Places in Medellín
Guides to neighborhoods, zones and landmarks of Medellín with practical info and the tours that take you there.
Junín Street: the street that gave Medellín a verb
The street where locals invented a verb for going out to walk: juniniar.
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Comuna 13: the neighbourhood that reinvented itself
Street art, outdoor escalators and Medellin's most famous transformation story — on a private tour, without the climb.
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Comuna 3 · Manrique: the Medellín that postcards leave out
Tango, fondas and neighbourhood life on the northeastern hillside
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El Hueco: the heart of Medellín's working-class commerce
Thousands of stalls, wholesale prices and not a tourist in sight
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El Poblado and Provenza: Medellín's international side
Specialty coffee, restaurants, nightlife and a lot of uphill
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Atanasio Girardot Stadium: the sporting heart of Medellín
The shared home of Nacional and Medellín — and much more than football
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Medellín Botanical Garden: tropical forest with free entry
Fourteen hectares of green in the north of the city
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La 70: the street where people from Medellín go out
Paisa nightlife, football and bandeja, with nothing translated
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Laureles: the neighbourhood where Medellín lives at street level
Flat, leafy and free of passing tourists
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Museo de Antioquia: the country's largest Botero collection
In the building presiding over the square of his sculptures
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Palace of Culture: the striped landmark on Plaza Botero
The black-and-white striped building presiding over Plaza Botero — and it's free to walk in.
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Parque Arví: the cloud forest sitting above Medellín
You leave the city by cable car and arrive in a forest at 2,400 metres
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Parque Berrío: where half of downtown Medellín converges
The busiest crossroads in downtown Medellín, under the elevated metro and beside Botero's sculptures.
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Parque Bolívar: the largest brick cathedral in the world
The world's largest brick cathedral, facing a park of brass bands and pigeons.
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Park of Lights: 300 light columns on a reclaimed square
Three hundred columns of light on the square Medellín reclaimed from its worst years.
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Parque Lleras: the epicentre of Medellín's nightlife
The epicentre of Medellín's nightlife, with everything good and everything complicated that brings.
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Parque Norte: Medellín's lifelong amusement park
Medellín's lifelong amusement park, one metro stop from downtown.
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Parques del Río: the river Medellín gave back to itself
The project that gave Medellín back its river after seventy years of turning away from it.
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Barefoot Park: the park made for taking your shoes off
A park designed for taking your shoes off, in the administrative heart of Medellín.
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Plaza Botero: 23 fat, happy sculptures in the open air
Twenty-three bronze giants in the open air, in the living heart of downtown Medellín.
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Pueblito Paisa: the 360° lookout over the whole valley
Medellín's classic viewpoint, with an entire Antioquian village rebuilt on the summit of Cerro Nutibara.
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