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Descending on a wi<strong>de</strong>, smooth road, with “fondas” and restaurants on both<br />
si<strong>de</strong>s, the landscape offers a view surroun<strong>de</strong>d by mountains, hollows, valleys,<br />
fresh air, a clear sky and open horizons. The traveler begins to <strong>de</strong>scend toward<br />
the municipality of San Jeronimo which emerges in the distance as a white light<br />
from the surrounding vegetation and shortly it vanishes on the si<strong>de</strong>. The typical<br />
warm weather from this zone is more noticeable now.<br />
The trip starts with the mild weather of the city of Me<strong>de</strong>llin and from the “Terminal<br />
<strong>de</strong>l Norte” (the North Bus Terminal), which offers several alternatives for public<br />
trasportation. The trip continues on the way up the “Carretera al Mar” (the<br />
“roadway to the sea”) passing through the highly populated neighborhood of<br />
Robledo and the San Cristóbal subdivision, soon reaching the “<strong>Fe</strong>rnando Gómez<br />
Martínez Tunnel”, 4.6 km/2.9 mi long. This is the longest and most mo<strong>de</strong>rn<br />
tunnel in Latin America. It was awar<strong>de</strong>d the 2007 National Engineering Prize.<br />
A little further away, the natural geographical triangle, which is formed by the<br />
Tonusco and Cauca rivers, framing the town of <strong>Antioquia</strong>, can be seen next to the<br />
foothill of the Cerro <strong>de</strong> Buriticá.<br />
<strong>Guía</strong> <strong>Turística</strong> <strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Fe</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>Antioquia</strong><br />
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