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Places to Visit in Medellín

The best things to see and do in Medellín.

The front of OLSA International, with its "OLSA International Academia de Idiomas" sign above a covered terrace where students sit at high tables behind a row of potted plants

Photo: OLSA Certified Spanish / English School

OLSA International

Visit · Estadio

A group of about fourteen people in matching red Real City Tours T-shirts posing playfully on a tree-lined paved path

Photo: Free Walking Tour Medellin - Real City Tours

Real City Tours

Visit · Across the city

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, where the match-day experience goes: fans in green and white fill the stands of the Estadio Atanasio Girardot at night as fireworks burst over the floodlights and the teams line up on the pitch

Photo: Javier Uribe Alvarez (Herencia verdolaga)

Medellín VIP

Visit · El Poblado

Daytime view from the green hillside at El Asfixiadero over the Aburrá Valley, the city spread across the valley floor below mountains and white clouds

Photo: Carlos mario Valencia gallego

El Asfixiadero

Visit · Across the city

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

Photo: Graffitour Comuna13. Medellín

Comuna 13 Escalators

Visit · Across the city

Aerial view of El Peñón de Guatapé rising beside the reservoir, its staircase up one side, the road and car park at its base and green hills and islands behind

Photo: Hugh Aguayo

El Peñón de Guatapé

Visit · Across the city

Fans in green and white fill the stands of the Estadio Atanasio Girardot at night as fireworks burst over the floodlights and the teams line up on the pitch

Photo: Javier Uribe Alvarez (Herencia verdolaga)

Estadio Atanasio Girardot

Visit · Estadio

An open lawn in the Jardín Botánico de Medellín with tall trees, a spreading tree casting a round shadow, and white clouds in a blue sky

Photo: Jardín Botánico de Medellín

Jardín Botánico de Medellín

Visit · Across the city

The cobbled main square of Pueblito Paisa, with a fountain, a white church with a bell gable, and whitewashed houses with coloured balconies and flower pots

Photo: アジアの休日

Pueblito Paisa

Visit · Across the city