Understand
Imagine 200 years ago, walking all around the tropical Colombian swamp and forests searching for a way towards the sea, to be free of corrupt civilizations and to start your own. To discover a river and a beautiful and fertile land. Tired of traveling you decide that this is the place where you want to settle and raise a family.
This happened to Jose Arcadio BuendÃa and his wife Ursula in Gabriel Garcia Marquezâs masterpiece â100 years of solitudeâ when those free souls with their friends founded Macondo, the imaginary town that âdoes not exist.â
The early 21st century, the whole world has changed, Colombia became a melting pot for many of the worldâs peoples, and amidst the oldest cities of the continent and the most astonishing nature in the world, Macondoâs entrance is still invisible for mass tourism yet Aracataca is a real adventurersâ gem. Developing into a magical destination.
