Medellín · Private
Your own historian guide, riding the metro, tram and Metrocable that changed the city
A private, personalized tour on public transport: just your group and your guide, with time to ask anything you want.
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. We close at Placita de Flórez, the first covered market hall in Colombia, with a break for mazamorra (a traditional corn drink) and local snacks.
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.
Meeting point: Parque Berrío Metro station (south exit)
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1 person: COP 250,000. 2 people: COP 270,000. Each additional person: COP 110,000.
Metro and tram tickets included.
We adapt to your schedule: it’s a private tour.
Maximum 9 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 downtown-to-La Sierra tour just for your group, with a bilingual historian guide, hotel pickup and drop-off by car, and traditional Antioquian snacks.
COP 350,000 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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