Medellín is loco for flowers. Participants in the annual flower festival use 600,000 flowers to create plus-size images of animals, people and objects. See where the flowers come from by visiting a flower farm about 45 minutes outside of Medellín. Chat with the flower farmer, or silletero, and stroll the farm taking in all the flowers and their lovely aromas. Then visit Santa Elena, where farmers produce an abundant variety of tropical and local kinds of flowers. Includes hotel pickup and drop-off in Medellín.
Posted By : AME7127
Luis was awesome!! He did a great job at translating Spanish to English as I went on the Santa Elena Silleteros tour with my wife and mother. We had a great time! We really enjoyed meeting Don Joaquin who was third generation of Silleteros and his wife. We liked learning about the Silleteros tradition, lifestyle, and history. Additionally, we enjoyed making a silleta and experienced wearing the traditional clothing and carrying the silleta. Luis provided us with a reliable vehicle that had AC which made comfortable ride from Medellin to Santa Elena where is was much cooler. I recommend taking a wind breaker or light jacket as the climate does change at higher elevation. Luis picked us up at my family’s house where we were staying a dropped us off near Comuna 13 were we wanted to walk around and shop. I highly recommend this tour with Luis he as fantastic and we had a great time with our guid Luis. Thank you for a wonderful tour and experience!! 👍🏼👍🏼
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Posted On : 2024-03-21 14:05:14 
Posted By : patrimoniotour
It was a very positive experience, the friends loved the silletera talk, they learned about the differences of the silletas,
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Posted On : 2024-02-27 14:49:22
Posted By : R14CCellena
It was a great tour. The flower farm was beautiful and the owner was very proud to share the history of his generational trade. The tour guide was also great. The only wish is that it wasn’t so expensive @ $144.
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Posted On : 2024-01-29 09:36:35
Posted By : 426myrtad
We loved this experience of learning about the preparation of a silletero for its participation in the festival in August. Don Joaquin showed us his crops and then showed us how to prepare and load the silletero of flowers...spectacular!
The tour guide, Daniel, made the tour most pleasant for us with his knowledge of topics related to his country, very polite, responsible when driving, respectful, talkative and very friendly. We highly recommend this activity and if it is with Daniel, from Medellin City Services, you will enjoy it more!
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Posted On : 2023-12-18 21:50:08
Posted By : Paul_P
Enjoyed this trip. Visited a flower farm and learned about Stilleteros. Beautiful and informative tour. Our guide, Albert, was amazing. The park was really just a drive through. Altogether about 4 hours.
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Posted On : 2023-07-31 15:44:14 
Posted By : IA_Hawks
A great view of the small flower farm and interesting history of how the flowers and integrated into the "half chair" and all the growers have a parade 1 day every year in Medellin.
Very proud and energetic owner who gave us a tour and his family's history growing the flowers and presenting them for awards.
Getting to Santa Elena can be a nauseating experience on a tour bus because of all the turns and speed bumps in the road.
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Posted On : 2023-06-28 23:10:32
Posted By : 255068Traveller
This tour was so good . The drive to the flower farm was very interesting. Our guide Luis pointed out sights along the way. The views were amazing. The flower farm was so beautiful. The hosts and Luis made sure our visit was extra special. We had a wonderful time and recommend that you do this tour if you love flowers.
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Posted On : 2023-06-23 10:50:19
Posted By : Pathomkorn_S
The tour guide and he also a driver was terrible. He didn't know the directions. We got lost 4 times on the way there and on the way back. It was my Birthday. I had made a restaurant reservation later in this evening but we all ended up car sick and didn't make it on time to the restaurant. He got lost with driving and took almost 3 hours to get back to Medellin from the farm. Flower farm was just a house with a garden in their yards not a professional farm as we expected. The owner of the house was very nice and sweet.
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Posted On : 2022-10-22 10:17:48
Posted By : M2275WEbarbaram
We had wonderful experience with a wonderful guide. Highly recommend this tour! Was a great time with a friend!
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Posted On : 2022-08-04 22:49:27
Posted By : Pooleman87
Really cool trip learning about the history of the silleteros with guide David and silletero “Nacho”! Very tranquil place that you don’t want to leave, and having the history explained in English is very helpful. David explains a lot about the history of the area and is knowledgable about all things Medellin - and thanks for the empanada!!
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Posted On : 2022-06-07 15:04:08
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