Bucaramanga
Let's take a look at this video to
have a virtual city tour.
This is the itinerary of our 5-day trip.
DAY 1
This is the welcome day.
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We will begin with our first class where we will introduce each other and we will have our opening lesson with different activities.
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We will give you all the directions and recommendations to have an amazing experience in the city.
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We will have lunch with some local friends in Bucaramanga.
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We will have a tour and visits to various historical places in Bucaramanga's downtown such as "La casa de Bolívar", the City Hall, the parks and some sightseeing.
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DAY 2
This is the second day.
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We will have our second class and
visit one of the most emblematic towns of Bucaramanga: Girón.
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It has a very colonial and antique downtown and the streets are grounds full of stones. Pope Jean Paul II visited this town and declared its church as minor Basilica.
Then, we will eat at "La Casona restaurante" with the most traditional santanderean food such as mute, chicken breast, rice with chicken, roasted beef and chorizo.
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Later, we will eat some typical ice-cream
with a curious cup: passion fruit skin with passion fruit, mango and ice-cream.
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Dinner at the hotel
DAY 3
This is the third day.
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Our third class will be held at the hotel and we will teach you contextual Spanish.
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We will eat lunch at a traditional restaurant with Santanderean or Colombian typical food.
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We will visit another city of Bucaramanga's metropolitan's area, which is Floridablanca.
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We will eat at obleas, which are 2 circled crackers put together and stuffed with delicious milk sweet and blackberry sauce: Finger licking good!
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We will visit the Santísimo, which is a 38-meters-tall statue of Christ on the mountains and we will go up there through cable cars.
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There we can have snacks and also you can buy your souvenirs such as key chains, magnets and big-butted ants; you can eat them or wear them.
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DAY 4
More adventures for day 4th.
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We will have an interesting class this day.
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Another town of the metropolitan area is Piedecuesta, which inhabitants are well
known as hard working and have a particular
accent.
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There, you can see two churches altogether and also a lot of street sellers of food such
as pinchos and mazorca.
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We will have paragliding as well, a one of
a kind experience, which is adventurous
and pleasant. If you are afraid of heights,
you'd better deprive (but we still can offer
different activities for the people who
won't take a chance on this).
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We will have dinner with some local
families in different houses. ​
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DAY 5
Way to the Chicamocha's Canyon.
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This is one of the best attraction and
catalogued as one of the modern marvels of the world. Chicamocha comes from Guane language and it means silver threads between the mountains under full moon.
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Here you can visit all the mountain from the entrance to the top. There's a Guane museum, the revolution monument and the 360° viewpoint.
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You can enjoy doing different activities like the huge swing, rappel, zip line, cable car, feeding animals, etc. We will have lunch there as well.
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We'll go back to the hotel and there's always a slot of time to rest and get ready for dinner.
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We will have dinner at the hotel and we will have our course closure.
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DAY 6
Last but not least, we have: Barichara.
This experience is optional and it's not included in the trip package.
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This is like Encanto Movie. This is a magical place full of history, colonial places and nice people. This town is considered to be the most beautiful place in Colombia.
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There we will have a sightseeing tour, we will see the panorama from "Salto del Mico" and we will eat typical Santander food.
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There's another important fact: German people also visited us. One of the most famous person is Geo Von Lengerke, who was an engineer and a colonizer. There's a Lengerke's way that we should walk there.