Plaza Botero Attractions & Things to do

Discover the charming city of eternal spring, a resilient place full of contrasts. Immerse yourself in the vibrant streets of the capital of Antioquia and explore its historic center, where the architecture, commerce, gastronomy and people will take you on a fascinating journey. Witness the transformation of this territory through art, technology and innovation. Delve into the mountains that keep secrets and stories to tell, along with an incredible GraffiTour. Experience change through mobility by ascending to the top of the mountain on the innovative escalators. Feel the authentic Paisa experience and be part of this unforgettable adventure!
Duration: 7 to 8 hours.

The tour can be done in private or in groups we offer a tour in a private way or a tour of groups either family members or colleagues with whom you want to experience this wonderful experience.

We recommend: Wear comfortable clothes and shoes, valuables to leave at the hotel, use sunscreen. Wearing dark glasses, our climate is tropical all year round. Be friendly with the environment, protect the architectural and cultural heritage, take guidance from the guide, punctual sea. Take into account that the vehicle must meet a route and travel through several hotels in the city, before starting the tour. Always carry your original identity documents. If you are going to make your payments with a credit card, show the documentation that certifies you as the cardholder.
Duration: 4 hours.

Exploring Medellin by electric bike means access to hidden back roads, quiet parks, and viewpoints, but local knowledge is essential for finding a safe and fun route through the city.
This tour is characterized because it is a pleasurable tour without effort and it is more than 20 km of Medellin bycicles roads
Join a local guide for a Medellin Electric bike tour that includes colorful neighborhoods, Medellin city center, stops for typical food and good coffee, and plenty of photo breaks along the way. With Green Bike Tour you will get everything, explore the city as local people do, feeling this vibrant city riding a bike and visualizing spectacular views.
Duration: 4 hours.

You will start in the park of the town, the first inhabited place in the entire region. Then we will enter the city where we will visit the administrative center of La Alpujarra and discover the old headquarters of the Antioquia railroad and the monument to the race. We continue our tour through the different streets. from the center where we will arrive at the Medellín metro to later take an innovative cable metro ride, a unique cable car that brings you closer to the city's neighborhoods, the Botero park will host our visit to delight in the more than 20 sculptures that adorn its surroundings from there to the barefoot park everything will be laughter and history while we get to experience 4 of our five senses in this zen culture park in the heart of the city and our last stop will be the little town of Paisa, an iconic replica of a typical Antioquian town built with the remains of the town that sank in the peñol.
Duration: 3 to 4 hours.

Why Choose the New City Tour

We are convinced that it will be an enriching and enjoyable experience. Thanks to the years we have been in the market, we have learned and evolved, constantly adapting to the needs and desires of our customers. In this tour, you will find:

Experience and Professionalism: We have a team of highly trained and passionate guides who provide personalized and high-quality service.
Flexible Itineraries: We tailor our tours to your interests and needs, ensuring a unique and memorable experience.
Commitment to Sustainability: We promote responsible tourism practices that contribute to environmental conservation and the well-being of local communities.
Safety and Comfort: We guarantee the safety and comfort of our clients at every stage of the tour, so you can fully enjoy your adventure.
Duration: 4 to 5 hours.

Our tour allows our clients to enjoy two tours in one, the objective is that you feel that a friend accompanies you, shows you the city and teaches you its history, with qualified personnel and private transportation, visiting several places on the same day By learning its history in each place and having the best experiences in our city, we adapt to the demands of our visitors. Dare to know the transformation of Medellin through its history, art, culture and its tourist places
Duration: 5 to 6 hours.

We pick up the travelers at the hotel where they are staying and after the Tour we leave them again in that place, so they are not at risk of getting lost. We have Certified Professional Tourism guides to ensure that the traveler can have the best travel experience. In the Commune 13 the Tour is directed by a Bilingual Local Guide, through which we will know the history of the place and how the transformation process was carried out through urban art. Our travelers have a medical insurance policy for any news that may occur. We are a company with more than 10 years of experience.
Duration: 8 hours.

Experience the main hot spots of Medellin with incredible vistas on this 4-hour tour! Feel the vibe in Downtown as your professional guide takes you to various locations in a new, comfortable vehicle, on the metro, metro cable (aerial cable car), and on foot!

Delight your eyes with breathtaking panoramic views of the city from the top of the mountain summit and Santo Domingo Savio Library.

El Pueblito Paisa in central Medellin will enthrall and captivate you with all it's charming colorful colonial edifices, church, museum, restaurants, cute shops, and much more.

There is a tour upgrade option for guests that would like to go to the top of the summit and beyond to Arvi Park.

