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Where to stay in Magdalena Department
This guide covers 7 destinations in Magdalena Department, a first-level administrative division of Colombia, with 16 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Santa Marta, Ciénaga and Zona Bananera. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Simón Bolívar International Airport (SMR).
- Destinations in this guide
- 7
- Places to stay
- 16
- Main airport
- SMRSimón Bolívar International Airport
- Currency
- COPColombian peso
- Time zone
- America/Bogota
Destinations
Destinations in Magdalena Department
Every destination in this guide in Magdalena Department, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaira | 66,548 | 9 | SMR · 8 km |
| Santa Marta | 505,915 | 6 | SMR · 13 km |
| Ciénaga | 118,435 | 1 | SMR · 13 km |
| Zona Bananera | 66,802 | SMR · 41 km | |
| Fundación | 64,833 | SMR · 67 km | |
| El Banco | 59,594 | CZU · 149 km | |
| Plato | 56,210 | CZU · 75 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in Magdalena Department
16 hotels in Magdalena Department recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Camali Hotel | Santa Marta | |
| Casa Amarilla | Santa Marta | |
| Decameron Galeón | Ciénaga | |
| ESTELAR Santamar Hotel & Centro de Convenciones | Gaira | |
| Glamping House | Gaira | |
| Hostal Cocobomgo | Gaira | |
| Hostal Montes De Beraka | Gaira | |
| Hotel Minca La Casona | Gaira | |
| Hotel On The Rock Minca | Gaira | |
| Hotel Parque de los Novios Inn | Santa Marta | |
| La Cabaña Santa Marta | Gaira | |
| Mauricio Babilonia | Santa Marta | |
| Mirador del Bosque | Santa Marta | |
| Sol De Minca | Gaira | |
| Solaz Hostel Santa Marta | Santa Marta | |
| Tanoa Minca | Gaira |
When to go
Best time to visit Magdalena Department
From the climate of 7 destinations in Magdalena Department with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 7 | 32 °C | 5 mm |
| February | 0 of 7 | 33 °C | 4 mm |
| March | 0 of 7 | 33 °C | 19 mm |
| April | 0 of 7 | 33 °C | 74 mm |
| May | 0 of 7 | 33 °C | 193 mm |
| June | 0 of 7 | 33 °C | 109 mm |
| July | 0 of 7 | 33 °C | 117 mm |
| August | 0 of 7 | 33 °C | 157 mm |
| September | 0 of 7 | 32 °C | 204 mm |
| October | 0 of 7 | 32 °C | 242 mm |
| November | 0 of 7 | 32 °C | 155 mm |
| December | 0 of 7 | 32 °C | 28 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Magdalena Department
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Magdalena Department name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
SMR · Simón Bolívar International Airport
CZU · Las Brujas Airport
BAQ · Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport
VUP · Alfonso López Pumarejo Airport
CTG · Rafael Nuñez International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Magdalena Department, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
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Nearby
Regions near Magdalena Department
Other regions of Colombia with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.