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Visitors on a staircase painted with eyes and colourful patterns in Comuna 13, beside a green house with a large mandala mural spelling VIDA and a rainbow-painted stair beyond

Tours · Across the cityComuna 13 EscalatorsSix escalator sections up the hillside of Las Independencias, run for the city by Terminales MedellínRead more

Photo: Hugh AguayoTours · Across the cityEl Peñón de GuatapéA staircase of 702 steps to the summit, by ProColombia's count
Photo: luis fernando toroEat · El PobladoAlter RooftopBreakfast with a view from 06:30, Monday to Saturday
Photo: Mateo GomezSalsa · LaurelesCasa Ritmo LatinoGroup salsa classes for beginners and intermediates, plus a basic Salsa On2 class
Photo: Javier Uribe Alvarez (Herencia verdolaga)Tours · EstadioEstadio Atanasio GirardotHome ground of Atlético Nacional and Independiente Medellín

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A guide to the best places in Medellín

Best Medellin is an English-language guide to the best places in Medellín, Colombia. Each category holds up to five picks, and every place has its own page, where each fact comes from a source we can name, such as the venue's own website or its Google listing.

The guide has six sections. Places to eat runs from brunch to late night, sports bars included. Places to stay covers five-star and four-star hotels. Tours and things to do goes from Comuna 13 to a day trip to Guatapé. Wellness covers gyms, yoga, padel, run clubs, pilates, cold plunges, the Ciclovía and playing football. Salsa is where to dance and where to learn, and places to work means coworking spaces and podcast studios.

You can also start from where you are staying. Laureles is the neighbourhood that was drawn before it was built, with curving streets between two parks and the nightlife of Carrera 70. El Poblado has the café streets around its park and the bars of Provenza and Parque Lleras. Estadio grows around the Atanasio Girardot stadium and has its own Metro station. Across the city collects the rest, from the Botanical Garden to Pueblito Paisa, with the Metro stop for each.