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Many travelers consider Santa Marta just a passing-through point on their way to Taganga, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona or Ciudad Perdida. However, beneath the surface of this port city, there is much to do. Journeyers interested in history should head for Quinta San Pedro Alejandrina and the Bananatown; ruin rats, to the Museo de Oro, Tayrona’s El Pueblito and Bahía Neguanje’s archaeological site. Art connoisseurs, take in the several museums and the cultural centers, which often

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Many travelers consider Santa Marta just a passing-through point on their way to Taganga, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona or Ciudad Perdida. However, beneath the surface of this port city, there is much to do. Journeyers interested in history should head for Quinta San Pedro Alejandrina and the Bananatown; ruin rats, to the Museo de Oro, Tayrona’s El Pueblito and Bahía Neguanje’s archaeological site. Art connoisseurs, take in the several museums and the cultural centers, which often present free events. Nature lovers could take in El Rodadero’s aquariums, Santuario de Flora y Fauna Ciénaga Grande or Parque Nacional Natural Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Sports enthusiasts, you have a number of sports, from fishing to scuba diving, as well as minor league baseball. Don’t forget villages like Minca, Ciénaga or Aracataca—and, of course, the many beaches.


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Museums of Santa Marta

Santa Marta has a growing number of museums, thanks in part to the Universidad del Magdalena. Whether your interests are history or art, you’ll have some place to escape the heat. • Museo de Oro Tairona: Collections of Tayrona artifacts and explications of their society...

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Museo de Oro Tairona

In the building that was once Santa Marta’s customs (aduana) house is the Museo de Oro Tairona, a must-stop for those planning to visit El Pueblito or Ciudad Perdida. The museum gives excellent explanations on the society, culture and technology of the Tayrona peoples. A scale model of Teyuna,...

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Santa Marta, Colombia
Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino

Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino has been around for ages (since 1608) with the mission to cultivate sugar cane. More than 200 years later, this finca would leave a deep mark on the history of Latin America. At 1:03 a.m. on December 17, 1830, Simón Bolívar exhaled his last breath in a front room....

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Santa Marta, Colombia
Acuario y Museo del Mar del Rodadero

The small boat takes you across the deep blue-green bay to Ensenada Inca Inca, 10 minutes away. There on the cove’s shores is Latin America’s first aquarium, founded in 1966. Its 15 tanks and six sea pools are home to angel fish, barracudas, sharks, starfish, corals and other denizens of this...

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El Rodadero, Santa Marta, Colombia
Catedral

The white-washed Catedral of Santa Marta was built within a decade of the city’s founding. The front façade is accented by an onion-domed bell tower. The floor plan is a Roman cross. The nave has barrel vaulting and the side aisles quadpartite vaulting. Side chapel screens are made of marble....

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