Comuna 13 Unplugged: Secret Paths, Street Art & Rooftop Rituals

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Medellín, Colombia

3 hours (approx.)
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Offered in: English

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Overview

Comuna 13 is one of the best-known areas in Medellin, and it draws in visitors with its electric escalators and abundance of street art. On this small-group tour, led by a local guide, you'll get familiar with the neighborhood and its story of transformation while you explore areas you might not be able to find on your own.

Tour Comuna 13 with a guide to lead the way
Sample Colombian coffee at no extra cost
Try green mango creams served with lemon and salt
Small group sizes ensure personal attention from your guide

What's Included

Coffee and/or Tea

You will taste a cup of Colombian premium coffee.
Snacks

You will taste the typical frozen creams of green mango, lemon and salt.
Optional reflexology: a relaxing foot bath with herbs, led by a local practitioner
Contribution to Wayacan Art Walls community art project

We do not include the bus tickets from the Metro Station

COP4,000.00 per person
Tips are not included.

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Estación metro San javier
Cl. 45 #98-8, El Danubio, Medellín, San Javier, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
Eastern exit of San Javier Metro Station, next to the cable car. Go upstairs to the second floor, pass the Metrocable entrance, and exit to your right. Your guide will be waiting at the exit near the tickets booth.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Tour Comuna 13

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Escaleras Electricas De La Comuna 13

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation

Not recommended for pregnant travelers
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.3

based on 38 reviews

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book, pay...and no tour

Andrea_c, Apr 2026

we arrived there and there was no one. we contacted the assitance and we were told we shuould have contacted them earlier... while in the confirmation of the tour no request of confirmation was asked. totally unprofessional and disappointing

Amazing tour

Adam_R, Jan 2026

Really cool experience. OUr guide was funny and super passionate. Lots of stories and interactions with locals. Highly recommend

Experiencing the Culture of Comuna 13

Ryan_P, Jul 2025

One of my favorite guided tours ever. Our guide Teo was very friendly and incredibly knowledgeable about the city of Medellin and Comuna 13 and made us feel very welcome. Instead of a traditional tour where everything felt like it was off a script, it felt like we were able to get a real look at the city and see not only its history, but the current urbanization and the direction Comuna 13 is going. Overall could not recommend more highly if you are looking for a way to walk the streets and learn about the history and culture of Comuna 13 and Medellin.

I arrived at the meeting...

Jonathan_K, Nov 2024

I arrived at the meeting place only to find out nobody was there. No one tried to contact me to find out where I am, and nowhere on the email could I find a phone number I could call. I ended up missing the tour. Shame!

Daniela is amazing!

Jarrod_W, Jan 2020

The tour was amazing! It was economically priced and worth every minute. The tour guide Daniela was phenomenal. A must for anyone traveling to Medellín

Response from Host, Oct 2021

Hi Jarrod! Thank you so much for your kind words. We hope to see you again!!!

TERRIFYING experience in Medellin. Abuser guide!! I do not recommend it at all!!!

Sonia_S, Jul 2025

HORROR Experience!Very abusive and dangerous guide!!I travel alone and felt extremely uncomfortable throughout the tour.The guide was most rude, high-spirited and abusive! Start to finish asking me for money. He didn't explain anything to me on the tour, he was smoking marijuana and cannabis beer. I went to eat and aggressively told me that he would leave me alone eating and that I didn’t pay him anything to eat, that I was a bad person and that he couldn’t because he was paid the minimum of the tour and he wouldn’t spend it. He yelled at me in front of people and that I made him embarrassed not to pay anything to eat, even if it was potatoes or a beer he said.Then he told me that he either grabbed the wave and I made him feel good or I wouldn’t get out of there alive. He walked away from me repeatedly to talk to a guy. Something they were planning because they both looked at me so much. He wanted to take me down a dark road and I didn't want to. Then he got drunk and told me he liked men and women, to kiss him by grabbing my face and trying to touch me. I ran down the street and he kept threatening me that he was going to die there and blackmailing me and laughing that he wouldn't send me the pictures he took of me for my report. And I want my pictures! He also wanted to get in my cab so that I would pay for it and threatened me again to tip him that's what he earned. Not with the tour, which he didn't like that job. That he knew where I lived and that I would go. It is a real shame and a danger that this application has put me in danger and allowed me to hire someone like that. I felt very harassed and abused. I intend to report this situation to the police. Worst water experience in my entire life. I leave a photo of this "guide" for SAFETY to tourists and especially girls traveling alone.

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