Magdalena Department Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Magdalena Department
Magdalena is easily one of Colombia's most visited regions, as it is home to the ever popular port and tourist hub ofSanta Marta. Santa Marta also serves as the jumping off point for virtually anything further east, including the (in)famous Ciudad Perdida trek, the Sierra Madre mountains, the beautiful beaches of Tayrona National Park, and onwards toRiohachaandCabo de la Velain Colombia's northernmost department,La Guajira. Magdalena is also most infamous for theBanana Massacre. As Colombia's principal and very productive banana-growing region, the department swelled with workers for the one-time banana empire of theUnited Fruit Company. The incoming migrant workers, pejoratively dubbed "fallen leaves" to equate them with rubbish, worked under conditions that would not be tolerated in the
Magdalena Department Travel Guide Sections
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