Day Trip Numero Dos: Santa Fe de Antioquia

We took a couple day trips from Medellin, half the fun of taking these was the bus rides through the countryside, which is lined with beautiful green rolling hills, small towns, and farms.

Santa Fe de Antioquia is a lovely old colonial town.  I feel like it probably looks exactly as it did during the 1800's; narrow streets, whitewashed colonial buildings and pretty plazas full of adorable old men selling treats from briefcases and simply watching the world go by.  We sat in the center plaza observing the lifestyle and tried the local pulpa de tamarindo candy, which is pretty tasty.

We also visited the the Puente de Occidente, an unusual bridge that was one of the first suspension bridges in the Americas.  Our three wheel cab wheeled us over this rickety national monument and the River Cauca.