Private Medellin City Tour: Half Day Exploration with Plaza Botero Visit

Experience the best of Medellin on a private half-day city tour. Explore iconic landmarks, visit Plaza Botero, and enjoy the convenience of a bilingual driver and flexible departure times.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Plaza Botero - 23 statues of Botero
  • Escaleras Electricas De La Comuna 13 - Check out the graffiti
  • Metro de Medellin - Check out the slums
What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges included
  • Access to all activities
  • Expert-led guided tour
  • Comfortable transport in a private vehicle
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Visit Medellin’s iconic tourist spots on a fully narrated tour with a professional local guide, available with multiple departure times any day of the week.

Your bilingual driver will pick you up from your location and take you to Medellin’s most notable sites on a personalized journey in an air-conditioned car, just minutes away. There will be ample free time to explore and capture the best postcard-worthy photos, with convenient facilities available for bathroom breaks or snacks. It is recommended to bring cash or Colombian pesos as not all stores accept credit cards.

The first stop is Botero Square, where you can see 23 statues donated by Fernando Botero, one of Colombia’s most renowned artists. The tour then continues to the cable car, offering stunning views of the city with your ticket included. Finally, the tour stops at the vibrant Comuna 13 to admire the colorful street art along the urban escalators, making it a unique highlight of your visit to Medellin.

  • May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
  • The duration of transfers are approximate, the exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions
Location
Plaza Botero
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Laura_f
Aug 3, 2024
Amazing Medellin - Ivan was our guide. He was friendly and enthusiastic about this city that he loves! He gave lots of information that only a local resident would know. Highly recommend :)
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Windy
Jul 12, 2024
The guide makes the difference. - The guide was very kind and have a lot of patience. He tooks us to the important places and even agree to leave us at Pueblito Paisa.
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Amanda_b
May 12, 2024
Great Intro to Medellin - Ray was a lovely tour guide full of so much knowledge, history and his own experience. This was a perfect afternoon tour and introduction to Medellin! He was open to customizing the tour and answering any questions. Thanks Ray!
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Priscilla_c
Apr 26, 2024
Excellent tour ….highly recommend! - Fabulous half day city tour with an excellent guide. Full of history and information and was so responsive to my requests. Highly recommend A+++
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Kathy_b
Mar 12, 2024
Wonderful tour! - We had a wonderful tour with Alberto as our guide. He is a very knowledgeable and kind man who gave us a good understanding of the history and politic of Medelin and Colombia 🇨🇴 We loved our time with him!!
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Y8466vychadb
Feb 22, 2024
Two great Excursions for Medellin - We went on the horse back, zip lining and fourhweeler excursion which was amazing. So many beautiful views. Our tour guide David was amazing. One of the best tour guides I have ever had. David was such a good tour guide we decided to book a city tour with him the following day and have him show us around the city which was so cool. We went and saw the Grave of Pablo, the city Pablo had built, downtown Medellin to all the shops and square and the home Pablo was at when he died and the memorial for the victims of the war. Such great tours I highly recommend them both and if you can get David as a guide that will be a bonus for sure he was great.
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Kerry_f
Jan 30, 2024
Great orientation to Medellin - Great overview of Medellin. Loved Botera statues in park and wandering thru nearby streets, shopping area including local market to Bolivar park. Enjoyed cable car ride up mountain and metro train. Guide, JP's english was strong and appreciated his split of time in US and Colombia.
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Silkek32
Jan 2, 2024
The ultimate Pablo tour of Medellin! - My tour guide Alberto Gomez was awesome! He was so flexible and tailored the trip so I could see all the sites I was most interested in, including both the Escobar museum on the hilltop in Poblado run by Pablo’s brother Roberto (who signs merchandise you buy there) and the “Beyond Escobar” one in Conmuna 13 run by Pablo’s niece, Laura (which offers a more personal insight to the man and myth). We also saw the rooftop where he died, the cemetery where he is buried, and the solemn, moving memorial to the dead from that era of ultra violence that is now long gone in modern day, buzzing Medellin. Muchas Gracias Alberto!
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Simon
Dec 24, 2023
Medellin was amazing - I enjoyed the tour with David Betancourth very much. He was knowledgeable, patient, fun, caring and very professional tour guide.
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Anibal_b
May 9, 2024
Not what I expected - This half a day tour allows you to upgrade to a full day tour at the end to include Pablo Escobar sites, but never changed the description of the tour which caused a confusion with the tour guide. He looked very uncomfortable when we had to tell him that Pablo Escobar’s burial site was part of the tour. He wanted to practically change our tour. To add credit to our tour guide, he did added two extra interesting sites to our tour, the monument to the victims of Escobar’s killings and the pueblito paisa.
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