The comuna is the home of the city’s professional fútbol stadium, Atanasio Girardot, where both Atlético Nacional and Independiente Medellin play matches. One of my favorite things to do is go to a Nacional fútbol game. Get outside the box, where you find the Laureles, Bolivariana, San Joaquin and Conquistadores neighborhoods, and the streets return to more of a normal grid. Gomez designed the neighborhood this way because he used to study art in Italy and he wanted to replicate the layout of the some of residential areas he saw while he was there. I remember getting lost here all the time when I first moved to the area. There are circulars and tranversals, snaking through the area to form a labyrinth for first-time visitors. Just look at the area bordered to the west by Carrera 80, to the east by Autopista highway, to the north by the San Juan (Calle 44), and to the south by Calle 33. Calles (streets) go east-west, Carreras (avenues) go north-south. You can see the area more than 60 years ago, when German urban architect Karl Brunner teamed with famous paisa artist Pedro Nel Gomez to create a unique area of Medellín.Ī lot of the city, if you look on a map, is a grid. If you go to the museum at Pueblito Paisa in Belén, you’ll see some maps and blueprints. The pretty meandering streets have almost anything you could want, from entertainment to food to trendy places to live. 1 in Medellín in a story earlier this year, and while I love Belén, I’ve come to love Envigado, and I’m starting to love La America, at this point I’ll still leave Laureles/Estadio in the top spot. This is the kind of rumba scene synonymous with Parque Lleras, but lately Laureles/Estadio has been making a case for the best place to live in Medellín. It was a horrible stay for me and I feel the hotel should "comp" me a night stay! However, this Colombia and not the US so not even an apology was given.View toward the soccer stadium from the Estadio metro station (photo: David Lee)Ībout a month ago, if you were living or staying in the Laureles/Estadio comuna, you probably heard the noise.Ītlético Nacional, maybe the country’s most popular club fútbol team, returned from Bogotá, Liga Postobón title in hand, ready to celebrate with the hometown fans. Front desk was notified multiple times because of the music and loud talking with NO ACTION TAKEN. In my case I had the additional noise from a next door radio and dozens of girls coming in and out, being loud prior to 7:00am to 8:00pm. You might be lucky enough to not get a "heavy footer" of "heal wearer" above your room. Hallway noise (talk, doors closing) and construction echo's loudly into the room. Arriving flights into Olaya (EOH) will start prior to 7:30am. Church bells will start sounding prior to 7:00am. HOWEVER, you will experience A LOT of morning noise hampering your sleep. The location is within walking distance (2 blocks) of 70th street where there is plenty of eatery and night life. On my first night I heard gun shots after 1:00am near the hotel. Only 1 elevator and on a busy day you might have to take the stairs. Room is equipped with a mini-fridge, free Wi-Fi, 32" TV and hair dryer. Room is small with frosted window (no view), no drawers or desk. The hotel itself is good, clean and staff is cordial as long as there aren’t any issues.
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