Don’t forget….. Turn off the lights tonight. (Just for an hour!) from 20:30 to 21:30 local time. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos supports the call for Colombians to turn off the lights for one hour on March 26 and join the global campaign of “Earth Hour” to demonstrate support of the environmental campaign, which is [...]
The Carnaval party continues at the Hotel El Prado on Friday and Saturday with a mixture of performers and styles including Ruben Blades, Don Omar, Silvestre Dangond and Fernando Echavarria – “Familia André”. Tickets for the event can be bought through Tuboleta.com, Blockbusters (near Mc Donalds) and of course at the Hotel El Prado itself. [...]
Although the Barranquilla Carnaval has lots of free events and entertainment there are many ways to spend your money too. If you want to be treated as a VIP there are a number of options including a seat in the shade up in the stands which costs 340,000 pesos (about 150 US $) – [...]
The home where Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Colombia’s most famous author and Nobel laureate) is due to open to the public early in February. Located in the Caribbean town of Aracataca in the province of Magdelena (close to Santa Marta) it is expected to become a popular tourist attraction along the Caribbean coast and attract many [...]
Saturday 16th January at 7:00 PM the Queen of the Barranquilla Carnaval 2010, Giselle Marie Lacouture Paccini, will officially start the (pre-) Carnaval celebrations with the Lectura de El Bando. Location: Estadio Romelio Martínez Time: From 5:00 PM onwards. Being the 200th anniversary of Colombia’s Independence from Spain this year Carnaval takes on a special [...]