inhabitants and is the principal economic, administrative and industrial center of the country.	Medellin is the capital of the department of Antioquia, placed in the noroccidente of the country, with something more about 2 million inhabitants it's the second city most filled with Colombia.
	*Barranquilla*	*Bucaramanga*
	Barranquilla is one of the most populated cities and has one of the most important maritime ports of Colombia, beside being an important commercial, industrial, cultural and university center of the Caribbean Region.	Bucaramanga with approximately a million inhabitants is one of the university centers most typical of the country. Bucaramanga in addition enjoys good climates in comparison with the high temperatures of the coastal zones or the cold of the mountainous ones.
	*Santiago de Cali*	*La Guajira*
	Cali is one of the most ancient cities of Colombia and of the whole American continent. It has the name composed as almost all the cities founded by Spanish.	It's a city with a great ethnic diversity fruit of the mixture of the white settlers with the different groups that were occupying the region. The predominant culture is the wayuu culture.
	*Cartagena de Indias*	*San Andrés*
	Cartagena of The Indies is on the banks of the Caribbean sea and is one of the more important tourist and cultural epicentres of Colombia. It is the second Colombian city in importance of the Caribbean zone after Barranquilla and of obliged visit in our trip to Colombia.	It's the bigger of the islands that there form San Andrés's Archipelago, Providenza and Santa Catalina. It belongs to Colombia from 1810 when Spain annexed it to the viceroyalty of the New Granada. It's a nice place that we can visit if we decide to travel to Colombia.
	*Pereira*	*Santa Marta*
	It's the capital of Risaralda department and is located in the so-called coffee-growing region of Colombia. It has a population of half a million people and highlights are its natural beauty.	It's the capital of the Magdalena department located in the Caribbean north of Colombia. Along with Cartagena de Indias is one of the main tourist destinations for its wealth of sun and beach.

Viajes a Colombia Baratos is a web created in 2008, updated in January, 2010.