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Zona Cafetera Travel Guide
From Wikitravel
South America : Colombia : Andean Highlands : Zona Cafetera
Zona Cafetera, usually refered to as "Eje Cafetero", is a coffee-growing region in the Andean Highlands of Colombia.
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Regions
Cities
Towns
- Chinchina
- Apia
- Balboa
- Belén de Umbría
- Dosquebradas
- Guatica
- La Celia
- La Virginia
- Marsella
- Mistrato
- Pueblo Rico
- Quinchía
- Santa Rosa de Cabal
- Santuario
- Salento
- Calarcá
Other destinations
- El Parque del Cafe is a must if you're in the area. The colonisation and history of the entire area is explained as well as all the details of growing and processing coffee. In addition it features a botanical area (bamboo forest, coffee plants, etc) and an amuesement parc like Disneyland.
- Los Nevados close to Manizales is where you have to go if you want to touch snow or if you want to see that one can climb an altitude of 5000 m by car.
Understand
The people in the area basically speak the same dialect as in Antioquia. Soon you'll recognize that the word "pues" can be used in every sentence.
Talk
Get in
Get around
As in entire Colombia: by buses of all sizes you can reach every point.
See
Do
Eat
Drink
Stay safe
In some of the remote areas of the Los Nevados park there is guerrilla presence. Usually they don't harm tourists.
Get out
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