Intercontinental Medellin

A good place to see outdoor sculptures of artist Fernando Botero Antioquia is the square that bears his name, in the centre of Medellin. There, in an area of ​​7,500 square meters, there is an exhibit of 23 works of the artist and two water fountains made ​​by master. In the square famous works as such as 'The Hand', 'Man and Horse' and 'Eva' are seen.

Visitors can walk through a replica of a typical twentieth century Antioquia town – complete with the Mayor’s Office and a church - on the top of Nutibara hill, 80 meters above the Valley of Aburrá. From this site, where there are restaurants serving typical local food and crafts shops, you get a good view of the city. There are also sculptures honouring cacique Nutibara and comedian Guillermo Zuluaga 'Montecristo'.

Ecotourism Arví Regional Park (Arví Park), is located 30 km from the center of Medellín (Colombia) in the village of Santa Elena and the municipality of Guarne (Antioquia – Colombia). It is an open park developed on land for public use, created for the enjoyment of the local, national and international community, through the construction of organized tourism, consolidates a conservation strategy and promotion of the potentials and strengths of its cultural and environmental wealth and archaeological heritage, silletero tradition and entrepreneurship of its people, through a proposal for sustainable nature tourism.

Visit Guatapé, a village two hours from Medellin, and visit the Piedra del Peñol (Stone of Peñol), take a boat ride on the dam and enjoy a typical lunch before returning to the city; or Parque Arví, where you’ll enjoy the rich cultural and archaeological heritage and the silletera (flower carrier) tradition, while enjoying a horse ride, bicycle tour or guided walk through the forest.

Cisneros Square, also called Park of Lights, offers a unique urban landscape: 300 slender columns of bouncing lights. This public space, which is named after the Cuban engineer Francisco José Cisneros, covers an area of ​​16,000 square meters and has water fountains and benches for people to sit and rest.

El Poblado promenade, also called the Golden Mile owing to the commercial activity in the buildings of the area is a quiet sector of Medellin where flowers, creepers and kapok trees make for nice walks. There are luxury hotels and shopping malls In this part of the city.