Santa Marta

Colombia

Santa Marta is a port city on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta — the world's highest coastal mountain range. The oldest surviving Spanish city in Colombia, founded in 1525, it is where Simón Bolívar died. Attractions include the Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino estate where the liberator died, the gold museum, the cathedral — the oldest in Colombia — the bay, and excursions to Tayrona National Park's jungle beaches, the Lost City trek, and the mountain villages of Minca.