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or Santa Marta accommodation? Santa Marta is a city situated in northern Colombia, by the Caribbean Sea and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains. The city is an important maritime port and hub for tourism, history and culture. It was founded on July 29, 1525 by Spanish conqueror Rodrigo de Bastidas, who named the city after the Catholic day for Saint Martha, in which Spain was famous with festivities.
The Festival of the Sea is held annually in this city. It serves as a tourist attraction during the midyear holiday period. One of the main events in the festival is the jetski displays. The Festival's slogan is "Santa Marta, la magia de tenerlo todo", which interprets as "Santa Marta, the magic of having it all."
The Cathedral is a federal monument built in 1766; it holds the remains of Simon Bolivar until 1842. San Fernando Fort was built by Spanish conquerors to protect the city from the pirates; it is a exquisite sample of colonial military architecture. Tayrona National Natural Park is the most significant ecological reserve in Colombia. It has camping districts, virgin beaches, and native tribes.
There is assortment of places to visiting while touring Santa Marta, namely; Quebrada Valencia: a impressive waterfall coming out in the middle of the rain forest. Pueblito is one of the 200 pre-Columbian cities discovered near Santa Marta. Taganga an bona fide fishing town, it is known as a great place for scuba diving, and it has attractive beaches, The Mamancana Natural Reserve is a natural reservation which offers the possibility to see wildlife and exercise intense sports such as paragliding, downhill, rock climbing, and canopying.
Santa Marta has a year-round tropical mood. It is warm during the day, but the evening ocean breezes are cool and make sunsets and nightlife in particular appealing. Santa Marta is served by a wide variety of hotels, rental apartments, hostiles, a lot of good restaurants abound, with heavy menu emphasis of sea food caught fresh daily by the thousands of local fishermen. - Browse the Santa Marta Map or compare Santa Marta accommodation from Hotels, Motels, B&Bs,
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