Tag: Mompox

Enjoy the 5 Reasons to visit Mompox. Mompox or Mompós is located in the Bolivar department from Colombia. It is a little colonial town, with a lot of tradition, an amazing architecture and restaurants where you can taste the best of Colombian caribbean food. There is no doubt, this destiny will make you surprise. That is has been one of the inspiration for the Colombian Nobel Gabriel García Marquez and his literary oeuvre “One Hundred Years of Solitude”. Would you like visiting it? Here are 5 reasons for visiting Mompox, Bolivar and living its magic:   1. A hidden treasure in the colombian caribbean coast. Unlike touristic cities like Cartagena or Santa Marta, Mompox has a few tourist attendance. That’s the main advantage, because visitors can enjoy a beautiful town with a good conservation of the colonial architecture. Besides you will not spend a lot of money and specially you will have a very peaceful environment. Really what people say or see on internet about Mompox, is just a little in comparison to what it is for real. For that reason, I consider Mompox as a hidden treasure in the colombian caribbean coast.    2. Let’s doing a different tourism If you speak spanish you don’t need a master guide or buying an expensive tour to see the emblematic places in Mompox. Just talking with native people you could know stories and cultural traditions. Everybody has a history to tell! Have you ever seen a moto-carro? The Moto-carro is the typical transportation in Mompox, they are perfects for appreciating all the beauty of the colorful streets and the colonial houses, normally called with people names, for example “Doña Manuela”. In some of them you could lodge and I’m sure the host will have different stories to tell about the house and the