Sabaneta · Neighborhood Guide

Las Lomitas

Las Lomitas is a quiet hillside residential sector in upper Sabaneta - 34 mid-rise apartment buildings housing professional Colombian families who want garden views, safety, and estrato-5/6 finishes without the density or foreigner presence of El Poblado.

🚶 Walkability 60/100
🚇 Metro access
Best for · estrato 5-6 · hillside residential · family-oriented · car required · low expat presence · sabaneta metro reach
A note on Colombian neighborhood terms
comuna
Administrative district within Medellín municipality. 16 urban comunas; expat-relevant ones are Comuna 14 (El Poblado) and Comuna 11 (Laureles-Estadio).
barrio
Neighborhood, the granular unit. Medellín has roughly 249 official barrios across its 16 comunas.
sector
Sub-neighborhood, an informal but commonly-used grouping inside a barrio. Fincaraíz and Metrocuadrado use both as search filters.
Aburrá Valley (Valle de Aburrá)
The Medellín metro region (Medellín plus Envigado, Sabaneta, Itagüí, Bello, La Estrella, Caldas).
estrato
Colombian socioeconomic stratum 1-6, assigned per residential building by DANE. Sets utility billing rates and is widely used as a price/area indicator. Most expat-popular Medellín buildings are estrato 5 or 6.
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About Las Lomitas

Las Lomitas is a quiet hillside residential sector in upper Sabaneta - 34 mid-rise apartment buildings housing professional Colombian families who want garden views, safety, and estrato-5/6 finishes without the density or foreigner presence of El Poblado. The empirical rent range ($650-1,000 for 2-3BR) reflects Sabaneta's position as a step down in price from Envigado or Poblado but a step up from Itagüí. The trade-off is total car-dependence: you drive to Sabaneta's parque for a café, to Mayorca for groceries, and to the metro station if you work downtown. Expat density is very low. Foreigners who pick Sabaneta usually do so for schools (Colegio Colombo Británico is nearby) or for a Colombian neighborhood feel within metro reach of El Poblado; most settle closer to the parque rather than in the upper hills. Las Lomitas feels like suburban Medellín in the North American sense - gated towers, driving to everything, quiet weekends - but with Colombian prices and services. If you want a calm family environment, a garden-view balcony, and you already own a car or plan to rely on Uber daily, Las Lomitas delivers on those terms. If you value walkability, café culture, or expat services, look at Laureles, Manila, or Envigado's Las Lomas instead.

Las Lomitas is a hillside residential sector in Sabaneta's upper elevations, southeast of the municipal center. The 34-building inventory is overwhelmingly mid-rise apartment towers (estratos 5-6) set along winding streets that climb the western slope. Quiet, green, family-oriented, and car-dependent - this is where Sabaneta's professional families live when they want a garden view and don't need to walk to the parque.

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Rent Ranges
Unit typeMonthly rent (USD / COP)
2 Bedrooms $677 – $833
2.3M COP – 2.8M COP
3 Bedrooms $781 – $1,041
2.6M COP – 3.5M COP

Rent data updated May 2026. COP at 3,341 COP/USD (open.er-api.com, refreshes daily).

Getting Around
60 /100
Walkable
Derived from precomputed walkZone at the area centroid: 40 unique amenity placeIds within <=10 minutes walk.

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