Medellín · Private
Just your group: we pick you up at your hotel, ride up to La Sierra and drive you back
The same story of Medellín’s transformation, at your own pace and with time for all your questions. We pick you up at your hotel and take you to Parque Berrío.
We start at Parque Berrío, where the town was founded in 1675, and walk the center: La Candelaria church, Junín street and the Coltejer building, the Rafael Uribe Uribe Palace of Culture and the 23 sculptures of Plaza Botero. Each building tells an era: gold, the textile industry, the city that was built on top of its own ruins.
Then we ride the Ayacucho Tram and the Metrocable up to La Sierra, a hillside neighborhood born in the late seventies that lived the urban war of the 2000s up close and today tells its own story through art, coffee and community work. At Placita de Flórez, the first covered market hall in Colombia, we take a break with mazamorra and local snacks, and from there we drive you back to your hotel.
Our guides are historians and journalists from the University of Antioquia. We tell the city’s history with context and sources, and we answer any question you bring: the tour is a conversation, not a memorized script.
Historians and journalists from the University of Antioquia who research Medellín. Reviews mention them by name: Lola, Paula and the rest of the team. The route grew out of research by Juan David Echeverry, who holds a master’s degree in history.
Meet the team →Runs Monday to Saturday. Private tour: we adapt to your schedule. Pick any start time between 8:00 AM and 2:00 PM; if you need a different one, message us on WhatsApp.
Pickup at your hotel.
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1 person: COP 350,000. 2 people: COP 370,000. Each additional person: COP 110,000.
Includes hotel pickup and return by private car (COP 100,000 for transport, already added) and the metro and tram tickets.
We adapt to your schedule: it’s a private tour.
Maximum 5 people per departure.
No tours on Sundays.
Shared
Three hours with a historian guide: the historic center, Plaza Botero and the ride up by tram and Metrocable to La Sierra, a neighborhood that went from war to coffee.
COP 100,000 per person
BookRuns Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Private
The most affordable private option: your own historian guide from Parque Berrío to La Sierra, on the public transport that changed Medellín, at the time you choose. From 1 to 9 people.
COP 250,000 from, per group
BookRuns Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Shared
From plant to cup: metro, tram and cable car up to a 180,000-plant coffee farm above the city, where you process your own coffee.
COP 216,000 per person
BookRuns every day
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