Guatapé
Good to know
- Best time to go
- December to February, July to August
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
A colorful lakeside town in the Antioquia highlands known for its elaborately decorated building plinths — called zócalos — painted with figural and geometric scenes. The dominant visual landmark is El Peñón de Guatapé, a massive granite inselberg rising 200 meters above the surrounding reservoir landscape. The view from the summit takes in a maze of lake fingers, forested islands, and farmland.
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