Top Colombian Cities for Your Next Event

Looking for the perfect destination for your next event? Look no further than Colombia, where the only risk is wanting to stay!

 

A tropical country with incredible diversity and charm, Colombia’s ever-changing geography, rich history, and vibrant cultures have fascinated the world for centuries.

 

 

Key Destinations

 

Cartagena: Considered Colombia’s most popular destination, Cartagena is a UNESCO World Heritage Site thanks to its colonial walled city. This coastal gem offers a blend of history and modernity, making it an ideal location for any event.

 

Bogotá: Located in the center of the country on a vast plain at 2,647 meters above sea level, Bogotá boasts a moderate climate and a population of approximately nine million people from all corners of Colombia. This culturally rich city is as diverse as the entire country.

 

Medellín: Known as the city of eternal spring, Medellín is the capital of the department of Antioquia. Nestled in the Aburrá Valley and protected by mountains, it is an industrial, commercial, and financial center that has undergone significant urban transformation in recent years, thanks to large social investments in culture and art.

 

Santa Marta: Pure flavor! The city’s diversity is evident in its landscape, people, and each and every aspect of its culture; it is a destination that truly embraces its visitors and makes them feel at home. Santa Marta’s beautiful terrain is its most distinguishing feature: its unforgettable landscapes in which the green foliage, blue sea, yellow sun and sand, and the contrast between the beaches and the white-peaked Sierra Nevada, make Santa Marta a must-see. In fact, UNESCO declared the area a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site in 1979.

 

Barranquilla: One of Colombia’s major cities and a key tourist destination. This city, where the long journey of the Magdalena River comes to an end, is home to a many great musicians, writers, and painters. It is also the stage of one of the country’s most important celebrations: the Carnival of Barranquilla. Thanks to its favourable geography, Barranquilla, capital of the Atlántico Department, has one of the most important ports in the whole country. In the past years, his development in Hotel and Congress infrastructure makes it as an attractive new destination.

 

 

 

Climate and Geography

 

Colombia also offers deserts, mountains, the Amazon jungle, pure nature on the Pacific coast, volcanoes, unspoiled plains with wildlife, coffee plantations, and indigenous tribes.

As an equatorial country, Colombia’s climate is determined by trade winds, humidity, and altitude. The temperature drops as the altitude increases. The country has coasts on both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. There are two rainy seasons (April to June and August to November) and two dry seasons (December to March and June to September).

 

Colombia enjoys constant luminosity throughout the year, with equal durations of daylight and nighttime hours.

 

 

Event Facilities

 

Just the destination you were looking for your next event; when it comes to organizing a Meeting, Congress, or Convention, you will find new and high-tech Congress Centres in the most important cities, like Bogotá, Medellin, Santa Marta, Barranquilla and Cartagena, as well as five-star Hotel facilities in all those cities.

 

Plan your next unforgettable event in Colombia and experience its charm and hospitality. Welcome to Colombia!

 

 

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