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A unique natural place, Mar Menor is the largest salt-water lake of Europe. InterContinental Mar Menor Golf Resort is located near the Spanish village of Torre Pacheco, only 10 km from Murcia San Javier Airport. Local attractions include Santiago de la Ribera Beach, Archaelogical Museum, and Estadio Municipal de Cartagena. Surrounded by Mar Menor Best Golf an 18 hole Par 72 golf course, part of the celebrated Nicklaus Golf Trail, this intimate hotel is an inspiring retreat where you can indulge in relaxation and leisure during your stay.

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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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One Urban World Festival is held in Cartagena, Spain. Each year the streets of Cartagena are decorated and most of the squares swarm with djs, beatmakers, rap musicians, hippsters and graffatti artists, all part of One Urban Festival. In addition to this year program artists Ross, Suso33, Pixel Panxo, or M Kraser Mati, among others, have already begun work, cans in hand, to translate his works in different parts of the old town of Cartagena as the Callejon de la Soledad, next to Teatro Romano or windlass and around Monte Sacro.

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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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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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In the heart of the old walled city of Cartagena is La Passion – a small hotel created with all the emotion and romance that its name implies. Overlooking the Caribbean Sea, Cartagena de Indias is one of South America‘s most beautiful and vibrant cities and this hotel captures much of the Colombian city’s spirit with its beguiling shabby-chic grandeur. 

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Cartagena is tropical Colombian seaport city with its cocaine days in the past. The city beats like a salsa party with fancy gorgeous restaurants and old-school style plazas. Wonderful parties and festivals keep the city swinging after dark. But Cartagena city has its quiet part as well. Just a short stroll away, tourists will find out white beaches and crystal clear water.

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Colombia is bordered on the northwest by Panama, on the east by Venezuela and Brazil, and on the southwest by Peru and Ecuador. Through the western half of the country, three Andean ranges run north and south. The eastern half is a low, jungle-covered plain, drained by spurs of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers, inhabited mostly by isolated tropical-forest Indian tribes. The fertile plateau and valley of the eastern range are the most densely populated parts of the country.

Official Name: Republica de Colombia.
Capital: Bogota.
Independence day: July 20, 1810.

NATURAL FEATURES
Area: 440,831 square miles (1,141,748 square kilometres), includes the San Andres y Providencia archipelago.
Climate:Tropical. Varies according to the altitude.
Highest Peak: Pico Cristobal Colon, 19,020 feet (5,800 meters).
Major Rivers: Magdalena, Cauca, Meta, Guaviare, Caqueta, Putumayo, Atrato, Vaupes, Vichada.
Mountain Ranges: Occidental, Central, Oriental.

PEOPLE
Population: 39,309,422 (July 1999 est.); 89.2, people per square mile (34.5 people per square kilometer); 73 percent urban, 27 percent rural.
Major Cities: Bogota, Medellin, Cali, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Cucuta, Bucaramanga
Religions: Roman Catholicism, 95.4%.
Language: Spanish (official).

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