Presented By:
Sara Estrada
Concierge
perfectday
The best way of starting a day in our city is drinking our delicious local coffee, with the taste that characterized it. After this, a good option is going to a local place to eat breakfast for tasting all the good options that they have to offer you loke buñuelos, pandebonos, pandequesos or our famous arepa, which is made with corn and can be accompanied with many options like eggs, chorizo, beef, cheese or quesito (local option). Then, a good option is going to one of our museum, Museo de Antioquia, where you can find a lot of art pieces, like Fernando Botero's, one of the famous artist of the world.Outside of it, you can find Plaza de las Esculturas, with Botero´s pieces which were donate for our city and you can find in an open air area.
You can get the perfect afternoon eating a local lunch, which is Bandeja Paisa that inckudes rice, beans, avocado, chorizo, chicharron, salad, arepa and madure platain, having as a dessert mazamorra, made with corn and bocadillo or arequipe, which is a sweet, all this, enjoyed in a typical local place like Pueblito Paisa, which is a replica of a small town, where you can find hand made stuff which represents our culture. Then, you can go to one of our beautiful parks like Pies Descalzos, where you can take you shoes off put them in a fountain and relax, or like Parque de los Deseos (Wishes Park) to see nice sculptures and take pictures. If you choose the second one, you can also visit the Acuarium, which is the biggest one in latin america.
To finish a good day, you can go to Lleras Park, which is without a doubt the hub for nightlife, where you can find great bars and restaurants. There is a great variety of places to spend the night, have a good time and relax after visiting all the attractions that our city has to offer, listening local, national and international music.