Activities and experiences, from markets and classes to outdoor trips and evening entertainment, for filling your time in a destination.
10 places · Updated October 27, 2026
Our top 3 things to do in Colombia
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A hillside district in western Medellín known for its outdoor escalators, murals and hip-hop culture, now visited by close to two million people a year.
View details — Comuna 13 Graffiti and EscalatorsThing to do
The historic barrio just outside the walls where Cartagena's independence movement began, now known for murals, the Plaza de la Trinidad and lively evenings.
View details — GetsemaníThing to do
An archipelago of about 28 small islands under an hour by boat from Cartagena, with white-sand beaches, coral reefs, snorkelling and an oceanarium.
View details — Islas del RosarioThing to do
Medellín's cable-car network, launched in 2004 and now six lines long, gives visitors an aerial ride over the hillside neighbourhoods and up to Parque Arví.
View details — Metrocable RideThing to do
A walk up Medellín's largest urban nature park, a protected hill with pre-Hispanic burial sites, an open-air butterfly house and views across the whole Aburrá Valley.
View details — Cerro El Volador HikeThing to do
A row of 23 late 18th-century vaults built into Cartagena's walls, once used as storerooms and prison cells and now filled with craft and souvenir shops.
View details — Las BóvedasThing to do
Medellín's flower festival, held every August since 1958, built around the Desfile de Silleteros, in which farmers from Santa Elena carry huge flower arrangements on their backs.
View details — Feria de las FloresThing to do
Cartagena's sprawling central market between the Ciénaga de Las Quintas and La Popa, where some 35,000 traders sell fish, meat, fruit and fried food daily.
View details — Mercado de BazurtoThing to do
The Barú peninsula south of Cartagena, home to Playa Blanca's long stretch of pale sand, the boat-only Cholón and the Aviario Nacional bird park.
View details — Playa Blanca and BarúThing to do
El Poblado's leafy dining and nightlife quarter, ranked by Time Out among the world's coolest streets, packed with cafés, boutiques, cocktail bars and leading restaurants.
View details — Provenza and Vía Primavera