Montería
Montería is a municipality and city located in northern Colombia and the capital of the Department of Córdoba.

Montería is a municipality and city located in northern Colombia and the capital of the Department of Córdoba. The city is located 50 km (31 mi) away from the Caribbean sea, by the Sinú River. The city and region are known for their distinct cultural heritages, which include a blend of mainly colonial Spanish descendants, Indigenous Zenú peoples, Crypto-Jews, and more recently, Middle East immigrants. The city is home to the Sombrero Vueltiao, a national symbol; and is the home of Porro folklore music. The city has an inland seaport connected to the Caribbean Sea by the Sinú River.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Ronda del Sinú
- 02Monumento Al Porro
Across from here look for Muelle Turístico de Montería where you can catch river launches for an entertaining boat ride.
- 03Bolivar Park
Here we have the Bolivar Park and San Jeronimo Cathedral.
- 04Monteria Moderna Park
This park is overrun with iguanas.
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Where to eat
Tocinita, in a shopping boulivard off Carrera 2 (Look for the play park and Nintendo World). Small cafe with cheerful chatty owner does good, cheap set breakfasts and lunches for COP$6000 with the excellent "huevos pericos". Will do vegetarian version if you ask.
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Getting to Montería
- Airports
- Rafael Nuñez (CTG), 193 km · Ernesto Cortissoz (BAQ), 267 km · Jose Maria Córdova (MDE), 292 km
- Cartagena → Montería188 km · quickest by road, 4h 34m · COL$51,050–68,050
- Barranquilla → Montería274 km · quickest by road, 5h 29m · COL$59,200–78,950
- Medellín → Montería281 km · quickest by road, 7h 27m · COL$68,400–91,150
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Montería
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Montería. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundMototaxis are, as their name suggests, motorcycle taxis.
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