This is a private tour with a professional, certified tour guide for you and your party only.

Tour guides in other languages such as French and German are subjected to availability.
Duration: 4 to 6 hours.

Exploring Medellin by bike means access to hidden back roads, quiet parks, and viewpoints, but local knowledge is essential for finding a safe and fun route through the city.

What could be better than a bike city tour on a sunny day in Medellin?

During the day bike tour Medellin, you will visit the most representative touristic sights and spots that you would not go by your own, guided by local guides that know the city better than anyone. Duration of the bike tour is between 3 and 4 hours, departing every day at 9:30 AM and 3:00 Pm

In this way, you will get to know the city in a special route, including hidden parks, special streets, stunning viewpoints and iconic places.


Duration: 3 to 4 hours.

This tour is designed for those who want to visit the most traditional places within Medellin. It doesn't matter if you are only visiting Medellin for a day. Our professional guides will make sure and understand your main interests in order to save you time and only focus on those places and facts you are most interested in. Together we will create a once in a lifetime experience that will certainly motivate you to come back to Medellin.
Duration: 4 hours.

Experience three incredibly exciting private tours with one expert guide. The tour includes a full city tour, including the Botero statues, colonial churches, downtown, metro, metro cable, Pueblito Paisa. There is also the Pablo Escobar segment which includes the Monaco building, where the Cali Cartel bombed his private residence, the house where the Godfather was murdered, and the cemetery where he is buried in the outskirts of Medellin.

Also included is Griselda Blanco´s grave (The Godmother of Cocaine) and Pablo´s cousin and right hand Gustavo Gaviria´s site as well.

Please note that we do not charge extra for tours in other languages besides English and Spanish. However, our guides in other languages such as French, German and Portuguese are subjected to availability.
Duration: 6 to 7 hours.

Live a personalized tour knowing the most representative places of Medellín. We offer you a certified professional guide with in-depth knowledge of customer service and the history of Medellín.
Duration: 5 to 7 hours.

You can visit the city and enjoy it to your liking, however, having the company of a local will always make a noticeable difference. The curious facts, the history, the reality, the past, the present and the possible future are better dimensioned when you are with someone who has lived in Medellin.

On Monday, the museum house of the memory is closed, due to maintenance, therefore, we visit the art gallery of the National Palace instead.

We are passionate about visiting the city again and again, it will always be different because each person gives you unique moments and therefore generates special memories.

On Mondays the museum house of the memory is closed for maintenance, therefore, we visit the art gallery of the National Palace instead.
Duration: 4 hours 30 minutes.

This tour will show you the most tipycal places in the city, also will include the comuna 13 that normally is a different tour, it includes all entrance fees and very knowledgeable guides that speak very fluent english. in half day you can see most of the nicest places in the city
Duration: 5 hours.

If your schedule is tight, this experience is for you! In just a couple of hours, you can discover the city that has become an international icon, exploring its main sights and local culture while cruising the streets on our electric bikes.
Duration: 3 hours.

Ride Medellin and know local places with political context, heritage,  architecture, graffiti, urbanism and  local stories,  through the unique perspective that a bike can give you.
Smell, taste, listen and enjoy Medellin in a chilled ride that will let you experience places that you can only enjoy in a bike in a 4 hours bike tour.
Enjoy places that you never would go by your own.
BiciTour Medellin. Since 2014 making locals.
Duration: 4 hours.

Immerse yourself in the daily life of the city; live, walk, smell and taste the culture of Medellin while sharing your time with a local, discovering the fascinating urban and social transformation of what was once the most dangerous city in the world.

Initially in our tour we will experience Downtown Medellin; we will recognize it's history, it's culture and it's art, we will discover what day to day is like at Downtown Medellin, where approximately 1'200.000 people move daily.

We will start our trip using the public transportation, first we will take the train to the Comuna 13, then we will transfer to the cable car that will take us to some of the communities in the hills.

At the Comuna 13, we will go to the famous Outdoor Escalators, a unique project in the world framed by the greatest amount of graffiti in Medellin, previously one of the most dangerous areas in the city, we will understand the incredible history and the transformation process that it's inhabitants experienced.
Duration: 240 to 270 minutes.

Over 280,000 satisfied travelers have experienced the first free walking tour in Medellin since 2013.

Don’t miss out on this authentic local adventure, guided by passionate experts who offer eye-opening insights, captivating stories, and the best insider tips.

Our tour covers the main highlights of the city center, but it’s much more than just sightseeing. We delve into the origins, tragedies, and remarkable resurrection of Medellin.

