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Originally built as a monastery in 1621 in Cartagena, Colombia, the Sofitel Santa Clara Hotel is close to Plaza de los Coches, Puerta del Reloj, and Iglesia Convento San Pedro Claver. With its castles and bastions, its great cultural and architectural wealth, this walled city was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Center in 1984. Points of interest near hotel include the historic town center, the City Wall, Crespo, Palcio De La Inquisicion, San Filipe De Barajas Castle, the Navy Museum, and Plaza Bolivar. Sofitel Santa Clara Hotel is a121-room luxury hotel located in a peaceful part of town just steps from the Caribbean Sea with its white sand beaches.

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This is one of the main points of interests when visiting Colombia. No other museum in Latin America holds a collection of gold as vast as the Museo del Oro or Museum of Gold in Bogota. With a permanent extraordinary collection of more than 55,000 ornaments, tools and art pieces made of gold by all the native pre-Hispanic cultures, this is one of the most representative museums in South America.

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Coffee drinkers from all over the world will readily associate good coffee with Colombia. Pereira is the magical place where the best coffee in the world is grown. This is the center of the traditional coffee growing region, or zona cafetera. The city is strategic located at an altitude of 1600 m in a valley of the Central Andes Mountain range and stands out for its vegetation and scenery. Pereira is alive with different social activities and points of interests that tourists from all over the world have appreciated and will continue to appreciate.

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With roughly two million inhabitants, Medellin is the second largest and most progressive city in Colombia. Possibly best known for the culture, the warmth of its people and beautiful girls, there is plenty to do and see in this wonderful and vibrant city. Located at 5,000 ft above sea level, the city was founded in 1616 in the scenic Aburra valley, but remained small until the coffee boom.

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The Santo Domingo Church was built during  the 16th century in Cartagena, Colombia. It is  the oldest church in the city. It was firstly built in 1539 in Plaza de los Coches, but after a fire and was rebuilt in its present location in 1552. It has a wide central nave and  a heavy roof coverage.However the vault began to crack and solid counterforts had to be added in order to support the structure and prevent it from collapsing.

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Monasterio de La Candelaria in Colombia was found in 1597.The Augustine monks have built it for three years.Today it is still functioning like a monastery, however part of ti is opened for visitors.The guests could see the library, a little museum, the chapel and the large courtyard.There are 16th and 17th – century paintings inside the chapel and on the courtyard’s walls with a very interesting sample of religious art on The authors are Gregorio Vásquez de Arce y Ceballos and the Figueroa brothers.

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Iguaque is a small area of wasteland and Andean forest embedded in the development of the intercepted areas of the Eastern Cordillera, Colombia. Travels a distance of 8 km and covers the municipalities of Tunja, Villa de Leyva and Arcabuco in the department of Boyaca. Its forests are the water supplyers to the local municipalities.

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In Villa de Leyva, Colombia the time has stopped.Cobblestone roads and whitewashed buildings make its beauty complete and mild.It is a collonial village founded in 1572 by Hernán Suárez de Villalobos, who named it for his boss,Andres Díaz V enero de Leyva, the first president of the New Kingdom of Granada.The village’s function was as a shelter for the military ofiicers.

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After two year restoration, a magnificent 250-year-old colonial mansion in the heart of the historic city of Cartagena has come to life. Colombian designer Silvia Tcherassi converted a Spanish-colonial mansion into a white-on-white urban escape that pops with funky decorative accents reminiscent of the accessories from her collections.  The Tcherassi Hotel has been nominated in the 17th Annual World Travel Awards in the category “South America’s Leading New Hotel”. The World Travel Awards are the most prestigious awards in the global travel industry.

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This fascinating Spa center is located in a traditional square in Bogota between two other building. The activities are organized into four levels and related to the different thermal levels of the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta through botanical and animal shapes.

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