How to get there?
BY AIR
Santa Marta's airport Simón Bolívar is located 16 kilometers from the city center. Avianca and Aerorepública fly the routes Bogotá-Santa Marta and Medellín-Santa Marta several times a day.
The following international airlines fly to the airport El Dorado in Bogota:
Aerolíneas Argentinas
Air Canada
Air France
American Airlines
Avianca
Continental Airlines
Copa Airlines
Delta
Iberia
KLM
LAN
MEXICANA
VARIG
Note: American Airlines does not have nonstop flights from Miami to Barranquilla any more. This service is only offered by Avianca now. From Barranquilla to Santa Marta take a taxi or a bus.
BY LAND
There are among others bus connections between Santa Marta and the cities Bogota, Cartagena, Medellin, Barranquilla, and Bucaramanga. Santa Marta lies also on the routes Cartagena-Caracas (Venezuela) and Cartagena-Maicao (Colombia). Moreover, buses go directly from Santa Marta to Maracaibo (Venezuela, about 7 hours).
The bus company Berlinas del Fonce offers the routes Bogota-Santa Marta (about 16 hours) and Bucaramanga-Santa Marta (about 9-10 hours), Expreso Brasilia goes several times daily from Bogota to Santa Marta, from Medellin to Santa Marta (via Barranquilla, about 13 hours) and also from Cartagena via Santa Marta (about 9 hours) to Maicao and Caracas.
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