Luxury things to do in Medellín
Helicopter transfers, private villas, chef dinners, executive protection and the tables that are hard to get. How the top end of Medellín actually works.
The luxury version of Medellín is not a more expensive hotel. It is a private villa with staff in the hills, a helicopter instead of a two hour drive to Guatapé, a chef who cooks in your kitchen, a driver who never leaves, and tables at rooms that stopped taking walk ins years ago.
Private villas in the hills
Twenty five minutes above the city, Las Palmas and El Retiro hold houses with infinity pools, six to ten bedrooms, staff quarters and views down the whole valley.
For a group this is both better and cheaper than a floor of hotel rooms. You get a base, a kitchen, a pool and privacy, and everything else comes to you.
Helicopter days
Guatapé in fifteen minutes instead of two hours. A coffee estate for lunch. A pad on the roof of a building in Poblado for pickup. The mountains around this city are gorgeous from above and the flights are shorter than the traffic they replace.
Book ahead, weather dependent, and worth every peso on a clear morning.
Chef dinners and private tables
The best meal of most trips is not in a restaurant. A chef arrives at the villa in the afternoon, builds a tasting menu around Antioquian produce, cooks in front of the group and leaves the kitchen clean.
When you do want to go out, the rooms worth the effort book up days ahead. That is what a concierge is for. We hold relationships with the doors that matter, including the rooftop tables everyone photographs.
Discretion and protection
For founders, executives and anyone with a public profile, the quiet part is the service. Armored vehicles, close protection officers who blend in, advance checks on venues and a route plan that avoids the obvious.
It should look like nothing is happening. That is the entire standard. More on our executive protection page.
The rest of the top end
The pieces clients ask for most, in rough order.
- A dedicated bilingual driver and SUV for the whole stay rather than per ride.
- Yacht or lake day on the reservoir with catering and sound.
- Golf at the private clubs, arranged with member sponsorship.
- Spa and recovery days at the villa, therapists on site.
- Dental and aesthetic work planned around the trip rather than the other way round.
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