After Bogota, the capital of Colombia. Medellin is the second largest city in terms of population and economy. It is also known as the Industrial Capital of Colombia but due to its magnificent beauty this city has been given several nicknames like "Ciudad de la Etema Primavera" meaning City of Everlasting Spring, "Ciudad de la Flores" meaning the city of flowers, "La Bella Villa" meaning the beautiful village and "Tacita de Plata" meaning Little silver cup. All these nice names show the affection and love of people towards their beautiful city. The beauty of this city attracts thousands of tourists from all over the world.
Medellin is not only a popular tourist destination due to its magnificent beauty flora and fauna but also has a very well repute in the field of health and medicine. This city is home to some of the best hospitals in Colombia and is the leader in transplantation of organs, Neuro surgery and neurosciences, treatment of Cancer and plastic surgery. Hospitals in the city not only serve for the patients from within the country but also receive patients from other neighboring countries.
Many festivals are celebrated in the city out of which the most important, attractive, magnificent and spectacular festival is "La Feria de las Flores" or the Festival of the Flowers this festival is being celebrated since 1957 and is still the most favorite of all. This festival includes parade of antique cars, carts and horses decorated with flowers.This city is also well known for being home to many educational institutions. This city has more than 30 universities and many technical and vocational institutes as well as many schools.
Medellin city has a very well developed transport system. It is the only city in Colombia that has two transportation terminals the North Transportation Terminal and the South Transportation Terminal. Public transport system includes taxis, buses and train service locally known as Metro de Medellin. Medellin is also the only city in Colombia that is served by two airports "Jose Maria Cordova International Airport" and the "Olaya Herrera Airport". The first one is the major airport dealing with...Read more