Barranquilla: Colombia’s Golden GateBarranquilla is located at the Caribbean Sea estuary of Magdalenas’s River- Colombia largest river- . 
The town is just between Cartagena and Santa Marta and less than an hour from both. Climate is rather hot. Average temperature is 29ºC. But at the end of the year the Alisios’ winds cools it to a more comfortable temperature.
Rainy season is from May to June, and the city is popular because the streets get flood literally like rivers causing chaos in the traffic. I’ve always heard that it is a problem in the city’s sewer system networks. Anyway you have to be aware not to get trap in the middle of one of these rivers.
The most famous Colombian Carnival takes place here. Carnaval de Barranquilla’s parties in February meets the most popular Tropical music bands from Colombia and the world. It is considered the second largest Carnival of Latin America because of its cultural richness, but it doesn’t have that sexual connotation as Carnaval de Rio in Brazil.
At the traditional “Batalla de las Flores” – Battle of flowers- parade, procession can walk through the city from South to North until Via 40 Avenue next to the Magdalena River, where everybody can join to dance and to party.
Real estate facts
Complexion of commercial constructions (supermarkets and shopping centers) are starting to push real estate developments in areas so much to the north as to the south
For example, five years old Buenavista Shopping center will be enlarged inside a complementary project conceived as Buenavista 2. 
Other projects under construction are: Panorama located to the South-east and other one with no name defined yet targeted to middle-class population, located to the south of the city over the ancient road that goes to Cartagena . Also French retail chain store Carrefour at 30th street; the enlargement of the Super Almacen Olimpica SAO at 53th street; and existing ones like Villa Country, Country Plaza, Gran Centro, Exito and Parque Central.
In Barranquilla the construction business had an important turnaround in the last two years. Development of luxurious projects has skyrocket in 2007 particularly in the north of the City.
Most of this projects have excellent finished like porcelain polished tile, granite countertops, 2,5 meters high ceiling, all-in-one kitchens and a sort of amenities. Unlike other Colombian cities, the offer of country-side projects in surrounding areas is not to much. There are some developments in the road that leads from the city to the nice spot of Puerto Colombia. If you want to know about Barranquilla's, properties for sale, visit our Colombia listing directory Return from Barranquilla to Colombia hot spots
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The capital of the Atlantic department is the cheaper square meter among the four main Colombian cities (Bogotá, Medellín and Cali): about COP$1'650.000 pesos (February 2007).
Most important developers have under-construction projects in exclusive neighbourhoods like The Golf, Altos de Ríomar, Alto Prado and residential districts like Paseo la Castellana and Buenavista. The majority are wide space apartments and there just a few offer of houses.
