Bucaramanga
Bucaramanga is the capital and largest city of the department of Santander, Colombia.
Bucaramanga is the capital and largest city of the department of Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth-largest economy by GDP in Colombia, has the lowest unemployment rate and is the ninth most populous city in the country, with a population of 613,400. Bucaramanga has over 160 parks scattered throughout the city and has been given the nickname "La Ciudad de Los Parques" and "La Ciudad Bonita de Colombia".
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What Wikivoyage says to see
There are plenty of things to sightseeing in Bucaramanga, starting from the east side via Cúcuta you can find nice and large balconies and enjoy a panoramic view of the city. The center of Bucaramanga gets really crowded on weekends and peak hours, however you can enjoy lots of bargains and sales in the shops, nice quality of clothes and shoes of course.
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Things to do
Visit the parks because Bucaramanga is the city of parks, it is known as "la ciudad de los parques" Visit the colonial town of Girón. Local buses labeled "Trans Giron", among others, can be hailed from anywhere in Bucaramanga (Carreras 15, 22, 33, etc...) and go directly to the colonial quarter in around 25 minutes.
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Where to eat
Traditional Santanderean dishes include: Cabro: Goat meat. Mute: A thick soup made with beans, corn, garbanzos, potatoes, various meats (including fresh pig feet, pork loin chops, beef spareribs). Pepitoria: rice with pieces of special meats. The Pepitoria is served with Cabro, fried yucca or plantains. Fritanga : If you don't mind some grease and fried food, you should try fritanga.
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Getting to Bucaramanga
- Airports
- Jose Maria Córdova (MDE), 288 km · El Dorado (BOG), 299 km
- Medellín → Bucaramanga288 km · quickest by road, 6h 18m · COL$65,850–87,750
- Bogota → Bucaramanga299 km · quickest by road, 7h 34m · COL$70,750–94,350
- Cartagena → Bucaramanga448 km · quickest by road, 10h 22m · COL$117,000–156,000
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bucaramanga
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 Bucaramanga. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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