| Route | First Bus | Last Bus | |
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| Valledupar (Ces) to Barranquilla (Atl) | 02:30 | 23:01 | BOOK NOW |
| Valledupar (Ces) to Santa Marta (Mag) | 04:00 | 18:30 | BOOK NOW |
| Valledupar (Ces) to Bogota (D.C) | 06:00 | 21:45 | BOOK NOW |
| Valledupar (Ces) to Bucaramanga (San) | 04:00 | 22:00 | BOOK NOW |
| Valledupar (Ces) to Cartagena (Bol) | 03:00 | 22:15 | BOOK NOW |
| Route | First Bus | Last Bus | |
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| Barranquilla (Atl) to Valledupar (Ces) | 00:30 | 23:30 | BOOK NOW |
| Santa Marta (Mag) to Valledupar (Ces) | 06:30 | 17:31 | BOOK NOW |
| Bogota (D.C) to Valledupar (Ces) | 06:00 | 21:30 | BOOK NOW |
| Bucaramanga (San) to Valledupar (Ces) | 01:30 | 23:00 | BOOK NOW |
| Cartagena (Bol) to Valledupar (Ces) | 04:15 | 23:15 | BOOK NOW |
The best time to travel to Valledupar is April, the period when takes place the Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata, that attracts a lot of visitors.
The climate in Valledupar is tropical and has an average annual temperature of 83 °F (28,4 °C), without great oscillations, although in April, the warm period, the temperature reaches 95 °F (35 °C).
Valledupar is the crib of the musical gender called "vallenato" and you can admire the legacy in festivals, parks, squares... and monuments, as the festival celebrated in the Park of "La Leyenda Vallenata", also used for musical and cultural events.
View MoreLocation: Barrio Canaguate Carrera 5 # 13C-52, Valledupar
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This bar is located in the historic center of Valledupar, at one block from the Alfonso Lopez square, has dancing music and a menu of drinks quite varied. it's recommended to taste the cervezas micheladas or the beer with mango. It's not the place to listen the vallenato.
Location: Carrera 9 7 B-16, Valledupar
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It's a nightclub with good atmosphere and a good DJ, but it's not very big.
Location: Carrera 6 #16-05 Centro, Valledupar
Price: from 28.000 COP
At this nice restaurant of colonial mansion type you will find typical food from the coast with delicious flavors, specially fishes, and it's placed very close to the main square Alfonso Lopez. It's recommended to taste the chivo, that is really good seasoned.
Location: Calle 11 8-15 San Carlos, Valledupar
Prices: 30 000 COP
At this restaurant the food is very tasty and they have taken care of the decoration. It's an attractive place where you want to go inside. It also has a varied menu of salads, soups, fishes, chicken and meat. The personnel is very attentive and the dishes are well presented. The recommended dish is the solomillo just exquisite.
Location: Carrera 9 No 10-30, Valledupar
Price: 40.000 COP
This restaurant has good quality dishes and the possibility of being seated in outdoors tables. The taste of the grill is really good.
Location: Calle 6 # 9 -24, Valledupar
Price: 45 000 COP
This restaurant has the typical food from the region and grills made of high quality meat, the service is excellent and the decoration style remembers to the old of the same area.
Location: Cra 7, Valledupar
Hours: all day
Price: Free entrance
This colonial style square and with old mansions is the symbol of the vallenato festival. It's the main meeting place and where take place the main fairs and festivals. It's one of the first places that you will visit when you get to the municipality of Valledupar. As main features there is a mango tree where the people join together and the sculpture Revolution is operating , made by Rodrigo Arenas.
Location: Carrera 17 #9A -18 Barrio San Joaquin- Valledupar
Hours: Monday to Friday
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 m and 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.; saturday9:00 a.m. - 12:00 m
Price: 20.000 pesos COP
This is the house that Beto Murgas converted into an accordion museum, since this is the symbol of the vallenata culture. The visitors will be welcomed directly by the owners of the house and will learn a lot about this curious instrument and its meaning in Colombia. Through this tour you will have a global vision of this instrument.
Location: Plaza de Alfonso Lopez, Valledupar
Hours: all day
Price: free entrance
The church of Inmaculada Concepcion, that has been restored several times due to the damages suffered with the passage of time, is a cultural center of beautiful architecture. In the central altarpiece we find the image of the Virgin Mary. This church join together to a lot of devoted people in Easter, a period when the religious fervor grows. The monument harbors the patron saint of the city, Ecce Homo.
Location: Plaza de Alfonso Lopez,Valledupar
Hours: all day
Price: free entrance
It's a little and calm town where you can spend a day in the countryside with your family. It's a place where you can admire the landscape while the most daring people dampen their feet in the chilled water of the river.
Location: at 15,5 mi (25 km) from Pueblo Bello
Hours: all day
Price: free entrance
This spectacular town but of difficult access is a natural paradise for the ecotourism practice and shows the Arhuaca indigenous culture. Its houses are built in bahareque, stalk and rocks. It's a beautiful and interesting place to visit.
Hours: all day
Price: free entrance
It's a mountain range located between the departments of Guajira, Magdalena and Cesar. It's one of the natural protected parks of Colombia and there you can find the 2 highest mountains of the country, that are the peaks Colon and Bolivar, both higher than 16.400 feet (5000 meters) of height. This territory was the settlement of several cultures, among the ones Arhuaco, Kankuamo, Wiwa and Kogui stand out. In the national park we can admire the flora from the region, as the flowers frailejón, la bromelia y el oncidium; there is also an interesting fauna as the copetona eagle, among other species. It's the ideal place to do trekkings and enjoy the most the nature.
This traditional dish from the region is prepared with many ingredients, among the ones there are sweet peppers, celery, oregano, onions, garlic, sour oranges, coriander, rum, tomato sauce, oil, red wine and olives. You should taste it in Valledupar. a whole delight!
It's a soup that has cow ribs (or chicken), manioc, yam, green bananas, arracacha (a kind of tuber), corn, coriander, onion, celery and cumin. It's served in a special dinnerware set special from the area called totumo.
It's a dessert prepared in the region. The ingredients that are part of it are milk, sugar and bicarbonate of soda. If you have a sweet tooth, you will love this delight.
| Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata | End of April | It's the festival of the popular folcklore in Colombia, that is celebrated in honor of the vallenato music in April. This time there are accordion competitions in various categories, concerts and there are parades of the pioneros, who are musicians born at this region. The festival join together accordionists from several nearby countries. If you like the vallenato this festival is a must-see. |
| Feria Ganadera de Valledupar | Second semester of the year | At this fair the stockbreeders exhibit their best animals. Besides that, there is music and you can buy handicrafts. It's usually celebrated the second half of the year, but the date is not fix, it changes every year. |