Colombia

INFORMATION
BOOKLET
BARRAN
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COLOMBIA
01. Colombia
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Welcome to Colombia
Time zone difference
Money in Colombia
02. Atlántico
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Our department
03. Barranquilla
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11.
Colombia’s golden door
Things to do and places to go
Moving around
Keep in touch
Short costeñol course
Meet the sharks
Contact info
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01.
Colombia
Welcome to Colombia
Time zone difference
Money in Colombia
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WE ARE PART
OF THE ANSWER
WELCOME TO COLOMBIA!
Welcome to this tropical country full of diversity
and magic. It’s history is full of mistery and adventures. This
land is famous thanks to it’s excellent coffee and purity of
it’s emeralds.
This is the land where men spit fire, where rice transforms
you into an alligator and music becomes one no matter the
genre. We have become the answer to many questions to
find great life experiences, because in Colombia…
www.colombia.CO
the only risk is wanting to stay…
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Time zone
difference
Asunción
+1
Berlín
+6
Buenos Aires
+2
Caracas
+1
Honolulu
-5
Jerusalén
+7
La Paz
+1
Lima
0
London
+5
Los Ángeles
-3
Madrid
+6
México
-1
Miami
0
Montevideo
+2
Delhi
+10:30
New York
0
Panamá
0
Paris
+6
Peking
+13
Quito
0
Rio de Janeiro
+2
Roma
+6
San Juan
+1
Santiago
+1
Sydney
+15
Tegucigalpa
-1
Tokyo
+14
Montevideo
-1
Money
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in Colombia
GET FAMILIAR WITH THE COLOMBIAN PESO!
Our currency is the Colombian Peso. You can find it in coins and bills of old and new versions. Here are
the images so you are in the know.
02.
Atlántico
Our departament
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About
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Atlántico
THE LAND WHERE THE SEA AND THE RIVER FIGHT
Beautiful landscapes composed by water and land join visitors during their journey through the
department. Ranches, handcraft and history towns, colonial churches and Colombia´s oldest port, are
some of the attractives that people here can enjoy.
Atlántico’s
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GENERAL INFO
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2.344.140 hab.
3.388 km2
From 26 °C to 28 °C
Atlántico’s
gastronomy
Food from the Atlántico department is
really diverse. You can find from food
made of what we get from the sea to
food made of the product of the effort of
the people that work in our lands.
We have a rich mix of spanish and
indigenous ingredients and african
flavors, that’s why we try many
combinations resulting on delicious and
creative dishes.
Get ready to meet heaven in every
corner of this territory.
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Sancocho
Butifarra
Arepa e’ huevo
Atlántico’s
culture
Part of the Atlántico’s economy is
integrated by the handcrafts of artisans
from Tubará, Usiacurí and Galapa.
They work with great creativity and
hability, creating the most original pieces
of art with materials that come directly
from our land.
You can find many of this artisans in our
cities, so don’t miss a chance to adquire
your own sourvenir directly from the
hands of this traditional people.
TRADITIONAL OBJECTS
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Sombrero vueltiao
Manillas
Baskets
03.
Barranquilla
Colombia’s golden door
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Colombia’s
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Golden Door
MEET THE HAPPIEST CITY
IN THE WORLD!
Barranquilla is the capital of the Atlantic department. Is
placed over the Magdalena river. Barranquilla was the
principal entrance point to Colombia for many inmigrants.
Is home of one of the most important celebrations in
Colombia: Barranquilla’s Carnival, declared oral and
inmaterial patrimonio of humanity by Unesco on 2003.
-Our zoo has one of the
few white tigers in the
world.
- Our carnival is also
cultural heritage of the
nation and the world.
- We were officially
declared the happiest
city in the world.
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CULTURAL PLACES
Amira de la
Rosa theater
Metropolitan
Cathedral
Constant cultural
activities take place here.
Also Peace Plaza. Many
events take place here.
Kra 54 with 53 street
53 street with kra 46
Carnival’s
House
Barranquilla’s
Zoo
Home for everything
related to the carnival.
Home of the white
bengal tiger.
Kra 54#49B-39
76 street#68-40
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CULTURAL PLACES
MAMB
Caribbean’s
Cultural Park
Barranquilla’s Modern
Art Museum.
Our history connects
with today’s technology.
Kra 56#74-22
36 street#46-66
Caribbean’s
Pilot Bibliotecary
Romantic
Museum
Here you can also find
the Aduana building.
An old mansion with
objects from our history.
Way 40#36-135
Kra 54 with 59 street
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Things to do
and places to go
SHOPPING MALLS
C.C. Buenavista
/Portal del Prado
Único
You can find stores,
restaurants and a movie
theater.
98 street#52
An outlet shopping
center.
C.C. Villa
Country
Éxito/SAO
/Olímpica
Many stores and the first
4D and VIP cinemas in
the country.
78 street#53-70
Grocery stores, food,
clothing and household.
72 street#39
All over the city
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Things to do
and places to go
FOOD RELATED
Bourbon St.
