Colombia Highlights

Cartagena's walled old city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the most beautiful colonial city in South America — a perfectly preserved 16th-century Spanish colonial city of colourful houses, bougainvillea-draped balconies, cobbled plazas, and magnificent churches. The city walls (Las Murallas) encircle the old town and the Getsemaní neighbourhood, while the Castillo San Felipe de Barajas — the largest Spanish colonial fortress in the Americas — guards the city from the hill above. The Caribbean setting, the food, and the music make Cartagena one of the most sensory cities in the world.

The Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site — the Eje Cafetero (Coffee Region) of Caldas, Quindío, and Risaralda departments, where Colombia's famous arabica coffee is grown on steep mountain slopes. The region is one of the most beautiful in South America — a landscape of green mountains, traditional haciendas, colourful towns, and the extraordinary wax palm forests of the Valle de Cocora. Salento is the most charming base town, and the coffee farm tours are among the most educational and enjoyable in the world.