Surprise yourself! with this spectacular landscape of
mountains and water just 69 km from Medellin, this beautiful landscape is
called by the Paisas "internal sea of Antioquia" this natural scenery
created by Empresas Publicas de Medellin (EPM) in 1970, The project consisted of flooding 2.262
hectares of firm land, to develop this was necessary to move the town, this
change produced change in social and economic aspects giving new opportunities
in tourism and leaving the agriculture in a second plane.
Today tourism plays an important role in this region because these habitants was move to generate income in the agricultural and
livestock sector to the tourism sector, hotel services, restaurants and tourism
has changed the lives of these people, increasing their purchasing power and
quality of life.
ZOCALOS
The Zocalos are one of the most representative
cultural elements of this region, the first Zocales were made in the early
years of the twentieth century to decorate the facades of the houses, people
today have continued to decorate their homes with this method referring to
their culture and history. One of the most representative was the memory lane.
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THE DAM
To create this great dam of 2,262 hectares was
necessary to mobilize the population to a new header town, leaving under water
the old town which was the urban center of more than 200 years, the old site is
called Viejo Peñol, if you traveling by boat
you can can see the dome of the
church. This
dam is ideal for water sports
THE MONOLIT
It is a monolith 220 of meters with more than 65 million years. Located in Guatapé, the monolit is composed of quartz, feldspar and mica, was first climbed by Luis Eduardo Villegas in 1954, now you can climb by a staircase of 639 steps. On top of this gigantic rock you can appreciate the magnitude of water wealth
OLD PEÑOL
In commemoration of the city was submerged under water, they built a replica of the old village chapel, hall and other buildings that existed there before creating the dam.
- Transport
- Typical snacks in marinilla ( empanada, pasteles, fruits, juice and mansanilla tea)
- Visit the Peñol (Being one of the biggest monolites of the world
- Continue our journey to the enchanting town of Guatape for a typical lunch
- Boat trip
- All day tour
Duration: 10 hours
What to bring:
Comfortable shoes, sunglasses and camera