Renowned for exceptional storytelling, our certified local guides bring history to life in an engaging way. They share personal experiences and simplify complex histories. Additionally, we explore Colombian culture and the current social landscape.

The amount you pay here is equivalent to the suggested tip per person for our guide’s efforts. This payment, minus the commission, goes to your guide. You won’t be expected to give any further contribution at the end of the tour. If you didn’t enjoy the tour, you can request a refund to the booking platform.
Duration: 3 hours.

Feel the vibe as you walk in downtown ''El Centro'', be mesmerized with the elaborate street art in Comuna 13, and feel the giant Botero statues. Stunning churches, phenomenal views of the city as you hover over in a cable car and much more await you on this 5-hour private tour. Get a personal introduction to Medellín’s colorful neighborhoods, public art, and architecture from your private guide.
Duration: 4 to 5 hours.

Exploring Medellin at night on a bike is an a unique experience you will never forget, exploring local neighborhoods, squares, local streets where people meets and party and enjoy the best viewpoint drinking a beer is something else.
We are the only night bike tour in Medellin with experience doing it for more than 5 years, having the safer route for every one, where we visit touristic places and mostly local places where just local people go at night. It is a unique experience to understand and live the enviroment of Medellin at night with local guides who knows where to go and where not to go. We will visit the most spectacular viewpoint of Medellin at Night, perfect to take the best pictures of your trip.
Duration: 3 hours.

Enjoy a half day walking in downtown ''El Centro'' visiting Botero's square, be amaze with the original street art in Comuna 13, and feel the giant Botero statues, colonial churches, magnificent views of the city as you hover over in a cable car and much more await you on this 4- 5-hours private tour. Get a personal introduction to Medellín’s history, artistic neighborhoods, innovation, sustainable tourism and architecture from your private guide.
Duration: 4 to 5 hours.

Experience the main hot spots of Medellin with incredible vistas on this 4-hour tour! Feel the vibe in Downtown as your professional guide takes you to various locations in a new, comfortable vehicle, on the metro, metro cable (aerial cable car), and on foot!

Delight your eyes with breathtaking panoramic views of the city from the top of the mountain summit and Santo Domingo Savio Library.

El Pueblito Paisa in central Medellin will enthrall and captivate you with all it's charming colorful colonial edifices, church, museum, restaurants, cute shops, and much more.

There is a tour upgrade option for guests that would like to go to the top of the summit and beyond to Arvi Park.

This is a private tour with a professional, certified tour guide for you and your party only.

Duration: 4 to 6 hours.

Visit Medellin’s touristy icons on a fully narrated tour with a professional local guide and multiple departure times any day of the week.  

Your bilingual driver will come to your door and then head to Medellin´s most representative locations on a customized journey by car with AC just minutes away. There is enough free time to walk around and take the best postcard pictures, with convenient facilities where to use bathrooms or grab snacks at any time so we recommend bringing cash and/or Colombian pesos since not every store takes credit cards.

First stop takes place at Botero square to meet the 23 statues donted by Fernando Botero, one of Colombia`s most recognized artist. Then, tour goes on to the cable car, where you can share amazing views of the city and your ticket is included. Finally, a stop takes place at the vibrant comuna 13 in order to check out the colorful street art along the urban escalators that make this a unique stop while in Medellin.
Duration: 4 hours.

This private full-day tour takes you to the most representative places in Medellin such as Botero Plaza, Botanical Garden, Arvi Natural Reserve, cable car, and electrical escalators of Comuna 13.

Just to clarify in case there are typos, this tour does not include lunch or meals.
Duration: 8 hours.

Check out Medellin from urban to rural while enjoying local dishes. Tour hours are flexible so you may choose to start in the morning and enjoy a delicious lunch, or start in the early afternoon in order to finalize the journey with dinner instead. There is no experience or driving skills required for this activity since there are on site certified instructors who provide all gear and valuable tips before and during the ride. Your multilingual guide will fully escort the ride to assist and make sure everyone is enjoying yet secure off the road.
Duration: 8 hours.

Join a local guide for a unique tour of Medellín's many museums that highlight the city's history and the art, including works by Fernando Botero. Learn why Medellín was dubbed the world’s most innovative city in 2013 by the 'Wall Street Journal,' as you gain insights into the city's past and present. The tour highlights Medellín’s transformation and progress over the decades on visits to the San Pedro Cemetery Museum, Museum of Antioquia, Museum of Modern Art and Castillo Museum.
Duration: 4 hours.

