Return to Macondo

Macondo is the fictional village which is the location for the main action in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's classic 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'.

“Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.”

Now the village of Aracataca, which is the basis for the village is poised for an influx of new tourists as a result of a new Netflix adaptation which is going to be appearing soon. It will have 16 episodes.

This Guardian article explores the impact on Marquez's hometown in Colombia.

Some locals feel betrayed that the series was not filmed there. Instead, it was shot in the industrial city of Ibagué, 430 miles to the south. “We’re disappointed that Netflix decided not to film here, but we all know that anyone inspired by the series will have to come to Aracataca, as the heart of Macondo lies here,” said Robinson Mulford, a local high-school teacher.