Travel tips for Salento, a small town in the Colombian Coffee Region that cannot be overlooked by visitors to the country. It retains its traditional feel and has something to offer just about everyone.
A brief guide on where to eat in Salento, where there’s a good variety of restaurants to choose from. Because it pulls in a lot of international travelers, there’s plenty of international cuisine to be found as well as traditional Colombian food and vegan specialties. Things change quickly so I’ll try to keep up this post as much as possible.
Boquía is a settlement belonging to the municipality of Salento. It’s located in the Coffee Region of Colombia and part of the UNESCO World Heritage listed Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia.
Santa Rita Nature Reserve (Santa Rita Reserva Natural) is a beautiful area located in the settlement of Boquía, just outside the town of Salento. It’s in the Coffee Region and part of the UNESCO World Heritage listed Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia.
For a fun Saturday, we decided to take a bamboo rafting trip down the Río La Vieja. It’s a popular activity in Colombia’s Coffee Region.
I had no intention on visiting Génova until I read an article on The Culture Trip mentioning it as a one of “11 stunning alternatives to Salento“. I thought there must be some truth to it, so we set out one afternoon and took the three hour drive from Belén de Umbría.
If you’re looking to go off the beaten path in Colombia’s Coffee Region, Pijao makes the perfect choice. Often referred to as “Salento without the tourists”, Pijao is gaining more recognition as one of the region’s most beautiful towns.
Barcelona is the nearest town to the touristic Recuca coffee plantation in the UNESCO World Heritage listed Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia. There’s no real reason to visit but we decided to stop and check it out while passing through on our way to the towns of Buenavista and Pijao.
Parque Los Arrieros is an entertaining theme park in Colombia’s UNESCO World Heritage listed coffee country aimed at protecting the Coffee Region’s culture and heritage. It’s located on the road between the towns of Quimbaya and Montenegro. When traveling through the region, you don’t hear much about it and it isn’t well publicized, but it has been around since January 2014.