If you find yourself in Pereira with extra time to kill, head across the bridge to the suburb of Dosquebradas.
A brief guide on where to stay in Pereira, Colombia. Hotels are located in both the city center and in the entertainment district along Avenida Circunvalar. The budget options are very reasonable and even upscale hotels can be affordable at times.
The small town of Belén de Umbría is my home in Colombia. It is a coffee growing town that sits up in the mountains surrounded by a beautiful green landscape. Both the urban area and certain rural areas are part of the UNESCO World Heritage listed Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia.
Cerritos is a suburb just west of Pereira, Colombia. It’s mostly residential but there are a few great hotels and restaurants in the area. Bioparque Ukumarí and Parque Consotá are also located there.
Sightseeing is limited in Pereira, but it still has a pleasant city center.
Searching for the perfect cup of Colombian coffee has been one of my goals ever since moving to the country. Living in a small coffee harvesting town in the mountains of the UNESCO World Heritage listed Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia, I’m obviously drinking the best coffee in the world every single day, right?
Wrong.
Bioparque Ukumarí is a huge nature complex just outside Pereira in Colombia’s Coffee Region. It houses all of the animals from the old Matecaña City Zoo in Pereira, which closed in mid-2015.
The unassuming town of Aguadas, one of Colombia’s prestigious Heritage Towns (Pueblos Patrimonio), has contributed a lot to the country’s culture.
Nestled between the Colombian Heritage Towns (Pueblos Patrimonio) of Salamina and Aguadas is the small town of Pácora.
San Félix is a village belonging to the municipality of Salamina in the Coffee Region of Colombia. It boasts a beautiful landscape featuring the world’s largest wax palm forest.