The Colombian city of Barranquilla is located on the western banks of the Magdalena River a few kilometers away from the Caribbean coast. Because of its location near the sea and in a flat area, Barranquilla has a hot and humid tropical climate characterized by stable and high temperatures and a high humidity that remains constant […]
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The city of Medellín is located in the Aburrá Valley (Valle de Aburrá) in the mountains of the Central Cordillera (Cordillera Central) of the Colombian Andes. The city is located on a plateau at 1,500 meters above sea level but some neighborhoods are also located at 1,800 meters above sea level. The climate that characterizes […]
The climate of Bogotá is greatly influenced by the altitude at which the city is located. Bogotá is in fact located at about 2,640 meters above sea level on an Andean plateau – the Altiplano Cundiboyacense – and its climate is of the sub-tropical type of altitude. Bogotá’s climate is characterized by almost constant mild […]
COLOMBIA: TRAVEL DOCUMENTS Documents: For entry into Colombia is necessary to have a passport valid for at least three months at the time of entry into the country. Even children and minors must have their own passports. Visa: not necessary for tourism up to 90 days of stay in the country. For the documents needed to travel […]
Cartagena de Indias has a typically tropical climate, warm all year round with minimal changes in seasonal temperatures. Seasonal differences will have only according to the quantity of rain that falls, and not according to the temperature. Based on the rainfall we can distinguish two seasons, a hot and dry period between December and April, […]
The city of Cartagena de Indias is one of the oldest cities founded by the Spanish in South America. Cartagena was founded in 1533 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Heredia. Thanks to its position, in a well-sheltered bay along the Caribbean Sea, it soon became one of the largest ports in Spanish America. To […]
The climate of Colombia, because of proximity to the equator presents temperatures suffering only slight variations during the year, but they vary greatly depending on the height. THE CLIMATE OF THE CARIBBEAN COAST OF COLOMBIA Along the Caribbean coast in the north of the country the climate is hot and tropical with a rainy season […]
Colombia (República de Colombia/Republic of Colombia) is a presidential republic, located along the equator on the north-west side of South America. It is washed to the west by the Pacific Ocean and to the north by the Caribbean Sea and bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil, to the south by Peru and Ecuador […]