Envigado dabbles in a little sophistication, but maintains its traditional Colombian charm. While El Centro can be too congested and polluted, or El Poblado too modern and almost boringly safe, Envigado lies somewhere between the two extremes. Indeed, it’s a great place to sample some typical Colombian cuisine or check-out a laid back salsa bar. [...]
Roots
Roots is a small club with plenty of bold references to uprising and revolution. Those looking to simmer down to some conscious 70s roots reggae or dub might feel aggrieved as the tempo is typically upbeat and occasionally breaks out into full blown Ragga. Roots Calle 44, 73 – 93, San Juan
Sopita Lounge
Sopita Lounge was inspired by a Seinfeld TV episode where a chef renowned for his delicious soups shouts ‘No soup for you’ to those that don’t follow strict queueing, ordering or payment rules. The owners of Sopita Lounge were so inspired by Seinfeld’s depiction of this real-life character they travelled to New York City to [...]
Verdeo
Verdeo is the market leader in organic food, funky mismatched furniture, pot plants and the occasional wind-up plastic toy. One doesn’t have to be a nonconformist hippie to visit Verdeo. Organic ingredients cooked on demand have been a hit across the board – so much so that it’s not uncommon to see El Poblado’s upper-class [...]
Casa Tres Patios
Casa Tres Patios is a non-profit organization which stimulates Medellín’s contemporary arts scene by providing living and exhibition spaces for artists. Its focus is to question the nature of art, culture and contemporary society through experimental and interdisciplinary projects which blur the lines between traditional art and new media, architecture, urban design, industrial design or [...]
Hostal Tamarindo
Hostal Tamarindo offers weary travellers a genuine smile and a hot cup of coco. Hostal Tamarindo’s Colombian owner who grew up in New York was one of the first to set up camp in Medellín – so there’s no sense of her wanting to cash in on the recent hostel gold rush or trying to [...]
Santa Fe
Built over 206,000 m2, Santa Fe shopping mall is reminiscent of a spaceship or small city. But, despite offering 427 brand name stores over 5 floors, the absence of people carrying shopping bags is striking. That’s because many people visit Santa Fe to eat in one of 25 restaurants, catch a movie at a VIP [...]
Turban Kebab House
The classic kebab experience with a fresh and clean McDonald’s style setting. While the kebab is sometimes synonymous with alcohol fuelled nightlife and food binges at closing time – the kebab in Colombia has yet to define its own image. And if Turban Kebab House is anything to go by – the holy kebab will [...]
José María Córdova Airport (MDE)
José María Córdova Airport serves Medellín’s international and domestic flights. It is the second largest airport in Colombia after El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá in terms of infrastructure and passenger service. José María Córdova Airport is located in the mountains above Medellín. The gradual descent into the city by taxi or bus takes about [...]
Barrio Pablo Escobar
Pablito or El Papa is how one refers to the late drug lord in Barrio Medellín Sin Tugurios or as the locals like to say, Barrio Pablo Escobar. Barrio Pablo Escobar was built by Pablo Escobar in 1984 and given to families who had become homeless after a hillside slum in Moravia burned to the [...]
