| Santa Fe Antioquia is a sleepy colonial town with lots of soul. Surrounded by lush greenery and drenched in sunshine, it's ideal for strolling cute cobbled streets, admiring the whitewashed buildings and relaxing by a swimming pool in one of many beautiful hotel courtyards.
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.
Getting to Santa Fe Antioquia is a big part of the travel experience. The journey takes you past beautiful emerald green mountains, valleys and rivers. Upon exiting the 4.6 mile Fernando Gomez Martinez tunnel (supposedly the longest in South Amercia) you will pass the village of San Jeronimo with an adundance of fincas, hosterias and hotels. There are also many fondas which are well worth taking a pit stop for. |
