Santa Marta is next to Cartagena, Bogotá, Medellín and Cali, one of the cities with the highest Colombian tourist influx. If we are looking for an excellent climate, green spaces, beautiful beaches and a gastronomy very varied, Santa Marta must be within tropical destinations that we must visit.
Although there are flights that go directly to Santa Marta, we can also find flights to Santa Marta from the main cities of Colombia, for example, the flight from San Andrés to Bogotá It lasts for an hour and a half. If we travel by car, we will arrive, for example, from Cartagena to Santa Marta in four hours.
In Santa Marta we will find a wide tourist offer in El Rodadero, one of the busiest areas of the city, but if we want to stay in a place where we are more in contact with nature, the people and the customs of Santa Marta, we can choose the accommodations that are in the Mamatoco area. In several of them, we can meet people from various countries of the world and in most of them, in case we want more privacy, we will have the option of private rooms with bathroom and satellite television.
If we are looking for beaches and we have time to camp for a few days, we can visit Tayrona Park, natural paradise where we can see remains of what was the Tayrona indigenous culture, in addition to, enjoy White sand beaches and from rtypical and international gastronomy stables. In Tayrona Park we will have more than thirty beaches at our disposal being the Average annual temperature 30 ° C. In Tayrona Park There are beaches where we will not be able to bathe due to the underground currents and others recommended for surfers due to their waves.
Of course, if we are looking for the best landscape of Santa Marta, We visit Bahía Concha. For get to Bahía Concha we will have to take a transport service from Bastidas and follow a rough road and trail, but this journey of approximately forty minutes is worth it. Upon arriving at Concha Bay We can rent chairs and tents, and even, they will leave us a cooler with drinks, water and beers that we can consume and we will have to cancel at the end of the day how much we pay for all our consumption (even that of the tours we have taken on the day such as diving for the reef, the snorkel, the massage sessions, and lunch).
An important fact, at least for those of us used to being online all day, is that for the Santa Marta climate (hot but with regular rains) it is normal that there is no network connection or that the WiFi is not activated. Also, like the others cities of Colombia, It is not a city where cybercafes and public telephones abound in the streets or shops. If we do not travel with our mobile, it will not be easy for us to communicate with our relatives.
About the prices, Santa Marta is an average city in price issue (not cheap like Cali or expensive with Cartagena), for example, a taxi from Mamatoco to Bastidas it costs 10 thousand pesos (5 euros); a lunch in a non-international restaurant has an average of 10 euros; a beer has an average of 2 euros and a lunch on the beach it can cost us about 15 euros.
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