City Reviews

Top pros: attractive girls at El tesoro · people in general were friendly, seemed easiest to make friends with other foreigners · beautiful city with lots of greenery

Top pros: Close to USA · Great for Digital Nomads

Top pros: Budget friendly

I've lived in Medellín for many years, 6 months out of the year, since 2014. I absolutely love the city. I love the weather. I love the true Paisa traditional culture & food, not the stupid reggaeton bullshit.

Although now say it's quite sad and disheartening for me, to see post-pandemic, the surge of popularity, particularly among sex tourists that are there for a week of doing drugs, partying, paying for sex, and shit like that. Due to that type of gringo tourist being so prevalent now, Colombians in Medellín are rightfully assuming when they see a gringo that they're probably here for bad reasons. Now it feels like as a gringo in Medellin you are assumed guilty of sex tourism by default. I'm just there to go to coffee shops, the gym, and daygame to meet normal women.. so for me, this new sort of judgment is something that I've never experienced in Medellín before, and it's disheartening. So I'm more interested now in other cities in Colombia where there's no stigma to being a gringo. The catch-22 is that most smaller cities in Colombia are a BIG drop in quality of life and amenities compared to Medellin (which is now really very modern with tons of great cafes and restaurants).

I've lived in Medellín for many years, 6 months out of the year, since 2014. I absolutely love the city. I love the weather. I love the true Paisa traditional culture & food, not the stupid reggaeton bullshit.

Although now say it's quite sad and disheartening for me, to see post-pandemic, the surge of popularity, particularly among sex tourists that are there for a week of doing drugs, partying, paying for sex, and shit like that. Due to that type of gringo tourist being so prevalent now, Colombians in Medellín are rightfully assuming when they see a gringo that they're probably here for bad reasons. Now it feels like as a gringo in Medellin you are assumed guilty of sex tourism by default. I'm just there to go to coffee shops, the gym, and daygame to meet normal women.. so for me, this new sort of judgment is something that I've never experienced in Medellín before, and it's disheartening. So I'm more interested now in other cities in Colombia where there's no stigma to being a gringo. The catch-22 is that most smaller cities in Colombia are a BIG drop in quality of life and amenities compared to Medellin (which is now really very modern with tons of great cafes and restaurants).