Tourism in Aracataca is growing, but still at a low level.

The most famous attraction is the house in which Gabriel Garca

Mrquez grew up, now the Casa Museo (Museum House). Another museum, Casa del Telegrafista, is also popular. In
addition, the recently renovated train station will serve as an exhibition hall for photographs by Leo Matiz, a native of
Aracataca.
The town is the birthplace of Nobel Prize-winning author Garca Mrquez and is widely recognized as the model for the
mythical "Macondo", the central village in Garca Mrquez's popular novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude. His
childhood home, now the Casa Museo, and the church where he was baptised are both major tourist attractions. [

Estacin de Ferrocarril, por muchos aos no se ha usado pero el 28 de abril de 2011 se entregar a la
comunidad para funcionar tursticamente en La Ruta de Macondo; una ruta que atraer mas turistas, conociendo
el pueblo a travs de las historias de Gabriel Garca Mrquez.

Casa Museo Gabriel Garca Mrquez, donde vivi el famoso escritor y ganador del Premio Nobel de Literatura.

Casa del Telegrafista.

Aracataca could have easily become a sort of Garcia Marquez themed, Disneyland style
tourist attraction, but the real beauty of visiting the town is that it almost the direct opposite of
that Aracataca still feels like an undiscovered corner of Colombia, and consequently has
retained that little bit of magic which has become so synonymous with Garcia Marquezs
work.
a Casa del Telegrafista (Telegraphist House)
Is the ideal place to begin your journey through the magical atmosphere of Aracataca. In this museum, sadly forgotten by the authorities,
you can see some of the old furniture and work machines from Garca Marquezs Father, who was a telegraphist at the beginning of the last
century.

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I'm going to talk about Aracataca, a municipality located in the Department of Magdalena.
Aracataca is located some 80 km south of the Department capital Santa Marta in Colombia's
Caribbean Region. Aracataca is a river town and stands beside the river of the same name, the
Aracataca river that flows from the nearby Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range into the
Cinaga Grande de Santa Marta.
Its origin as population occurred in 1851 around the time of the liberation of slaves, an Italian
Giacomino Coast Columbus gave a portion of his land "Santa Rosa de Aracataca" to start farms
snuff and cocoa and cutting wood, the population mostly refugees
Aracataca was founded in 1885.
It Achieved the status of municipality on the 28th of April 1915, when it separated from the
municipality of Pueblo Viejo.
In the late 19th century, the town suffered a time of violence, because companies (United Fruit
Company) were producing banana crops across the region, terrorizing Their workers, the company
worked with the government.
this episode affected the municipality, because the company used the railroad to transport products
The Banana massacre (Spanish: Killing banana [1] or Slaughter of banana) was a massacre of
workers for the United Fruit Company That occurred on December 6, 1928

In Aracataca, agriculture is very important

the main products are
Aracatacans celebrate the Roman Catholic tradition of Three Kings on January 6 of every year, Carnivals and the holy
week between February and March, a cultural week, The Festival of the Unedited Song (Festival de la Cancin
Indita), The municipality's anniversary in April and the River Festival (Festival del Ro). The Fiestas Patronales which
consist of large outdoor concerts and semi bullfights this year is being held from the 15th of July till the 24th.