Possible itinerary¶

Route sketches that connect Cities & Regions candidates while maximising usable dance nights in Bogotá / Medellín / Cali and minimising transfer hassle using Internal transfers.

Not booked — compare with the WIP table on Overview. Promote a variant here into the overview once nights are reserved.

Dance calendar anchors (don’t waste these)¶

Use these when shifting ±1–2 days:

City	High-value nights (from dance pages)	Source
Bogotá	Tue / Thu Dame tu Lengua; Thu / Sat Sandunguera; plus Civitatis / Del Parche drop-ins	Dance → Bogotá
Medellín	Mon–Sat DanceFree; Tue El Social; Thu SkyBar (confirm)	Dance → Medellín
Cali	Consecutive days with Ricardo / Sondeluz / Mariana — prefer a solid block, not one night	Dance → Cali

Coffee towns, Villa de Leyva, Guatapé, Jardín, Santa Marta: no dance priority — schedule them on mornings / midweek gaps so they don’t erase the nights above.

Default: dance-first spine (recommended)¶

Same skeleton as the overview, with PEI nonstops:

Phase	Rough dates	Sleep	Dance / day trips
1	18–22 Aug	Bogotá	Arrive 18/19; Welcome Event Thu 20, 5–10 pm; wedding Fri 21, 3 pm→midnight at El Retiro de San Juan; ≥1 salsa night on free evenings (not Thu eve)
2	22–26 Aug	Coffee region via PEI or AXM	Nature only; optional Manizales / termales day
3	26–30 Aug	Medellín	DanceFree + Tue/Thu socials; one of Guatapé (day) or Jardín (prefer overnight)
4	30 Aug–2 Sep	Cali	Focused school block
5	2–4 Sep	Exit via BOG	Intl return window

Transfers: BOG→PEI → PEI→MDE nonstop → MDE→CLO → CLO→BOG (Internal transfers).

Why this maximises dance: Bogotá gets midweek + weekend bars; Medellín covers a Tue–Sat window; Cali gets consecutive days. Side trips hang off hubs without new flight days.

Variant A — Bogotá historic overnight¶

Insert Villa de Leyva as 1 night mid-week before Sat 22 coffee flight (e.g. Wed–Thu), so you still catch a Bogotá Thu/Sat social before leaving.

Do: bus ~3–4 h; mid-week for fewer crowds.
Don’t: spend a weekend there if it costs Sandunguera Sat or Dame tu Lengua Thu.
Skip if: wedding social calendar already fills every Bogotá evening (Thu 20 evening is the Welcome Event; Fri 21 is the wedding until midnight).

Variant B — more Medellín dance, compress coffee¶

Shorten coffee to 2 nights, lengthen Medellín to 5 nights (e.g. arrive Mon 24 / leave Sun 30). Fits DanceFree Mon–Sat + El Social Tue + SkyBar Thu.

Guatapé as a morning day trip on a light dance day (not Tue/Thu evening priority).
Jardín only if overnight doesn’t erase two social nights.

Variant C — longer Cali block¶

Arrive Cali Fri/Sat instead of Sun; shorten Medellín or coffee by 1–2 nights. Best once Ricardo / Sondeluz confirm drop-in or short-stay packaging (Dance → Cali todos).

Keep CLO→BOG buffer before intl departure.

Variant D — coast instead of Cali (dance trade-off)¶

Medellín → fly MDE→SMR → Santa Marta + Tayrona → SMR→BOG (or San Andrés / Capurganá via MDE).

Gains: Caribbean / park time (Seaside → Colombia).
Loses: focused Cali salsa block — only take this if coast outranks Cali for the trip.
Protect Bogotá + Medellín dance before flying coast.
Not “Pacific near Cali” and not Cartagena-as-default north coast.

Variant F — usually reject: coffee → Cali + Pacific beach¶

Pacific fringe swimming fails the clear-water preference. After Cali, prefer home or a short Europe rest — After Cali.

Variant G — active spine (Aug 2026): coffee → Cali, skip Medellín¶

Chosen after urban-fatigue / “overrated Medellín” reads. Maximise Cali dance days; exit via BOG. Medellín notes kept on Medellín → trip fit.

Decision cheat-sheet¶

If you care most about…	Prefer
Max Cali salsa after coffee	Variant G (skip Medellín)
Avoid filler coast you won’t enjoy	Skip Pacific-near-Cali; home or Greece rest
Beach / clear water still	Variant D instead of stretching after Cali — only if swimming beats going home
“Most beautiful town” hype	Barichara only with spare days — else skip