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Medellín Convention and Visitors Bureau

CII. 41 #55-80 Oficina 306 Ala Norte Plaza Mayor, Medellin, Colombia
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Why Choose Medellin?

Medellín is today one of the safest cities in Colombia and Latin America, thanks to an enormous educational, cultural, social, and urban transformation. It’s a city of opportunities and progress. It’s a city that invests in its people and believes deeply in togetherness and reconciliation as the starting point of any transformation project. Medellín is the capital of Antioquia, an active and progressing state; it boasts the title of being the second most important Colombian city, after Bogotá’s first place as the country’s capital, and it’s considered a commercial, industrial, and technological development epicenter in the country.

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Hotels1,138
Convention center-
Guest Rooms-
Guest rooms at 1 hotel-
Special event venues100
Average room rate$125.00
Occupancy rate-
Restaurants3,000
Daily food cost$25.00
Tax rate19%
Venue typeCVB
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Getting Here

Distance from Olaya Herrera Airport airport 3.728 mi
Distance from Jose Maria Cordova airport 13.67 mi

Location

Local Attractions

Pueblito Paisa

Pueblito Paisa

Right at the top of Cerro Nutibara you will find the typical houses with windows, doors and balconies of bright colors, representing the towns of Antioquia. The mayor’s office, the barber shop, the school, the central square with its water source and, of course, the church were the most traditional and respected places in town. El Pueblito Paisa is also the ideal place to taste paisa gastronomy, buy handicrafts and see a panoramic view of the city.
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Explora Park

Explora Park

Park
29 ponds, 256 species and 4,334 inhabitants the Aquarium Explora has a wide variety of aquatic and exotic animals that you will love. Enjoy this natural spectacle, in a tourist site designed to share with family and have fun to the fullest.
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Arví Park

Arví Park

Park
The Arví Park can be walked along with guides when arriving at the park, or by bicycle or on horseback through tourist packages purchased with prior reservation with the Parque Arví Corporation. In the Park you will find camping areas and picnic areas to suit visitors. It is a perfect plan to share as a family or as a couple. In addition to appreciating the natural riches of this place, you can get to know and enjoy the culture, traditions and cuisine of Eastern Antioquia.
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El Castillo Museum

El Castillo Museum

Museum
History and art come together in the El Castillo Museum, a medieval Gothic style building. Walk through each of its spaces and discover the treasures that this museum houses: relics in porcelain, glass, stained glass windows, gobelins, paintings and unique sculptures of different artistic manifestations, as well as enjoying its beautiful French-style gardens for resting or having a picnic.
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Botero Square and Antioquia Museum

Botero Square and Antioquia Museum

Museum
In the Antioquia Museum, 108 works of the master Fernando Botero are exhibited, making it the museum with the largest collection of public art in the region. The Museum also has rooms to appreciate works of pre-Hispanic, republican and contemporary art by national and foreign artists. When you leave the Museum you find a square, which becomes an open-door museum, 23 sculptures donated by master Fernando Botero embellish the unique and unforgettable city.
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Casa de la Memoria Museum

Casa de la Memoria Museum

Museum
The Casa de la Memoria Museum is a place dedicated to the recognition of victims of armed conflicts that were the city scene during the past 50 years and vindicates the memory of more than 46,000 victims during the time of violence Medellín. The Casa de la Memoria Museum (House of Memory) retrospectively displays events that significantly marked the city, the essence of its inhabitants, the multiple memories that make up the city’s history, its reparation process and its social reconstruction. The Museum is a reflection of the capacity of the people of Medellín to overcome the most adverse situations and move on. Upon traveling through the exhibit rooms, through photographs, texts, recorded voices and artistic spaces, we see the pain experienced by thousands of citizens, so that there will be no forgetting and to ensure it is never repeated. The Casa de la Memoria Museum has become a tool for symbolic reparation and a national reference that generates important reflection regarding the past and is a constant contribution to peace building.
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The Ayacucho Tram Urban Art Gallery

The Ayacucho Tram Urban Art Gallery

Recreation
The Ayacucho Tram, in addition to moving close to 90,000 people every day, is fortunate to showcase an Urban Art Gallery which fits in with the pleasant spring climate of Medellín. The murals painted by dozens of artists aim to help locals and visitors approach art beyond galleries and museums. Walls, electric cabinets along the vicinity of some of The Ayacucho Tram stops and stations were renovated to pay homage to traditional jobs, the neighborhood, nature and to the culture and tradition of the regions. This was done through the different works of art. he Ayacucho Tram Urban Art Gallery displays diverse works of art in which different techniques were used, such as traditional murals, graffiti and paint. In order to appreciate them, you may make the trip using mass transport, or why not walk, no fee payment necessary. Pedestrians also enjoy the views. Not only is the new artwork on the murals part of this project, but also the paintings on the facades of homes that make up part of the tour, which look clean and colorful today.
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Comuna 13

Comuna 13

Recreation
The Comuna 13 tour is one of the most attractive activities that can be done in Medellin. The visitor makes a journey through the history of this area of the city, marked by a conflictive past and an artistic present. This place is a reference of social urbanism and the transformation of the city.
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Plaza Mayor Medellin Convention and ExhibitionPlaza Mayor Medellín, has allowed further consolidate the city as a destination for business, trade shows and conventions, being a center of different contests not only in Medellin but Antioquia and Colombia.

Additional Information

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The Greater Medellín Convention & Visitors Bureau, is a non-profit private foundation, responsible for promoting the city of Medellín, Colombia, as a touristic and events destination, in the national and international markets.

Medellín Convention and Visitors Bureau Frequently Asked Questions

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Sustainable Practices

Please provide comments or a link to any publicly communicated Medellín Convention and Visitors Bureau's sustainability or social impact goals/strategy.
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Does Medellín Convention and Visitors Bureau have a strategy that focuses on the elimination and diversion of waste (i.e. plastics, papers, cardboard, etc.)? If yes, please elaborate on your strategy of elimination and diversion of waste.
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Diversity and Inclusion

For US hotels only, is Medellín Convention and Visitors Bureau and/or parent company certified as a 51% diverse owned business enterprise (BE)? If yes, please indicate which one of the following you are certified as:
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If applicable, could you please provide a link to Medellín Convention and Visitors Bureau's public report on their commitments and initiatives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion?
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Health and Safety

Were practices at Medellín Convention and Visitors Bureau developed based on health service recommendations from public governmental entities or private organizations? If Yes, please list which organizations were used to develop these practices.
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Does Medellín Convention and Visitors Bureau clean and sanitize public areas and publicly accessible facilities (i.e. meeting rooms, restaurants, elevator banks, etc.)? If yes, describe any new measures that are taken.
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