Medellin Travel Guide

As Medellin Travel Guide enters its second month of operations, you may notice the site is already getting a new face lift.(bear with us, it takes a long time to update 147 pages).

At 147 individual pages, you will find the Medellin Travel Guide to be the most comprehensive English language visitors guide to Medellin Colombia.  Everything from Hotels, restaurants, nightlife, malls, shopping, attractions and more.

Planning a visit to Medellin, look no furthere than the Medellin Travel and Visitors Guide.  You will save hours of time searching the internet for specific topics of interest.

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Medellin Hotels

Most people that visit Medellin will stay in the more upscale Poblado Hotels. Many that come to Medellin for conventions like Colombiamoda, Colombiatex and the Poetry Festival will stay in El Centro Hotels, while others will look for middle of the road/$$ and middle of the city hotels in Laureles.

No matter what your preference, Medellin offers a wide variety of Hotels and accommodations to choose from.  You will find very upscale accommodations, mostly in El Poblado but some very nice places in El Centro as well. You will experience above average service as the Paisas are well known for their friendliness and you will have an opportunity to sample a wide variety of foods in Medellin.

Make sure you look around at what the rest of the city has to offer besides just Poblado.  You may discover the perfect place at the perfect price in the perfect location elsewhere.

Medellin Tourism

Because of its bloody past and once being known as “The Murder Capital of the World”, the home of the infamous Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Drug Cartel, Medellin has never been known as a prime tourist destination. In the past decade, with security improving and the murder rate actually dropping below many US cities, more and more tourists are visiting Medellin.Whether it is morbid curiosity about a city that once had more killings in a single year than many countries had overall, the word is getting out about what a great place Medellin is to visit.

Modern infrastructure, year round spring like climate, excellent schools and universities, upscale malls and accommodations, great restaurants and very friendly people, conspicuous and everpresent security and a building boom to rival any major city in the world are making Medellin Colombia a target for travelers everywhere.Maybe it has something to do with the well known Medellin nightlife or the quality of Medellin Lifestyles. Medical Tourism is becoming very popular in Medellin. Perhaps it is the beautiful Medellin Girls or the presence of adult oriented venues, Marriage and Dating agencies opening operations catering to Western male travelers.Whatever your reasons for considering Medellin you should add it to your travel plans. Medellin tourism is increasing each year as more and more westerners visit this gem of a city. Most stay in the upscale area of Poblado in Hotels, Apartments, Hostels or other Medellin Accommodations. They dine in excellent local Medellin restaurants, dance and party in Medellin Bars and Discos, shop in local Medellin Malls, hunt for bargains in the small shops in El Centro and attend local Medellin Language Schools to learn some of the most formal Spanish in all of Latin America.

It doesn’t hurt that this South American nation is enjoying a tourist boom that brought more than a million visitors to the country last year for the first time in two decades, according to the Ministry of Commerce and Tourism.

Of all those people coming to Colombia, at least 3 percent come to get medical treatment. In 2004, 21,000 people came for surgery and in 2005, about 30,000. That number continues to increase yearly as more and more people choose Medellin for Health Tourism.

Once they become acclimated to the Paisa way of life and culture, many return and an ever growning number are moving to this fair city to fully experience Medellin Life as a local Paisa!

Medellin Bed and Breakfast and Guest Houses

Whats the difference between a B&B, and a Hostel? (Hostal or Hostales in Spanish).Seems as though the owners are having difficulties themselves distinguishing what they are to a given market. Many bill themselves as both and use key words on their web sites to that effect. Many B&B’s are also labeling themselves as Hotels and vice versa so the confusion deepens even further.

Hostels provide accommodation where guests can rent a bed, sometimes a bunk bed in a dormitory and share a bathroom, kitchen and lounge. Rooms can be mixed or single-sex, although private rooms are increasingly common in all types of hostels. All hostels are generally cheaper for both the operator and the occupant; many hostels employ their long-term residents as desk clerks in exchange for free accommodation.A bed and breakfast normally provides a private bedroom and private or shared bathroom with breakfast or other meals included. Many Bed and Breakfasts charge as much if not sometimes more than a hotel for a room for the night and include many similar amenities.

You will find a list of locally advertised Medellin Bed And Breakfasts but many will also show up on the Hostel page. The biggest difference seems to be price and B&B’s rarely offer dormitory style accommodations! Beyond those differentiators it is all marketing.

Medellin Accommodation- Medellin Hostels

Traveling on a budget? Looking for Hostels (hostals/hostales) in Medellin?For the budget minded, student or backpacker traveler to Medellin, there are a number of very affordable Hostles in and around Medellin. Many offer private or dorm rooms, include breakfast, internet access, television and maid service. Many Medellin Hostels are owned and operated by westerners and therefore are up to western standards.

Casa Kiwi– Probably one of the more popular hostels in Medellin because of its close proximity to Parke LLeras. It gets pretty good reviews from the people that stay there. They now also have a hotel room type of offering for a few dollars more.Palm Tree Hostel–This Hostel is located close to the stadium in Medellin which is close to a university and a university crowd. Generally gets good reviews. 2005 rates posted so check for current prices.Black Sheep Hostel–This hostel, also in the Poblado area of town, also gets good reviews.El Club Hostel–A nice hostel in the San Jeronimo area North of Medellin and closer to Santa Fe de Antioquia. Bit of a hike into the city for tourism and nightlife. Nice facilities though. Dorm type and private rooms available.Hostal Medellin

–Hostel located very close to El Centro part of town.Hostel Tamarindo–Another Poblado Hostel within walking distance of Parque LLeras. Gets consistently good reviews.Provenza Hostel–Not too far from Parke Lleras, this hostel has 5 private rooms and 2 dorm rooms. Little pricey by Medellin Hostel standards but has all the amenities you would expect.Hotel Conquistadores–Located in the heart of El Centro in downtown Medellin. Caution advised at night. Travel in groups.Vica Hostel– Located in the Laureles area of Medellin (between Poblado and downtown) with both shared and private rooms.Casa del Sol

–Owned and operated by a nice Colombian family with both dorms and private rooms.Casa Jerusalem

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Medellin hostels offer an alternative to other Medellin accommodations. For more information and property photos visit.

Medellin Hotels

Looking for a Hotel in Medellin?

Whether you are visiting Medellin for Business or Tourism, you will find a wide variety of Medellin Hotel accommodations in many different price ranges to suit your needs. Medellin Hotels are well known for their superior service, (almost to a fault) safety, quality accommodations and fine restaurants. You will find amenities in Medellin Hotels equal to other major cities including Wi Fi access, State of the art Business Centers, Satellite and Cable TV, superior Room Service, Guest friendly and anxious to please.

Casa Kiwi

Casa Kiwi, a well knowl local Medellin Hostel has recently expanded its operations to include a hotel type of room availability on it’s premises. They actually bought the house next door.  Some of the rooms have private baths.

This is a popular hostel for the student or budget traveler as it is within easy walking distance of the famous Parke LLeras in Poblado.

The owner is a very interesting young guy who made an 18000KM trip from Alaska to Buenas Aires Argentina on a motorcycle. (bypassing the Darien gap between Panama and Colombia by boat).

Medellin Travel Guide

This BLOG is going to be dedicated to anything and everything about Medellin Colombia.  A beautiful, modern, upscale city with a wonderul climate, low cost of living, excellent medical facilities, universities, shopping malls and more.

Our website Medellin Travel Guide is under construction and we will be posting on the internet soon.  In the meantime, we will use our Blog to begin introducing world travelers to all the great things about Medellin Colombia.

Welcome and feel free to post or ask questions about any topic.