Tag Archives: Colombia

Beaches The main beach of “mainland” Cartagena is Bocagrande. There is a wide sandy coast, a fairly smooth descent into the water and everything you need for a comfortable beach holiday: umbrellas, sun loungers and mattresses (on hotel beaches). During the season, however, the “overcrowding” of the resort makes itself felt, and the sea becomes… Read More »

Population Most of Colombia’s population lives in cities and in the country’s central highlands. The eastern lowlands, which mainly consist of savanna, llanos, and tropical rainforest, itself, on the other hand, are very sparsely populated. The largest cities in 2017 were Bogotá (8.1 million residents), Medellín (2.5 million) and Cali (2.4 million). The ethnic composition… Read More »