Cucayo
A pub resembling New
Orleans most famous
street.
Kra53#79-141
In this restaurant you will
find all de tipical food of
the caribbean region of
Colombia).
Kra 49c # 76-224
Rodizio carne
e vinho
Creppes
& Waffles
A brazilian style
restaurant with an
elegant touch.
82 street#53-57
Ideal place to have an
ice-cream and different
flavored waffles.
All over the city
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FOOD RELATED
Cheers
La Cueva
Excelent American food
right here in Barranquilla.
A place where culture,
art and great typical food
converge.
Kra 52 # 76 - 126
84 street with 51
Salvator´s
Juan Valdéz
Café
One of the best places to
have a good pizza.
Taste the real colombian
coffee in many forms and
flavors.
All over the city
Kr51B#93-127
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NIGHT LIFE
KAPITOL
Trucupey
One of the best
discotheques in the city
with modern music.
106 street # 50-67
One of the best places.
Latin music plays all
night, sometimes live.
Kra 50 # 53 street
Barcelona Shots
/Killa Shots/Moe’s Bar
La Troja
These have great variety
of music and also the
best shots of the city.
84 street
A traditional place for
music like vallenato, salsa
and other typical ones.
74 street#74
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Barranquilla:
Creative City
Barranquilla´s Carnival
February
Arts Carnival
Musicians, writers, poets, artists, and
intellectual thinkers gather together
(4 days) to meditate about the
cultural background of Barranquilla´s
Carnival
February
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Barranquilla:
Creative City
Creativa
PLATAFORMA K
The event’s offer consists on designers
and brands with high design and detail
in male and female wardrobe,
swimwear, and fashion accessories like
jewelry.
March
ENITBAR
International Theater encounter of
Barranquilla in the Atlantic and the
Caribbean.
Barranquilla Breath Theater !
April-May
Barranquilla:
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Creative City
International Short Film
Festival (Cine a la Calle)
An International show of the best short
films of the year in the streets of
Barranquilla. It feature among others the
finalist of cartagena Film festival
May
International Poetry
Festival from the
Caribbean (PoeMaRío)
Poetry, books and caribbean music
takes the city for an entire week and
makes us dream awake
July
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Barranquilla:
Creative City
SABOR BARRANQUILLA
Expirience for a week the mix of
flavors from the caribbean region.
Our gastronomy have influences
from native people, Europe, Asia and
Africa.
August
BARRANQUIJAZZ
The most important Jazz and Latin jazz
Festival of Colombia and the caribbean. This
unique event is influence by salsa, african
rythm, Son Cubano, Cha Cha Cha, , Mambo,
Bolero, Charanga, and many others.
September
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Moving
around
TAXI
BUS
You can get a taxi by calling it or in the street. It
cost gets higher the further you go. You must
always ask how much is going to cost the trip,
you can negotiate the price.
Price: from $5000 and on.
You can take a normal one anywhere. There’s
also transmetro on some places, you need a
card for it. Price goes up $100 for buses on
weekends and $100 for transmetro on Sunday.
Price: Normal: $1600 Transmetro: $1700
RECOMMENDATION
It is better to call a taxi, specially at night. You just have to make sure you have the right adress, sometimes it is asigned
automatically. To correct an adress just call again the same number and you are going to be connected with the operator. Here are
the recommended numbers for you to call:
From your cellphone: #522 or #386. You are not charged for this calls. From a landline: 3222222 or 3868686
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Moving
around
OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT
AIR TRAVEL
You can go to the terminal and get a ticket for Usually, it is the best option for too long
whenever you want to leave, keeping in mind distances. You can fly using your passport or you
the shceduled times. This roadtrips tend to be foreigner identification.
larger than what is indicated at the terminal and
there are many security points at the road.
RECOMMENDATION
FOR THE ROAD
FOR THE AIR
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CHEAP SERVICES AND BIGGER COVERAGE
There are many companies that offer mobile phone service. The price per minute varies acoording to
each company, being the most common one, and as result the cheapest: TIGO.
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MESSENGER SERVICES
You may send your package or mail to any place in the country or in the world. You can choose to use
a land service or an air service for a faster delivery, but with higher price.
The companies that offer this services are:
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Short costeñol
course
1. Hello
Hola
11. Good morning
Buenos días
2. How are you?
¿Cómo estás?
12. Good night
Buenas noches
3. I’m fine
Estoy bien
13. I don’t speak
spanish
No hablo español
4. What’s your
name?
¿Cómo te llamas?
14. Money
Dinero/plata
5. My name is…
Mi nombre es…
15. How much is it?
¿Cuánto cuesta?
6. Yes
Sí
16. I’m hungry
Tengo hambre
7. No
No
17. I’m thirsty
Tengo sed
8. Thank you
Gracias
18. What time is it?
¿Qué hora es?
9. Please
Por favor
19. Where is…?
¿Dónde queda… ?
10. Bye
Adiós
20. Pretty awesome
Full bacano :D
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