Title: Bucaramanga - Name: Natalia Andrea Gómez Rueda

Bucaramanga is the capital city of the department of Santander and it’s located on a plateau in the eastern highlands of the Colombian Andes.
This city is also known as The City of the Parks and The Pretty City. Bucaramanga is in the center of Colombia's tobacco area and the land shoes nof Colombia. Its main manufactures are cigarettes, textiles, footwear, construction materials and iron goods. The metropolitan area includes the municipalities of: Floridablanca, Giron y Piedecuesta.

So, what can you do there?

The first place to go is García Rovira Park: It was named in that way because of a city hero. It is one of the most visited parks, because of its surroundings are main places as The Bucaramanga Mayor’s office,Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento square and Dolores chapel,the oldest temple of the city, and also declared national historic heritage.

One of the best things to see is Santander Park. It’s the most important park of the city because of its surrounding constructions such as The Cathedral of The Sacred Family; The Hotel Bucarica, a national monument; and The Club of The Commerce, an important piece of architecture with a neoclassical style.

If you enjoy history, make sure you go to Giron. This pretty little town preseves much of its colonial heritage. The Plazuela Peralta and the Plazuela de las Nieves are charming.

Also, you mustn´t miss going to San Francisco street, where you can shopping a lot of cheaper and pretty shoes and handbags.

Don’t leave without taste the egg broth, santaderean arepa, roast goat, mute and yummy candies as obleas with arequipe, bocadillo, etc.

Finally, why not try going out dancing? There are a lot of places to go out and enjoy night life in Bucaramanga. Some good clubs are Mi Pais, La Calle, Guru, Cupula and Juan Parranda, most of them with tropical music if you like that style of partying.