LINEAR PARK LA PRESIDENTA

The linear Presidenta Park is a green lung of the city in the middle of the Poblado neighborhood. This park link an important business space with a social and party park better known as Lleras Park. The Preseidenta Park counts with several tracks that allow enjoying many gardens as well as practicing sports and spending time with friends.

See an importan green space in the middle of Medellin...

You can spend time reading, doing sports or shoping some things because this park is near to different malls.

At night you can find several places to eat or to drink something without thinking about time, security or transport. 

Related links to learn more about The Presidenta Linear Park and Medelin's tourist places...

Guía turística Medellín 2013-2014

Portal Educativo de Medellín

El Colombiano

Wikipedia parques/plazas de Medellín

SPAIN LIBRARY PARK

Spain Park Public Library, better known as Library Spain, is part of a series of urban projects and social development in this area of Medellin for the cultural and social transformation of the city.

For this work, the architect Giancarlo Mazzanti has been awarded, at the Sixth Ibero-American Biennale of Architecture and Planning, Lisbon 2008.

Library named after Spain in honor of the contribution made by the government through the Spanish International Cooperation Agency with the provision of an auditorium.

Took from: http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/Spain_Library_in_Medell%C3%ADn

This park offers an amazing view of the north of the city, as well as; important spaces to read. It was developed to allows people a calm environment to get tranquility, fresh air and a correct costumer attention and overall a space to escape of the chaos in the city.

This video will show you a better idea of Spain library park architecture. This video was made from a helicopter to provide an excellent perspective of this building.

Enjoy it!!!

LLERAS PARK

The Lleras park is an important place in Medellin, because it involves several aspects in this socity. When you go to the Lleras park you could find party, food, music, and representative fashion trends.

In this picture you can see how it looks in a calm day. In day it park give the opportunity to have a good luch or snaks, drink very good shot glasses, a glass of wine and cocktails.

    

This place allows to know young and old people spending time with friends and family. Around it, you get different types of music such as: Rock, Pop, Salsa, Dance hall, Rap, Reggae, Reggaeton, Jazz among other. So, this park is a cultural center in Medellin since you see several styles.

THIS video will show you a better idea of Lleras Park, It lets see how people spend the time eating, hearing music and talking with friends. 

A walk through Lleras Park on a Friday night...

THIS other video is so interesting because it recomended you commercial establishment to know and to have a fun day or night...

ARVÍ PARK

The Arví Park is an ecotourism proposal placed in a Santa Elena corregimiento in Medellín. It is a natural place that offers you natural environment full of fresh air and many trees.

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For people whom enjoy natural places, this is a good area to walk, to observe the nature and to do camping or picnic among other activities.

This is a video clip that show you the purposes of the Arví Park...

To go to the Arví Park you can use the metro and metro-cable, bus, taxi, or your own car.

This site can provide you more useful information about this amazing park... http://www.parquearvi.org/

EXPLORA PARK

It is located in the North sector of Medellín

An interactive center for everyone that is considered the most modern park of its kind in Latin America. This park has more than 300 interactive experiences and kids and adults can have a great time because all can enjoy several activities that this place offers.

Interactive  activities

People can learn how physics plays a role in the daily life. Inside there is a giant foam bubble in the “Living Physics Hall". People can travel through inside mysteries “Life Connections Hall" where people will get the chance to beat a drum with the pulsations of the body. 

Also, people can have the experience of being in the eye of a hurricane in the “Geo-diversity Colombia Room". Explore the virtual word in the “Digital Territory Room". 

In Parque Explora, there are five interactive rooms all designed for  have funny time and learning with educational and artistic activities .

Natural attractions.

Explora Park Aquarium

In a exceptional space the visitor is transported to the exuberance of Colombia’s aquatic and terrestrial wildlife ecosystems, represented by 379 native species from the country’s rivers, lakes, and wetlands. 

More than 4.000 species are distributed in the 25 modules.

There are catfish, manta rays, tambaqui or cachama, sardines, and piranhas and so on.

Explora park terrarium.

There,  people will come close to poisonous frogs, exotic snakes, tortoises and tarantulas.

 Also, there are special pedagogical rooms where visitors can learn about animal conservation in their habitats.

People can access to Explora park : tuesday to friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.., saturdays, sundays and holidays from 10:00 to 6:30 pm.

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BERRIO PARK

It is considered the heart of the city , it was built in 1680 and in early years it accomplished an important role because it served as marketplace and stage for public and political meetings .

The park is located at Medellin downtown near to Parque Berrío Metro Station. It is close to a Candelaria Church and now a big part of the city’s economy and business,  still work through this historic sector.

Feminine Torso sculpture, known fondly as “La Gorda”.

MEDELLIN'S MAPS

Library parks Map.









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