Medellín is known as the City of Eternal Spring and we want to show you why. Come and join our private Medellín and Comuna 13 tour: our most comprehensive activity in the city.Get personalized insights from our expert guide and visit the most iconic places of Medellín: Comuna 13, San Antonio Park, Placita de Flórez, and some other main spots of Medellin’s downtown. Aside you will have a couple of gastronomic experiences so you can spend your day seeing the whole nine yards!

- Historical landmarks in downtown Medellín
- Tick off top attractions including Comuna 13, Placita de Flórez, San Antonio Park, Botero Square
- Understand Medellín political, economic and social context
- Local experiences of traditional food tasting
- A day full of contrasts, experiences and memories of Medellín from local’s perspective

Duration: 7 hours.

This special opportunity allows you to comprehend the whole city and get tips from a local while saving time and money. Check out Medellín from every angle: touristy places, discover urban art, and enjoy local dishes. Tour hours are flexible so you may choose to start in the morning and enjoy a delicious lunch, or start in the early afternoon in order to finalize the journey with dinner instead.
Duration: 8 hours.

Get a personal introduction to Medellín’s colorful neighborhoods, public art, and architecture on a full-day, private tour that includes pickup and drop-off at Medellín hotels, and a cable car ride in Arvi Park. Explore the sculptures of Fernando Botero and the graffiti cool of Comuna 13, then get views of the city from Arvi Park and visit El Pueblito Paisa with a local guide.
Duration: 7 to 8 hours.

in this tour we give you 4 differents stops in the city. it is a private tour so in any moment you can change any stop for a different one. you can custom your tour however you want.
Duration: 4 hours.

Experience the main hot spots of downtown Medellin during this 3-hour guided tour. Visit the old churches, learn the historical and artistic context of the magnificent bronze statues of maestro Botero, hop on board the aerial cable cars and enjoy a spectacular view of the city, walk alongside your expert guide and feel the vibe in the comuna, or 'barrio', to see how people live and survive on a daily basis.
Tour guides in other languages such as French and German are subjected to availability.
Duration: 3 to 5 hours.

This tour travels by Metro or Cable Metro and will let us make stops at certain locations that show the evolution of Medellin as a global city. Experience a completely new and improved city, boasting the only metro system of the country, a symbol of the Paisa desire to excel and bring quality of life to locals. The system has been bringing service for a couple of decades already. Discover how this magnificent transportation system integrates main cultural icons of the city with the highest technology in order to incorporate amazing structures like the cable car or the recently added Tranvía (LRT) in downtown.
Duration: 4 hours.

Experience Medellín the culinary way and get to taste the most emblematic street food of the region. Medellín is the cultural melting pot of Colombia which offers a huge gastronomic variety of typical street food. Immerse yourself into the local culture and explore the centre while trying delicious food like “Empanadas”, “Buñuelos”, “Pandebono” or “Arepa” filled with homemade cottage cheese and taste the sweetness of Colombian desserts. Discover downtown Medellín and taste the exotic tropical fruits of season. Visit the finest coffee shop in downtown and try the award-winning coffee grown in the highlands of the Antioquia region. There are plenty of traditional options – fried, sweet, healthy – Medellín is a foodies’ paradise.

This tour opens your senses to the local gastronomy and experience a decent selection of the most typical local food Medellín has to offer. Support directly local family businesses in downtown Medellín and the small-scale farmers of the region.
Duration: 4 hours.

This comprehensive tour is designed for those who want to visit the most traditional places within Medellín even if you are only here for a day!

Our professional guides will make sure and understand your main interests in order to save you time and only focus on those places and facts you are most interested in.

This full day-tour takes you from top Medellín's attractions to the most innovative Metro System and its Gondola while providing a sense of the local gastronomy along the way. Tour may be steered around according to your preferences and stops can be made during your journey.
Duration: 8 hours.

In our city tour you will know the most emblematic sites of the city and with our experienced guides you will enjoy a tour full of learning and beautiful experiences in our city.
Duration: 3 to 4 hours.

This experience is for those who want to discover the city walking on it and feeling as locals.

We'll visit the places that made the history of Medellin, visiting "La Alpujarra", the administrative center of the city, then going to the first railroad station of the city.

After that we'll go to Lights square, also we will see the first skyscrapers of the city.

We'll walk through a pedestrian street full of commerce, where you can get the local soccer team's jersey, after that I'll show you a beautiful building with more than 1300 arches in its architecture and also a new art gallery located there.

Continuing going to downtown, we'll cross in front of one of the oldest churches in the city.

We continue walking to Botero's square, there you will enjoy the 23 sculptures that make Medellin unique, also we’ll enjoy an amazing view from the rooftop of one of the oldest palaces of the city.

