Reasons to visit Mompox

Mompox is not the Gourmet destination for vegans. The options range from vegetarian sandwich without cheese to Spaghetti Napolitana. But there are still reasons to visit this town.

Bat lovers

Bat lovers and Gothics will love this place at night, because there are hundreds of bats showing their acrobatic flights. Also the cemetery is quite nice.

Architecture

Architects and followers will love this UNESCO world heritage town for its beautiful colonial architecture and the many churches.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Fans of novels by the literature nobel prize winning Colombian author will love Mompox, because it makes you feel like in one of his stories.

Nature lovers

Nature lovers will enjoy the impressive landscape of the Magdalena and Mompox river and its flora and fauna.

Iglesia Santa Barbara.

Furniture

Furniture interested people will love Mompox for the artisan furniture, especially rocking chairs. Do you remember that LP cover of Howlin’ Wolf? They are still producing handmade rocking chairs here in Mompox.

Antitourists

Some travelers prefer spot with less or no tourists. Mompox is a place for those too. At least at the moment.

I stayed in the Pueblito Magico Hostel, which is a small, nice, central hostel. There is a good equipped kitchen to use, very useful in a town with not so much variety of food. Staff is friendly and there are enough fans and mosquito nets to give you a pleasant sleep.

I ate out twice, once in the verdeoliva, where I had a sandwich and the other time in the Nonna Beatrice, where I had Pasta Napolitana with Eggplants. Both of them are not on happy cow.

El fuerte which is on trip adviser doesn’t really have more options than Nonna Beatrice, but prices far higher than anywhere else. It is a good slow food restaurant for people with money. It has specialties from Germany, Austria and Italy.

You can get from Cartagena, Santa Marta, Valledupar, Medellín, Bucaramanga and Bogotá to Mompox, vise versa.

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