Salento
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Pros
- Every first trip to colombia should involve Cocora and Salento. I suggest you spend 4nights exploring the region, and then add Nuqui/Medellin/El Penon or Cartagena/Santa Marta/Tayrona/Minca, or Bogota/Boyaca/Chicamocha, or Bogota/Leticia...
- We LOVED Salento and Tayrona.
- Salento was amazing.
- I only visited Bogota and Salento and absolutely loved it! Such a vibrant city, especially on Cyclovia Sundays. I can see that it’s not as unique or overwhelming but it’s underrated as a destination.
- We just got back from 2 weeks there - Bogota, Cartagena, Medellin (and Guatapé), and Salento! It felt like just enough without being too much or too little!
Cons
- Ye, Salento will likely be busy at the end of the month, but completely manageable. It’s certainly less busy than places like Cartagena and Popayan. Just know it’ll be more chaotic Thurs-Sun and from mid-morning to mid afternoon in the V...
- Salento is overrun by tourism but if you like hiking, it still offers some of the best opportunities in that region imo.
Sentiment
5 positive (71%) · 1 mixed (14%) · 1 negative (14%)
Trust + time weighted score: +56% · raw score 57%
What redditors said (7 of 7)
Every first trip to colombia should involve Cocora and Salento. I suggest you spend 4nights exploring the region, and then add Nuqui/Medellin/El Penon or Cartagena/Santa Marta/Tayrona/Minca, or Bogota/Boyaca/Chicamocha, or Bogota/Leticia ...for the rest.
Ye, Salento will likely be busy at the end of the month, but completely manageable. It’s certainly less busy than places like Cartagena and Popayan. Just know it’ll be more chaotic Thurs-Sun and from mid-morning to mid afternoon in the Valle de Cocora.
We LOVED Salento and Tayrona.
Salento was amazing.
Salento is overrun by tourism but if you like hiking, it still offers some of the best opportunities in that region imo.
I only visited Bogota and Salento and absolutely loved it! Such a vibrant city, especially on Cyclovia Sundays. I can see that it’s not as unique or overwhelming but it’s underrated as a destination.
We just got back from 2 weeks there - Bogota, Cartagena, Medellin (and Guatapé), and Salento! It felt like just enough without being too much or too little!
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