Medellin Comuna 13 Street Art Walking Tour with Street Food Tastings

Explore Medellín's Comuna 13 on a guided walking tour focused on urban art, outdoor escalators, live performances, and street food tastings.

Getting started

Meet your professional local guide at the designated starting point in Comuna 13 and join your group for a walking tour through the neighborhood. After a short introduction to the route, you begin moving into the main urban art areas. The guide sets the pace and leads you toward the first graffiti murals and community spaces.

What to expect

Comuna 13 urban art areas

Comuna 13 is known for its dense concentration of murals and graffiti that reflect the neighborhood's recent transformation. You walk through the main urban art areas while your expert guide explains how these works relate to the community's history and daily life.

Features

• A guided tour of Comuna 13 urban art and graffiti takes you past some of the most representative murals in the neighborhood, with your guide unpacking the stories, symbols, and messages behind the pieces.
• A professional guide is included throughout the experience, so you can ask questions and hear stories told by locals about how Comuna 13 has changed over time.
• Free time for photographs during the tour is built into the route, giving you space to capture the graffiti, urban art, and street scenes that interest you most.

Comuna 13 outdoor escalators

The outdoor escalators in Comuna 13 are one of the area's most recognizable elements and connect different levels of the hillside neighborhood. As you ride them, you can see how this infrastructure has reshaped movement and access for residents.

Features

• Access to Comuna 13 outdoor escalators is included, and your guide leads you along the escalator route so you can experience this open-air transport system within its urban setting.
• As you travel on the escalators, there are opportunities to observe surrounding murals and the layout of the neighborhood, using the elevated view to better understand Comuna 13's geography.

Rap, breakdance, and local street food

Performances and food stalls around Comuna 13 give you a direct look at local cultural expression. You spend part of the tour in areas where artists and vendors are active.

Features

• Rap and breakdance performances by local artists are part of the experience, allowing you to see how music and dance function as creative outlets and as a form of storytelling in Comuna 13.
• A tasting of local street food including empanada, patacón, mango popsicle, and butifarra is included, so you can sample several traditional flavors as you move through the streets.
• The guided tour with urban art, escalators, performances, and street food combines visual art, live music, dance, and food in a single route through Comuna 13, highlighting different sides of neighborhood life.