Our last stop will be at the first square of the city where Medellin started.
Duration: 3 to 4 hours.

Colombia's second-largest city has earned high praise as a hot new dining destination. On this flexible 8-hour private guided tour, foodies and history buffs can enjoy plenty of time to sample local eats and take in sights such as Barefoot Park, the Park of Lights, and Plaza Botero. You can also expect an insider perspective on Medellín’s controversial past during visits to four sites significant to the late drug lord Pablo Escobar, including his home and final resting place. Depending on your time and interests, you can leave the tour by provided transportation throughout the day to head back to your hotel.
Duration: 8 hours.

This phenomenal package brings the best of Colombia so you can admire in a bit over a week, with all accommodation included as well as day tours in every city. From arrival to departure, enjoy the best sceneries Colombia has to offer and interact with locals from every region:

Breakfast x 11
Lunch x 1
 2 nights accommodation with breakfast (double bed, mini bar, AC) Hotel...
 Full day Cartagena City Tour
 Full day Rosario Islands and Baru Tour
 4 nights accommodation (double king size bed, mini bar, AC) Hotel Dorado...
 Full day Medellin City Tour
 Full day Guatape tour (entrance to Peñol rock included)
 Full day coffee tour (lunch included)
 2 nights accommodation with breakfast (double twin bed, mini bar) Hotel...
 Full day Bogota City Tour
 Full day Zipaquira salt cathedral and Villa de Leyva
 Round private airport transportation in every city

Duration: 11 days.

How to make the most of a day in Medellín?
It's easy! This is the tour to do it. In the morning we will have the obligatory visits to the emblematic sites of the city, a typical lunch included and in the afternoon we will understand the social transformation visiting one of the most particular neighborhoods and from the hand of people who lived its change.

INCLUDES:
Guide (bilingual English - Spanish), private transportation, Medical assistance, Entrance to the Museum of Antioquia and Cable car, typical lunch, handmade ice cream, hydration and local guide in Comuna 13.

DURATION: 8 hours
Duration: 8 hours.

Our Medellin City Tour is the most complete of all. We visit some touristy areas that are probably in your bucket list but also some off-the-beaten-path places that very few tourists get to know.

The day starts at your place where we pick you up in a private vehicle and from there we go to the center of Medellin where the tour takes place.

This tour is a cool combination of using different means of transportation, walking around in safe but interesting areas, visiting historical places, markets, the oldest saloon of Medellin all this with guides trained in history to explain in detail everything you see on the tour.

Remember, we are always flexible and can accommodate requests to tour any other sites in the city.

In conclusion, this is customizable private tour that will make you feel as if you were hanging out with a knowledgeable local friend showing you places that you wouldn't find and understand by your own.

Book now, we promise you will love it.
Duration: 5 to 6 hours.

Explore beautiful Medellín on this half-day tour of the eternal spring city. First, we stop for a ride in the cable car. Visit comuna 13 and be amazed by its artworks. After that you will visit the typical pueblito paisa and get the most amazing views of the city. And finally you will be dropped at your hotel.
Duration: 5 hours.

Be ready to explore the second biggest city in Colombia - Medellin!

In a single tour you will visit the best attractions of Medellin, its main parks, hills and downtown, and enjoy a nice view from the transportation system. This tour is ideal to have a panoramic view of the must-see attractions of the city.

INCLUDES:
Guide (bilingual English - Spanish), Private transportation, Medical assistance, Entrance to Metro and cable car, Hydration.

DURATION: 4 hours

Duration: 4 hours.

This tour is designed for those who want to visit the most traditional places of Medellín. It doesn't matter if you are only here for a day, your professional guides will make sure and understand your main interests in order to save you time and only focus on those places and facts you are most interested in.

Book this combo tour now and discover Medellín's main tourist icons while saving time and money. This full-day tour takes you from top Medellin´s attractions to the average slums, while providing a sense of the local gastronomy along the way. Tour may be steered around according to your preferences and stops can be made during your journey.
Duration: 8 hours.

On this tour you will get to know the center of Medellin in the most fun way, where you will feel the local commerce and learn about the transformation of the city. Here you can also taste the local food
Duration: 4 hours.

Welcome to Medellin the city of the eternal spring, Make your Medellin travel experience even better through its history and present.

Medellin is the capital of the Antioquia department.

Medellin is located in the Central mountain chain of the Andes.

This tour is designed, with the purpose to show you the most distinctive places in Medellin (avenues, squares, parks)
Duration: 4 hours.