Category:Has custom banner The Costa Norte (North Coast) is a region in northern Colombia along the Caribbean Sea.

Departments

Atlántico

Bolívar

Córdoba

La Guajira

Magdalena

Sucre

Cities

Map of Costa Norte (Colombia)

• 10.983333-74.8019441 BarranquillaCategory:Has map markers - the Gold Port and fourth largest city in the nation isn't necessarily that exciting most of the year, but its Carnival is the second biggest in the world after Rio's, and is both an amazing cultural experience and one heck of a party!
• 10.423611-75.5252782 CartagenaCategory:Has map markers - the Heroic City, Capital of the Bolívar department is Colombia's tourist city par excellence. The colonial architecture and the skyscrapers can be seen together in this city that offers a unique experience of festivals, historic attractions, restaurants, and hotels.
• 11.244167-73.56253 PalominoCategory:Has map markers - a village with beautiful calm beaches.
• 11.544167-72.9069444 RiohachaCategory:Has map markers - the capital of the department of La Guajira on the Caribbean coast
• 9.239444-74.4255 Santa Cruz de MompoxCategory:Has map markers - a friendly colonial town on an island on the Magdalena river
• 11.236111-74.2016676 Santa MartaCategory:Has map markers - a popular base for adventure tourism in the beautiful areas surrounding, and unique in the sense that it offers you beautiful beaches one day, and the next one a walk to the foothill of a snowy mountain, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the highest in the country.
• 11.267479-74.1908287 TagangaCategory:Has map markers - a backpacker and hippie haven in a one-time peaceful little fishing village just north of Santa Marta.
• 9.525-75.5816678 TolúCategory:Has map markers - a popular weekend and holiday destination for Colombian tourists and the gate to the magnificent Islas de San Bernardo.

Other destinations

• 12.22-72.151 Cabo de la VelaCategory:Has map markers — beautiful gold-sand beaches on the desert Guajira Peninsula
• 11.037997-73.9251922 Ciudad PerdidaCategory:Has map markers — lost city of the Tayrona Indians, deep in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta National Natural Park
• 7.595039-76.1315283 Paramillo National Natural ParkCategory:Has map markers - tropical Andean highlands region known as the Paramillo Massif
• 12.457778-71.6677784 Punta GallinasCategory:Has map markers — northern-most point of mainland South America, at the northern tip of the Guajira Peninsula
• 10.84-73.695 Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta National Natural ParkCategory:Has map markers - remote mountain wilderness important as an indigenous spiritual center and site of the Ciudad Perdida archaeological site
• 11.32-74.036 Tayrona National ParkCategory:Has map markers — virgin beach paradise against jungle covered cliffs

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Get in

Several cities in the region have major commercial airports, some with international service. The two largest airports are:

• Cartagena
• Barranquilla

Cities with large commercial airports with frequent domestic flights from Bogota and other Colombian destinations, include:

• Riohacha
• Santa Marta
• Monteria

One of the most leisurely ways to see the southernmost Caribbean islands or surrounding South American islands may be via a cruise.

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