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Barefoot Parks of Medellin

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Barefoot Parks of Medellin

Posted by on Jan 13, 2012 in Parks | Comments Off on Barefoot Parks of Medellin

Known as El Parque de los Pies Descansas, there are two great places where the citizens and tourists are encouraged to take off their shoes and enjoy soft paths, green lawns, and water parks.

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Plaza Botero

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Plaza Botero

Posted by on Jan 12, 2012 in Best of Medellin, Parks | Comments Off on Plaza Botero

One of the most popular spots in Medellin is Botero Plaza, which is next to the Palacio de la Cultura.

There are over a dozen huge bronze sculptors by Medellin’s most famous and most loved artist, Botero, who is famous worldwide for his artistic renderings of “fat people”. Botero says that he doesn’t paint fat people, but he paints figures more voluminously. You’ll notice that they don’t actually look fat… they’re just bigger in some areas. In any case, his unusual and very distinctive style has made him very famous and his pieces are collected worldwide. Botero currently lives in Rome, Italy.

On the other side of the Plaza, opposite the Palacio, is the Botero Museum, which has several rooms of his paintings, as well as other wings of the museum containing works of abstract art and many Colombian historical paintings.

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Parque Explora Dinosaurs

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Parque Explora Dinosaurs

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One of the most spectacular places in Medellin is the El Parque Explora, which consists of many exhibits centered around a courtyard full of robotic rubber dinosaurs. They are life-size dinosaurs, animated, and you can touch and play with them. A few of them have erratically swinging rubber tails that the kids love to dodge.

Most of the most popular dinosaurs are on display, including a life-size anamatronic Tyrannousaurus Rex, a Triceratops, velociraptors, brachiasaurus, and many more.

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Parque Explora Biologico

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One of the best exhibitions within Parque Explora is the Biologico Exhibit, which features rainforest creatures from throughout Colombia.

Included in the exhibit is this golden poison dart frog shown above, which is the world’ most venemous frog.

Several species of tarantulas, including truly huge ones, are living here as well.

A medium sized boa, and a huge anaconda, along with many other beautiful snakes, are among the favorites of the crowd.

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Sala de la Mente

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Sala de la Mente

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Sala de la Mente in Parque Explora

The Sala de la Mente is a large exhibit filled with two floors of mind puzzles, electric games, futuristic exhibitions, computer graphic puzzles, 3D animations, and all kinds of interactive things that need to be seen rather than described.

Sala de la Mente Website

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Orchideorama at the Botanical Gardens

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Perhaps the most beautiful modern structure in all of Medellin, the Orchideorama events center in the Jardin Botanico is made of a series of huge roof structures, and underneath events such as weddings, large parties, shows etc are held.

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Albert Einstein Exhibition

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Albert Einstein Exhibit in Medellin Colombia

In Medellin’s Parque Explora is an amazing exhibition and tribute to the life and work of Nobel-prize-winning physicist Albert Einstein, who was the discoverer of relativity theory and many more important fundamental ideas in modern physics.

Einstein Exhibition Medellin Website

The Einstein Exhibit contains his life story, including the incredible influence that Einstein has had on world culture. His iconic image is used continuously in various media, his facial features are imitated in order to create a look of intelligence and wisdom (such as Yoda from Star Wars), and the museum has a fascinating video collage of commercials from many countries that use his likeness to hawk very commercial products.

In addition, many of Einstein’s letters to various interesting people have been duplicated and put on display.

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Parque Explora

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Parque Explora

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Parque Explora Medellin - Explorer Park

Parque Explora, which would translate to “Exploration Park” in English, is in the center of Medellin, and is one of the most popular attractions in Medellin with locals and tourist alike.

The center of the park is a large courtyard filled with life-size robotic dinosaurs for kids to play on and around. There are several water features, and many scientifica and mechanical exhibits to play with.

The park consists of several very popular exhibits, including the Medellin Aquarium, the Biological Exhibit filled with snakes, spiders, and other creepy-crawlies from Colombia, and the “Sala de la Mente” (Chamber of the Mind).

Parque Explora Official Website

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Metro Cable Medellin

Posted by on Jan 11, 2012 in Best of Medellin, Transportation | Comments Off on Metro Cable Medellin

 

High above the city of Medellin is the Metro Cable, which connects to the city’s metro/subway line.

We recommend buying a ticket for the regular metro, then ride to the Metro Cable and ride it up to the top to take photos of the city, then ride it back down.

The Metro Cable isn’t just a tourist attraction… it’s an important mode of transportation for thousands of the citizens of Medellin who live high up in the hills overlooking the city. So, best to ride it before rush hour.

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Palacio de la Cultura

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The Palacio de la Cultura Rafael Uribe Uribe, is an iconic structure known to tourists as the “Beetlejuice Building” because of its use of alternating black and white blocks, which reminds one of the design theme used in Tim Burton’s movie.

This spectacular old building is part of Botero Plaza, and can be seen from the public metro system as you pass through the city.

The Palacio is a public events space, for various concerts, workshops, art exhibits, and more.

Address: Carrera 51 No 52-03

Metro Station: Berrío

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