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San Remo

San Remo is a five-building residential micro-zone in Sabaneta marketed primarily to short-term expat tenants, priced in the $800-950 range that puts it well above local long-term rates and into the furnished-apartment tier.

🚶 Walkability 60/100
🚇 Metro access
Best for · Furnished short-term rentals · Car-dependent · Quiet residential · Low expat services · Sabaneta south
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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Location
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About San Remo

San Remo is a five-building residential micro-zone in Sabaneta marketed primarily to short-term expat tenants, priced in the $800-950 range that puts it well above local long-term rates and into the furnished-apartment tier. The appeal is clear: quiet, car-accessible, cheaper than El Poblado, and close enough to the metro (Sabaneta station, Line A) and Mayorca Mall to feel connected without the density. The trade-offs are equally clear: minimal walkability, limited street life, and almost no local Colombian context within walking distance. This is not a barrio you explore on foot or a place where you build neighborhood relationships at the corner tienda. It is a residential landing pad for foreigners who want a quiet apartment, a parking space, and easy access to the highway network. If that describes your priority list - and you are comfortable driving or ride-sharing for every errand - San Remo works. If you value walkable daily errands or a visible local culture, look at Sabaneta's town center near the metro station, or at Envigado's Zona Centro, both of which offer meaningfully more street life.

San Remo is a small residential pocket in Sabaneta with only five apartment buildings in our inventory - this is not a barrio in the traditional Colombian sense, but rather a cluster of mid-rise towers along a single block or development parcel. The $800-950 rent range for furnished units puts it firmly in the expat-targeted short-term rental tier, well above Sabaneta's typical long-term Colombian rates. Quiet, car-dependent, and likely marketed to foreigners looking for proximity to the Mayorca Mall corridor without the density of El Poblado.

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Rent Ranges
Unit typeMonthly rent (USD / COP)
2 Bedrooms $833 – $885
2.8M COP – 3.0M COP
3 Bedrooms $833 – $989
2.8M COP – 3.3M 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.

Walk times on this page are estimated from