Tourist office Medellín
The Alcaldía de Medellín runs 3 tourist information points in the city through its Secretaría de Turismo y Entretenimiento: the PIT Plaza Botero in the centre, the PIT Pueblito Paisa on the Cerro Nutibara and the Centro de Turismo Inteligente in Parques del Río. All three open Monday to Saturday from 09:00 to 17:00.
Colombian and foreign visitors get free, specialised information there on the city's tourist products, places of interest and attractions. Up in Parque Arví, the park's own guides and tourist informers welcome visitors at the Cable Arví arrival plaza. Terminales Medellín's passenger desks at the Norte and Sur bus terminals also give tourist information.
Find the nearest tourist office
PIT Plaza Botero
Location: Carrera 52 at Calle 52, on Plaza Botero in La Candelaria, the city centre
Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 09:00 to 17:00; no Sunday hours are published
PIT Pueblito Paisa
Location: Calle 30A # 55-64, at the top of the Cerro Nutibara
Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 09:00 to 17:00; no Sunday hours are published
Centro de Turismo Inteligente
Location: Parques del Río, close to the city centre
Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 09:00 to 17:00; no Sunday hours are published
It offers a sensory technology experience in a space accessible to everyone.
Centro de Interpretación El Tambo, Parque Arví
Location: arrival plaza of the Cable Arví (Metrocable Line L), El Tambo sector, Santa Elena
Opening hours: Wednesday to Monday 09:30 to 17:30; closed on Tuesdays for maintenance, or on the following day when a Tuesday is a public holiday
Not run by the Secretaría de Turismo y Entretenimiento: the Corporación Parque Arví, which runs the park's tourist services, bases its guides and tourist informers here.
Discover Medellín in detail
Discover Medellín in detail
Fernando Botero's 23 bronzes on Plaza Botero open the one-day route that Tourist Office traces through Medellín. From there it heads to the Museo de Antioquia, the Palacio de la Cultura Rafael Uribe Uribe, Parque de las Luces and Parque de los Pies Descalzos, then rides the Metro out to the murals and outdoor escalators of Comuna 13.
For longer stays, its guide to the things to see in Medellín adds Pueblito Paisa on the Cerro Nutibara, the Jardín Botánico, Parque Explora and the cable-car ride up to Parque Arví, with at least four days suggested for the city and a fifth for Guatapé and La Piedra del Peñol.
Keep the city and national holiday calendar in mind
On public holidays in Medellín, offices, museums and transport can close for the day or run on holiday hours. The PIT Plaza Botero, the PIT Pueblito Paisa and the Centro de Turismo Inteligente open Monday to Saturday, and no holiday hours are published for them. In Parque Arví, a Tuesday holiday moves the weekly maintenance closure to the next day.
Medellín follows Colombia's national calendar, which has 19 public holidays in each of 2026 and 2027. Easter Sunday, on 5 April 2026 and 28 March 2027, sets five of them: Maundy Thursday and Good Friday just before it, and three Mondays in May and June for Ascension Day, Corpus Christi and the Sacred Heart. Some fixed-date feasts, Saints Peter and Paul among them, are observed on the next Monday when the date is not a Monday, so 29 June stays put in 2026 but becomes 5 July in 2027. The Feria de las Flores, the city's flower festival, brings no public holiday with it.
National holidays in Colombia 2026
- 1 January New Year's Day (Año Nuevo)
- 12 January Epiphany, moved from 6 January (Día de los Reyes Magos)
- 23 March Saint Joseph's Day, moved from 19 March (Día de San José)
- 2 April Maundy Thursday (Jueves Santo)
- 3 April Good Friday (Viernes Santo)
- 1 May Labour Day (Día del Trabajo)
- 18 May Ascension Day (Ascensión del Señor)
- 8 June Corpus Christi
- 15 June Sacred Heart (Sagrado Corazón de Jesús)
- 29 June Saints Peter and Paul (San Pedro y San Pablo)
- 13 July Day of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá, moved from 9 July (Día de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá)
- 20 July Independence Day (Día de la Independencia)
- 7 August Battle of Boyacá (Batalla de Boyacá)
- 17 August Assumption Day, moved from 15 August (Asunción de la Virgen)
- 12 October Day of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity of the Colombian Nation (Día de la Diversidad Étnica y Cultural de la Nación Colombiana)
- 2 November All Saints' Day, moved from 1 November (Todos los Santos)
- 16 November Independence of Cartagena, moved from 11 November (Independencia de Cartagena)
- 8 December Immaculate Conception (Inmaculada Concepción)
- 25 December Christmas Day (Navidad)
Local holidays in Medellín 2026
Every public holiday in Medellín is a national one.
National holidays in Colombia 2027
- 1 January New Year's Day (Año Nuevo)
- 11 January Epiphany, moved from 6 January (Día de los Reyes Magos)
- 22 March Saint Joseph's Day, moved from 19 March (Día de San José)
- 25 March Maundy Thursday (Jueves Santo)
- 26 March Good Friday (Viernes Santo)
- 1 May Labour Day (Día del Trabajo)
- 10 May Ascension Day (Ascensión del Señor)
- 31 May Corpus Christi
- 7 June Sacred Heart (Sagrado Corazón de Jesús)
- 5 July Saints Peter and Paul, moved from 29 June (San Pedro y San Pablo)
- 12 July Day of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá, moved from 9 July (Día de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá)
- 20 July Independence Day (Día de la Independencia)
- 7 August Battle of Boyacá (Batalla de Boyacá)
- 16 August Assumption Day, moved from 15 August (Asunción de la Virgen)
- 18 October Day of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity of the Colombian Nation, moved from 12 October (Día de la Diversidad Étnica y Cultural de la Nación Colombiana)
- 1 November All Saints' Day (Todos los Santos)
- 15 November Independence of Cartagena, moved from 11 November (Independencia de Cartagena)
- 8 December Immaculate Conception (Inmaculada Concepción)
- 25 December Christmas Day (Navidad)
Local holidays in Medellín 2027
Every public holiday in Medellín is a national one.