Tag: The Coffee Region

Manizales is called ‘The City of Open Doors’. A beautifully located city with a buzzing nightlife, it’s one of Colombia’s most exciting cities to visit and, yet, remains delightfully off-the-beaten track. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Manizales is the capital of the Caldas department and, along with Armenia and Pereira, forms what is known as […]

There are places in Colombia of sweeping, breathtaking beauty that defy the typical image of the country as a tropical paradise. El Cocuy, a place where snow decorates the mountain peaks, is one of them. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Our friends at Off2Colombia recently filmed a video of their ascent of the Nevado del […]

Ferias (or fairs) in Colombian are something you’ll find in almost every region and town in Colombian. From La Feria de las Flores in Medellin to Las Ferias de San Pedro in Neiva there’s always a party going on somewhere. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Two of the biggest ferias en Colombia are Las Ferias […]

One of Colombia‘s most important exports is its coffee. Over 10 million bags of coffee are exported every year from Colombia, to areas such as Japan, Australia, Europe and the US. Colombia is up with Vietnam and Brazil as one of the world’s most popular coffee producers, and the country has a reputation as one […]

We wrote about Cocora Valley this week at the Colombia Travel Blog, and Salento got a brief mention. We decided, though, that this was to do it an injustice and so today’s post is dedicated to Salento, a charming colonial village in the Colombia Coffee Triangle. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Salento is the centre […]

Hello all! Here at the Colombia Travel Blog we have written about Cocora Valley a few times in the past but today, given that a picture speaks a thousand words, we thought we might actually show you some footage of the area, all thanks to our friends over at Off2 Colombia. Take a look: –> […]

Our Colombia Travel Blog has been looking at the FIFA U20s 2011 Colombia World Cup for the last week or so now, trolling through the cities that will be hosting what is arguably Colombia’s biggest footballing event to date. Today we’re looking at Pereira, the final point in Colombia’s Coffee Triangle. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) […]

Continuing our look at the cities featured in the 2011 Colombia FIFA World Cup, we take a little visit to the city of Armenia, found in the beautiful Coffee Region of Colombia. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Armenia is a city in the Paisa region of Colombia, and as you may recall from previous posts, […]

Yesterday on our Colombia Travel Blog, Ryan looked at the hip-swinging capital of salsa, Cali. Today I’ll be looking at Manizales, also known as ‘The City of Open Doors’. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Manizales is the capital of the Caldas department and, along with Armenia and Pereira, forms what is known as Colombia’s Coffee […]

Today we hear again from our traveling amigos, Linda and Bernie, who’ve been to the Coffee Region in Colombia. Here’s what they got up to: –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Bernie We had a driver arranged for us by See Colombia Travel so we were picked up in the morning and arrived in Salento for […]