Mompós

Book reference: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez must surely be one of the most romantic men on the planet, responsible for both Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude. Could it be anything to do with his Colombian roots? The sensual atmosphere of the places he grew up in: gorgeous old colonial towns of white buildings, verdant vegetation and the heat of the jungle and the mangrove lined river fanned by the breezes off the bright beaches of the Caribbean Ocean? Surely that's a picture that will get you languidly into the mood for love.
Mompós was the backdrop Márquez used for Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and it has escaped history's net—in that most of its buildings are used in the same way they were during its Spanish Colonial past. Boys, having read these books will win you brownie points, but bringing your lady here will most likely win you an even better prize. If he loved you with all the power of his soul for a whole lifetime, he couldn't love you as much as I do in a single day.