The guide will tell you only about the buildings and the history of the "Libertador". Now a museum, beautiful and very interesting gardens, lots of iguanas, study the map before getting any further. Simon Bolivar's place of death (La Quinta de San Pedro de Alejadrino), ( Take a bus for 1,000 COP or taxi for 6,000 COP).
Displays a collection of precolumbian pottery, a nice collection of gold and a scale model of Ciudad Perdida.
Tipping did not appear to be expected but a thousand or two goes a long way here. Note: you will likely share the van with 6-8 people including the driver. Price is 50,000 pesos per person between the main two stops and they will pick you up and drop you off at your desired location in each city. Cochetur seems to be the most reputable of these. 75,000 COP p/p with Copetran leaving Santa Marta at 18:30 and arriving at 07:00 the next day (as of March 2019) and Brasilia expreso in November 2016.įor more comfortable road travel across northern Colombia, a few companies offer air conditioned van services between Cartagena and Santa Marta, with stops in Barranquilla en route. Linea Flamingo: 30.000 COP (July 2018), takes an hour longer because of several stops on the road Mini-bus 1600 Pesos and 1700 on holidays anywhere in the city. You should fix the price before you get into the taxi. The bus station is all the way out of town on the main highway (7,000 pesos to the beach in taxi. VivaAir is building Santa Marta as an airport base, expanding the current 4 domestic routes (Bogotá, Medellín, Pereira and Bucaramanga) to other destinations. VivaAir (formerly VivaColombia) has the only international flight: Miami, twice a week. If you get in from abroad check if baggage is unloaded in Bogota even if airlines promise they´ll send the baggage directly to Santa Marta. It is located along the beach, 20 min south of town, but much closer to most of the beach resorts and only 10 min from El Rodadero (main beach). The Simón Bolívar International airport (same name as the one in Caracas, Venezuela) has non-stop flights from Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Pereira, Bucaramanga and San Andrés. High season is December through April, with its peak from mid-december to late January (due to school and university vacations). El Rodadero has several high-end hotels and private "clubs" that cater mostly to wealthy Colombians, whereas Taganga was originally a fishing village and is very popular with (mostly foreign) backpackers. This is a decent beach if you like beaches that are right in town with lots of people, aggressive vendors, and plenty of noise.Īside from the old center, the main attractions of Santa Marta are its two resort-like suburbs El Rodadero, to the south, and Taganga, to the north. Off to the right is the port snug behind another even bigger rock. From the beach, the view of the Caribbean Sea is more or less to the west (beautiful sunsets) with a huge rock of an island jutting up out of the water to make a somewhat dramatic effect. Every day, there are cargo ships coming and going and the action is very much so visible.
Santa Marta an important commercial port and tourist destination. Plaza de Bolívar: Banco de la República and Café Juan Valdez
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