Colombia: Natural Beauty

Colombia continues to climb in the ranking of world tourism and has become a popular place to visit throughout the year, has a number of beautiful tourist sites throughout its territory.

This beautiful country is located in the equatorial zone and the Andes mountain range gives the country a varied topography, ranging from tropical rain forests and plains to deserts and eternal snows. Colombia has significant natural resources and cultural diversity reflects the indigenous descent, Spanish and African residents.

The beauty of the mountains of Colombia and the possibility to practice all kinds of extreme sports in the mountains located to the country as a winner for lovers of adventure and risk.

There are many places worth knowing in Colombia, where you'll find history, recreation, leisure, culture, pleasure and more. To demonstrate this, is the survey on its website by The New York Times's largest daily newspaper in the United States that the more than 1700 places recommended by readers for travel or holidays, Colombia ranked second.

The NYT's travel section received comments from its readers suggesting places for holidays. Istanbul was in first place with 211 recommendations, while Colombia was 149, up from Costa Rica, Seoul, Buenos Aires, Cape Town and Shanghai, among other places in the world.

Readers of Colombia who bowed as recommended destination for the country praised the beautiful scenery, beaches, city infrastructure such as Bogota and Medellin, food, friendly people and culture that permeates every corner.

Among the recommended cities are Bogota, Medellin, Cartagena and Santa Marta classified as sophisticated, safe, cosmopolitan and full of history to teach the world.

Our beautiful country uses its natural resources and human capital to seduce tourists.

So many destinations offered Colombia, it is difficult to decide. Knowing is an unforgettable adventure that will undoubtedly be printed in your memory.

What to visit? It's the question everyone is asking before traveling to Colombia, here let alone some of the recommended sites to visit:

Amazon

The Amazon and the largest river in the world's largest rainforest in the world, shared with its neighbors, Colombia is a treasure. Wondrous place not only by the dimensions of the river and the native people who inhabit it, but by the life that begins and is nurtured by its multiple banks.

Barranquilla

The Carnival of Barranquilla is a mixed party of cumbias, joints, mapalé, bagpipes, Chandos, puya, fandango and Merecumbé. Cultural center for excellence in the Colombian Caribbean consolidated since the nineteenth century as the most diverse settlement of traders and adventurers from Europe and the Middle East, is the merger became an icon of diversity and progress.

Bogotá

For Bogotá is necessary to go several times. It is impossible to enjoy everything it has to offer in one trip. The capital of Colombia, is located on a vast plateau at 2,600 meters above sea level with a moderate temperature, has a population of eight million people from all over Colombia, a city as diverse as the country it.

Declared by UNESCO as World Book Capital and the UCCI as Latin American Capital of Culture, has become one of the cities with more public spaces of places, streets and modern boulevards.

Boyacá

Boyacá is a sea of ​​fertile mountains of the Cordillera Oriental decorated by control cultures of the independence battles that shaped South America. Its rich topography exhibits aromas of their agricultural production and landscapes, such as the desert of Candelaria and the summit of Nevado de Cocuy, around which are built picturesque colonial towns that are the attraction of tourists.

Cali

Cali is a city with large areas for tourism and recreation. The capital of the Valle del Cauca is the third largest city in Colombia, and it abounds in beautiful women, heritage sites and places for the fun day and night to make it a mecca turismo.Cali is the capital of Colombia rumba, street party, dancing and salsa. The Cali have developed a culture in harmony with the natural environment and rural life.

Cartagena de Indias

Declared by UNESCO Cultural Heritage Site in 1984, Cartagena adds to the charm of its colonial architecture, the attractions of its exciting nightlife, cultural festivals of international renown, lush landscapes, beautiful beaches, good food and a hotel infrastructure and tourism for all budgets. Cartagena, Colombia's Caribbean jewel.

Medellin

It is the second largest city in Colombia, in its wide extent, takes many forms. Beautiful women, people warm and friendly atmosphere of spring flowers and mountains landscape, Medellín and its environs are a magnet for travelers.

Santa Marta

Santa Marta has a tram train but not so says an old Colombian cumbia, is the oldest city in South America, with a unique architectural heritage that evokes the days of the banana boom, with endless beaches for all tastes .

Other recommended destinations

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Besides the above, the newspaper El Tiempo, chose the seven wonders of Colombia and these were the results:

Zipaquira Salt Cathedral (Zipaquirá, Cundinamarca) Santuario de Las Lajas (Ipiales, Pasto) Statues of San Agustin Archaeological Park (San Agustin, Huila) Military Architecture of Cartagena de Indias (Cartagena, Bolivar) Ciudad Perdida (Santa Marta , Magdalena) Hypogeum Tierradentro Archaeological Park (Belalcázar, Cauca) Teatro Colon in Bogota (Bogota, Cundinamarca)

For all the above COLOMBIA has plenty to love, from the striking combination of colors of the landscape, the exquisite flavors of its regions, its lovely places with extremes and amazing scenery of which many would envy, and many are proud. But the most special of Colombia is its people, good people to pitch forward and full of love for their country.

So the only thing left for me to say is that the world needs to know that in Colombia the only risk you run is that you want to stay.