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Bookmark & shareColombia's oldest town offers sea, sand, sun, rum and a faded colonial feel.
Almost 500 years ago, Santa Marta was the first Colombian town founded by the Spaniards. Today it's a popular holiday town and jumping-off point for the superb Parque Nacional Tayrona, ancient Ciudad Perdida (Lost City), and the chilled beach hang-out and scuba diving center of Taganga.
Fast Facts
Population
410,000
Currency
Name: Colombian Peso
Code: COP
Symbol: Col$
Electrical Plugs
110V 60Hz
Languages Spoken
Official: Spanish
Time Zones
GMT/UTC -5
Country Dialing Code
+57
Weights & Measures
Metric
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