How to get to Palomino from Santa Marta

Palomino

It is one of the beaches where the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta ends, this beach is several kilometers away where two rivers flow: the Palomino River and the Don Diego River.
From the beach you will have options for surfing, massages and many other things you could see in 5 things to do in Palomino, this is one of the most visited destinations here in santa marta as well as the Tayrona Park. Although it belongs to Guajira, it is always linked to Santa Marta since it is the destination where everyone arrives first and from there they travel to different tourist spots, in this post i go to show you How to get to Palomino from Santa Marta.

The only easiest and most economical way to get to Palomino from Santa Marta is by taking a bus that leaves from the Mercado in Santa Marta located on 10th street with race 9 at the back site of the Olimpica Market.

Price: $ 9,000 COP or $ 3.00 USD.
Duration: 2 hours and a little more depending on the traffic.

You can get to the Palomino bus station from anywhere in Santa Marta by urban bus at a price of: $ 1600 pesos or half a dollar.

From Rodadero:

You have to go to the main road crossing the avenue and take any bus that says «Mercado» is up a hill and down to Santa Marta, you have to be aware when the bus passes a street with a lot of traffic and many stores (race 5) and at the end when it crosses On the right, you are going to count two streets and then you get off, you are one street away from the place so you can ask someone where do you take the bus to Palomino or look for the address i told you before.

From Taganga:

The only bus that goes through Taganga is blue, this goes up the mountain and when you go down and turn to the left to the race 11 where it continues straight until it crosses right by the 11th street, two streets after you get off at the supermarket Olimpica where you will walk a street and there you will find the station.

Price: $ 1,600 COP or half a dollar
Duration: 20 minutes depending on traffic

Route to palomino:

This bus goes through all the towns that are on the road called «la Troncal del Caribe» including Tayrona Park (4 ways to get to Tayrona Park), the buses are not very comfortable to say but it is a trip of only two hours and a little longer as it stops at all sides.
The good and simple thing is that most people go to Palomino so the driver will stop and ask who is going to stay in palomino, after you get off you will cross the road and you will walk for 20 minutes until you reach the beach or you could take a motorbike that costs $ 3,000 COP or $ 1,00 USD.
You can also get to the central bus station by taking one of the buses that go to the Guajira that leaves you on the road but this station is almost outside of Santa Marta.

If you want to get to the palomino bus station by taxi, it will cost you $ 15,000 COP or $ 5.00 dollars and from Taganga you’ll get $ 10,000 COP or $ 3.5 dollars.

We hope tha the this post about How to get to Palomino from Santa Marta was of your help and you can enjoy a lot in your trip, More tips that may be of your interest:

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