Important Tips

Local Banks
HSBC www.hsbc.com.co
Davivienda www.davivienda.com
Bancolombia www.grupobancolombia.com
Banco de Bogota www.bancodebogota.com
BBVA www.bbva.com.co
Banco de Ocidente www.bancodeoccidente.com.co
Banco de Credito www.bancodecredito.com.co


Consular Corps
Republica Bolivariana De Venezuela http://www.consulvenbucaramanga.com/
Tel. (577) 6436621
Francia http://www.ambafrance-co.org/
Tel. (577) 6459393Italia Tel (577) 630 3456
España Tel (577)6320090


Airport
Palonegro Airport (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeropuerto_Internacional_Palonegro )

Airline Information
Avianca www.avianca.com
Copa Aerorepublica www.aerorepublica.com
Satena www.satena.com
EasyFly www.easyfly.com.co
Aires www.aires.aero

Transportation
If you wish, we can arrange for a taxi driver to meet you and take you to your hotel upon arrival and during your stay in FCV. There is a fee for this service.

CITY DESCRIPTION
Capital Bucaramanga
Height (m) 960 (Bucaramanga)
Temperature 25 degrees centigrade
Population 1,625,000 inhabitants
Calling codes Phones 577
Mobile phones 57

Boundaries
Bucaramanga, capital of the department of Santander limited by the North to the town of Rionegro, on the East with the municipalities of Matanza, Charta and Tona; by the South with the town of Floridablanca and, by the West with the town of Giron.

General features
The metropolitan area consisting of Bucaramanga, Piedecuesta, Floridablanca and Giron is located on the Valle del Río de Oro. It is distinguished in two sectors of two sectors of different physical shape: one made up of the plateau and another through the valley.