You might also find the time to visit a number of museums and a seemingly never-ending parade of churches.  A short taxi ride away you can walk across Puente de Occidente, which is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the world and was built by famous architect Jose Maria Villa who also helped build the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City.

Santa Fe Antioquia is particularly captivating during Semana Santa (Easter).  The religious residents provide a truly remarkable precession of sights, sounds and smells. The theatrical ceremony also includes some quite scary looking young children marked with red paint representing the blood of Christ. It is in no way a cliche version of its former self and the atmosphere is electric.