THE COLORFUL VILLAGE OF GUATAPÉ

After 2 hours by bus from the center of Medellín (around 13,500 COP), welcome to the colorful village of Guatapé where the most eccentric and colorful streets of the department are to be found.

Guatapé is a municipality located in the department of Antioquia.

Each house here is more colorful than its neighbor, and together it feels like walking through a children's coloring book.

The bas-reliefs that decorate the lower part of the houses are called zócalos, a tradition that dates back over a century. The oldest have simple shapes: suns, diamonds, flowers, llama ...

Then, the inhabitants began to represent their trades or passions: sports cars in front of the mechanic, breads and croissants for the baker ...