Citios turisticos

Wellness Hurtado

Guatapurí River rises in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta to 3,500 meters and flows into the right bank of Cesar, in a decrease of 80 km, its waters are discharged in Valledupar.Valledupar main tourist site with its Wellness Hurtado, is considered the most beautiful of Colombia for its crystal clear waters and majestic that attract visitors to enjoy its lush tropicalvegetation, its exotic and contorted rocks framing the bewitching and enchanting landscapes contributors believe mysterious legends. The river has been muse to many composers and singers who have describedthe crystal waters and its strength, the river has its own stories, myths, legends that make it a unique place in the world. Few rivers can afford to be visited by a Nobel Prize in Literature as GabrielGarcía Márquez, by its cold waters that contrast with the stifling heat of the Colombian Caribbean, have spent many presidents of Colombia and Alfonso López Pumarejo,

Alfonso Lopez Michelsen,Misael Pastrana, Cesar Gaviria Trujillo, Andres Pastrana, Ernesto Samper and the current President of Colombia Alvaro Uribe Velez, who has enjoyed several times in these clean waters.

We have seenCarlos Vives, the Venezuelan Gabriela Febres Cordero, wife of the president of Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), stuck in their waters, actresses such as Florina Lemaitre, Adriana Ricardo, beautyqueens, national and international artists, figures social and economic life of Colombia, Costa and Cesar have bathed in its waters.

The Legend

Rosario Arciniegas, was a very pretty girl andcapricious, born in the neighborhood "Cañaguate" Valledupar. Used to always do your will, ignored when their parents, faithful to tradition, he was forbidden to go and bathe in the waters of the pit inthe river Guatapurí Howard, being a Holy Thursday, the day dedicated to remembering the Passion Our Lord Jesus Christ. Proud and determined, Rosario went to reach the hidden and well, let her long...