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How to get to Medellín: Routes, tickets, and distance

To get to Medellín, you can do it by air since it has two airports. One is located in the center of the city, receiving domestic flights, and the other is located on the outskirts of the city, in the municipality of Rionegro, 35 minutes from Medellín.
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At the airport you can take a taxi or an Uber where the average fare is $120,000 COP to any hotel in the city or you can take buses that go to the southern terminal for a cost of $10,000 COP a ticket.

How to get to Medellín by land?

They can also arrive by land to Medellín, the highways in Antioquia are dual carriageways and some even have three carriageways, but Medellín, because it is located in the middle of the mountains, before any of the entrances you will find mountains of high altitude, especially if they come from the south since they have to pass through the Alto de Minas.

How to get to Medellín by bus?

If you want to get to Medellín by bus, you can do it from the main cities of the country since it has two terminals, one in the south to receive passengers coming from the southern municipalities and another in the north to receive passengers from municipalities in the north and west of the country, the latter has access to one of the subway stations. These are some average fares for the bus ticket to Medellín:

  • From Bogotá to Medellín: approximately $65,000 COP (10 hours of travel).
  • From Ibagué to Medellín: approximately $65,000 COP (8 hours of travel).
  • From Armenia to Medellín: approximately $45,000 COP (6 hours of travel).
  • From Cali to Medellín: approximately $60,000 COP (10 hours of travel).
  • From Manizales to Medellín: approximately $40,000 COP (5 hours of travel).
  • From Montería to Medellín: approximately $75,000 COP (9 hours of travel).
  • From Cartagena to Medellín: approximately $115,000 COP (12 hours of travel).
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