Santa Marta, reasons to visit it

It is the land where the sky meets the sea, located between an imposing Sierra and a thousand-colored Bay, in a small corner of the extensive Caribbean , embraced by an army of silvery mountains, bathed by the golden sun and protected by a great guardian who remains standing day and night, is Santa Marta ; the city twice Holy. A thousand-year-old city; home of an ancestral civilization full of treasures that hide in each of its corners, waiting to be discovered and demonstrate the reason why; not in vain, it has the magic of having everything .

It is adorned with the titles of Tourist, Cultural and Historical District. Founded in 1525 by the conquistador Rodrigo de Bastidas, Santa Marta is the first oldest city in Colombia and the second in South America. It is rather a small city with a little more than 500 thousand inhabitants, but with an immeasurable wealth, which makes it a paradise, ready to fall in love with those who open their hearts.

This city, in addition to being blessed with a rich and extraordinary flora and fauna distributed throughout the length and breadth of the territory, has many fantastic and incredible stories that include pirates and the Liberator of the Republic of Colombia, Simón Bolívar.

It is a banana land and coffee that surprises with the variety of its dishes and the exquisite taste and aroma.

It is a city where the warmth, kindness and joy of its people, is always ready to help the tourist in anything they need and will make you feel at home.

But the truth is that listing each of the reasons why visiting Santa Marta is worth it, would make this article something interminable, because this city has the privilege of possessing so much wealth and beauty that hundreds of people from other cities and countries they have made it their home; such, as the one who writes them.

So if you are hesitant to come, do not think about it anymore and risk getting to know it. Here at Baquianos Tours, we are always ready to help you discover this Pearl.