Textiles Tour of Medellín
Medellín, Colombia
Trip Type: Shopping Tours
Duration: Flexible
Discover the tremendous potential of Medellín's main industry on a fully narrated tour around the most significant textile centers and factories with a professional local guide and multiple departure times any day of the week. A perfect opportunity to identify business potential, understand their processes, and visualize their final export product straight from the factory outlets.
Your bilingual driver will come to your door and then head to Medellín's most representative textile clusters on a customized journey by car with AC just minutes away.
Your bilingual driver will come to your door and then head to Medellín's most representative textile clusters on a customized journey by car with AC just minutes away.
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Discover the tremendous potential of Medellín's main industry on a fully narrated tour around the most significant textile centers and factories with a professional local guide and multiple departure times any day of the week. A perfect opportunity to identify business potential, understand their processes, and visualize their final export product straight from the factory outlets.
Your bilingual driver will come to your door and then head to Medellín's most representative textile clusters on a customized journey by car with AC just minutes away. First stop takes place at downtown, where myriads of local manufacturers display their creative collections along vibrant boulevards such as Junín and Palacé. Walk around the former Palace of Justice to discover its amazing gothic architecture while getting a feel for Medellín's cultural heritage amidst ample shops and the most competitive prices. In fact, such palace was recently remodeled just to open doors for the thousands of manufacturers that clothing industry accounts for specially being the main source of income for the region. There is enough free time to walk around and take the best postcard pictures, with convenient facilities where to use bathrooms or grab snacks at any time so we recommend bringing cash and/or Colombian pesos since not every store takes credit cards.
Second part of the tour continues to the largest clothing outlet located south of Medellín where a huge variety of designers and manufacturers can be found on a larger scale. Known as Itagüi, this impressive clothing district gathers the whole manufacturing textile chain around a few blocks for your convenience. Find amazing offers and learn valuable tips from your local guide as your shown around colorful shops and warehouses, a unique experience to unattended places by foreigners yet quite interesting for you can learn further about the most profitable industry in Medellín and discover their processes in detail.
After a couple of hours introducing you to the local clothing industry, tour heads back to your hotel or any other location you may request for drop off. By now, you've probably had a once in a lifetime experience with a closer look at authentic designers and manufacturers around the Medellín area thus exploring possibilities for future business that otherwise you wouldn’t have found anywhere else.
Your bilingual driver will come to your door and then head to Medellín's most representative textile clusters on a customized journey by car with AC just minutes away. First stop takes place at downtown, where myriads of local manufacturers display their creative collections along vibrant boulevards such as Junín and Palacé. Walk around the former Palace of Justice to discover its amazing gothic architecture while getting a feel for Medellín's cultural heritage amidst ample shops and the most competitive prices. In fact, such palace was recently remodeled just to open doors for the thousands of manufacturers that clothing industry accounts for specially being the main source of income for the region. There is enough free time to walk around and take the best postcard pictures, with convenient facilities where to use bathrooms or grab snacks at any time so we recommend bringing cash and/or Colombian pesos since not every store takes credit cards.
Second part of the tour continues to the largest clothing outlet located south of Medellín where a huge variety of designers and manufacturers can be found on a larger scale. Known as Itagüi, this impressive clothing district gathers the whole manufacturing textile chain around a few blocks for your convenience. Find amazing offers and learn valuable tips from your local guide as your shown around colorful shops and warehouses, a unique experience to unattended places by foreigners yet quite interesting for you can learn further about the most profitable industry in Medellín and discover their processes in detail.
After a couple of hours introducing you to the local clothing industry, tour heads back to your hotel or any other location you may request for drop off. By now, you've probably had a once in a lifetime experience with a closer look at authentic designers and manufacturers around the Medellín area thus exploring possibilities for future business that otherwise you wouldn’t have found anywhere else.
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