Medellín Cultural Tour: Exploring Silleteros and Flower Farms of Santa Elena

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Santa Elena

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Embark on a captivating cultural tour of Medellín, exploring the world of silleteros and flower farms in Santa Elena. Discover the enchanting process behind the city’s annual flower festival and immerse yourself in the vibrant beauty of Medellín’s blooming floral industry.

Duration: 4 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Santa Elena - Learn about a typical character from Medellin
Parque Arvi - Drive near

What's Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Professional guide
Transport by air-conditioned coach, minivan or car (depending on the group size)
Entrance to flower farm

What's Not Included

Gratuities
Food and drinks, unless specified
Tour not available on the day prior to the parade which is usually the first monday of august e/year

Additional Information

Medellín is loco for flowers. Participants in the annual flower festival use 600,000 flowers to create plus-size images of animals, people and objects. See where the flowers come from by visiting a flower farm about 45 minutes outside of Medellín. Chat with the flower farmer, or silletero, and stroll the farm taking in all the flowers and their lovely…

Location

Santa Elena

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Felipe

Aug 31, 2024

There are many places most cost $50,000 per person - If you are Colombian or you are walking in the Antioquian region, passing through Santa Elena is mandatory, making the Silletera tour and knowing the culture and love that all people offer is incalculable, you will have fun , you will see a variety of incredible flowers and enjoy a really delicious gastronomy nearby.

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Viajeromatematic

Aug 10, 2024

ST. HELENA CHAIR FOR ECCLENECY - The best experience you can live in Medellin and especially in the region of Santa Elena. The guidance of Yesenia and Andrea de Oasis tur is the best. The Silletera estate of the Londoño family is excellent. Here we saw the process of making the chairs, with passion, much love and art. It is 7th experience to be lived at least once in a lifetime

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Pokey1970

Aug 8, 2024

Day trip to Santa Elena and flower farm - Mauricio was a great guide/companion for the day. We had good conversation and a side trip to get arepas and chorizo. It was a very nice day.

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Ame7127

Mar 21, 2024

Fantastic private tour of Santa Elena!! - Luis was awesome!! He did a great job at translating Spanish to English as I went on the Santa Elena Silleteros tour with my wife and mother. We had a great time! We really enjoyed meeting Don Joaquin who was third generation of Silleteros and his wife. We liked learning about the Silleteros tradition, lifestyle, and history. Additionally, we enjoyed making a silleta and experienced wearing the traditional clothing and carrying the silleta. Luis provided us with a reliable vehicle that had AC which made comfortable ride from Medellin to Santa Elena where is was much cooler. I recommend taking a wind breaker or light jacket as the climate does change at higher elevation. Luis picked us up at my family’s house where we were staying a dropped us off near Comuna 13 were we wanted to walk around and shop. I highly recommend this tour with Luis he as fantastic and we had a great time with our guid Luis. Thank you for a wonderful tour and experience!! 👍🏼👍🏼

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426myrtad

Dec 18, 2023

Santa Elena Tour- Silleteros - We loved this experience of learning about the preparation of a silletero for its participation in the festival in August. Don Joaquin showed us his crops and then showed us how to prepare and load the silletero of flowers...spectacular! The tour guide, Daniel, made the tour most pleasant for us with his knowledge of topics related to his country, very polite, responsible when driving, respectful, talkative and very friendly. We highly recommend this activity and if it is with Daniel, from Medellin City Services, you will enjoy it more!

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Williamedward_p

Sep 18, 2024

Flowers & more - Flower carrier demonstration. Our guide Joe was entertaining, knowledgeable, and warm-hearted. Joaquin, the current owner of the farm, and his wife are so sweet.

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Patrimoniotour

Feb 27, 2024

Learn silletera culture - It was a very positive experience, the friends loved the silletera talk, they learned about the differences of the silletas,

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R14ccellena

Jan 29, 2024

Loved this beautiful farm & it’s history. - It was a great tour. The flower farm was beautiful and the owner was very proud to share the history of his generational trade. The tour guide was also great. The only wish is that it wasn’t so expensive @ $144.

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Paul_p

Jul 31, 2023

Nice chance to learn about flower growing - Enjoyed this trip. Visited a flower farm and learned about Stilleteros. Beautiful and informative tour. Our guide, Albert, was amazing. The park was really just a drive through. Altogether about 4 hours.

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Ia_hawks

Jun 28, 2023

Great view and interesting history - A great view of the small flower farm and interesting history of how the flowers and integrated into the "half chair" and all the growers have a parade 1 day every year in Medellin. Very proud and energetic owner who gave us a tour and his family's history growing the flowers and presenting them for awards. Getting to Santa Elena can be a nauseating experience on a tour bus because of all the turns and speed bumps in the road.

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From $99

up to 15 guests

1 Adult