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Guatapé

A candy-colored lake town and El Peñol, a giant rock with some 740 steps to the top, on a day trip from Medellín.

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A day

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A candy-colored lake town and El Peñol, a giant rock with some 740 steps to the top, on a day trip from Medellín.

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