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Providencia vs. Medellin

We are planning to visit Providencia and Medellin the first week of July. We would like to spend 1 or 2 days in Providencia and several days in Medellin. Should we plan a second day in Providencia (is there enough to do there?) or would the second day be better spent in Medellin and the surrounding area?

Thanks.

By gbeckler on Feb 23, 2007, 22:41 in Travel tips.

billyb says on Feb 23, 2007, 22:47:

Spend it in Medellin. Providencia is nice... but as you correctly ask, is there enough to warrant another day? nope!

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Peter (Moderator) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Feb 24, 2007, 06:42:

Of course you should spend more days in Providencia, go all the way there and then only spend 1 day, that's crazy in my opinion. It's an island, what do you expect to do there? (Lie on the beach and you can do walks in the hills). I don't understand why anyone would go to Providencia and spend that money and only stay a day. Also, if you're going for just a week, I'd spend 3 days on the island and 2 days in, say, santa fe de antioquia, unless you have a specific reason to be in medellin. But that's a lot of flying for just 1 week..

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