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Feria de Cali, Colombia. Photo by Julio Romero, courtesy of Corfecali

Cali Fair

25 - 30 Dec 2009 (annual)

Each Christmas Cali enjoys the rich festival programme of one of Colombia's most renowned national events, the Cali Fair (Feria de Cali). Get your dancing shoes on for parties, parades, music…

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A pretty colourful dancer at Barranquilla Carnival, Colombia. Photo by Fernando Solano

Barranquilla Carnival

13 - 16 Feb 2010 (annual)

To call Barranquilla Carnival a huge party is a mighty understatement. The people of the Caribbean city take to the streets for dazzling parades of colourful costumes, salsa and cumbia music…

Lemieux.Pilon 4d art performing Norman (a tribute to Norman McLaren), by Michel Lemieux, Victor Pilon and Peter Trosztmer. Photo by Victor Pilon, courtesy of the Bogotá Latin American Theatre Festival

Bogotá Latin American Theatre Festival

19 Mar - 4 Apr 2010 (biennial)

An enormous event on Colombia's cultural calendar, the biennial Bogotá Latin American Theatre Festival fills the capital with theatre, dance, street shows, circus, puppetry and more. Over 100…

An Easter Week procession in Popayán, Colombia. Photo by Julia Pontieri

Easter Week in Popayán

28 Mar - 4 Apr 2010 (annual)

The colonial city of Popayán, home to many finely restored 17th- and 18th-century churches, hosts the most spectacular Holy Week festivities throughout Colombia. The splendid processions make…

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Colombia's finest flowers at the Medellín Flower Fair. © Dario Tobia

Medellín Flower Fair

Jul - Aug 2010 (annual)

Medellín bursts into flames of colour and sweet scent during the annual Flower Fair, the city's most important cultural event. This celebration has been going strong since 1957 and is always…

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Señorita Colombia 2000 - Andrea María Noceti Gómez

Colombian National Beauty Contest

Nov 2010 (annual)

The lovely town of Cartagena on Colombian's Caribbean coast hosts the country's annual National Beauty Contest, or Reinado Nacional de Belleza de Colombia.

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San Agustín. Photo by Bernie Mulcahy, © Whatsonwhen

San Agustín

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San Agustín is a pre-Columbian ceremonial centre with hundreds of carved stone statues, one of the most important archaeological sites in South America.

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Cartagena. Photo by Bernie Mulcahy, © Whatsonwhen

Cartagena

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Cartagena, on the northern coast of Colombia, was the first Spanish port on the Caribbean and has a beautiful old town that makes it one of the country's most popular destinations.

Museo del Oro  Museo del Oro del Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Gold Museum

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Bogotá's Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) houses the finest collection of pre-Columbian gold on the continent, boasting 33,000 individual pieces, from simple earrings to some of the most…


Highlights

Cali Fair

Cali

25 - 30 Dec 2009 (annual)

Barranquilla Carnival

Barranquilla

13 - 16 Feb 2010 (annual)

Bogotá Latin American Theatre Festival

Bogotá

19 Mar - 4 Apr 2010 (biennial)