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Oct 19 2011

Focus on Colombia

General | Oct 19, 2011

Published by globecorner

The October Destination of the Month is South America — offering 15% off on all books and maps for South America.

Our October newsletter features, among other topics, a spotlight on Colombia.

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Cartagena--photo by Harriet

Focus on Colombia:

You know a travel destination has gone “mainstream” when The Boston Globe devotes the front page of its Sunday Travel section to it — as they did to a few weeks ago for a piece mostly focused on the Caribbean coast of Colombia around Cartagena.

Globe Corner customers have been aware for a few years about the positive changes underway in Colombia  and the great travel experiences that abound there.  See our store blog for some past “reports from the field” about Cartagena and Bogotá.

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Michelin Green Guide Colombia mgcolom

Visiting Colombia in 2009 and 2010, we were struck by the large number of Europeans visiting Colombia compared to North Americans.  So it came as no surprise that Michelin jumped out ahead of some of the large North American travel publishers in releasing the Green Guide last spring.

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Bradt Guide to Colombia

Bradt Colombiaby Sarah Woods

The second edition of Sarah Woods well-researched guide is scheduled for January 2012 and will be along with the Footprint Guide below, for the early spring 2012 at least, the most up-to-date guide to the country.

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