Travel Guide of Salento in Colombia by Influencers and Travelers

Salento is a town and municipality in the north-east of the department of Quindío, Colombia. The municipality covers an area of 377.67 km². It was the first settlement in Quindío of the modern era, and the first municipality founded in the department. The town of Salento itself is located 24 km northeast of the departmental capital Armenia.

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1 - Filandia

   10 km away

Filandia is a town and municipality in the northern part of the department of Quindío, Colombia. It is located on the west side of Cordillera Central of the Andes mountain range running through central Colombia, 26 km north of the departmental capital Armenia.

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2 - Cocora Valley

   9 km away

The Cocora valley is a valley in the department of Quindío in the country of Colombia. It is located in the Central Cordillera of the Andean mountains.

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3 - Coffee & Tea Tours in Pereira

   23 km away

To discover the Coffee Cultural Landscape is to be in contact with nature, coffee culture and the shapes and colors of the houses on its villages. In Salento, we have these three experiences in one day. In the morning, we visit Cocora Valley where we walk under the highest wax palms in the world, going up to the mountain to meet up with the mysterious cloud forests. We have lunch at one of the best restaurants in the region, then you will give life with your own hands to a wax palm from Quindio, Colombia’s national tree. In the afternoon, we visit Finca El Ocaso, to learn about coffee process and to discover the best kept secrets of Colombian coffee. At the end of the day, we walk through the charming streets of Salento, the main street, the square and its viewpoints.

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4 - Bolívar Park

   10 km away
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5 - Armenia

   16 km away
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6 - Wildlife Watching in Pereira

   23 km away

Salento, Cocora Valley and Filandia are some destinations in the Coffee Axis considered to be one of the most beautiful in the Quindio, we will have a day of contact with nature and the highest wax palms in the world then a tour of Salento and Filandia 2 colonial towns .

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7 - Lake Otún

   23 km away

Lake Otún is a small lake in the Nevados National Park, in the Risaralda department of Colombia. It located at an altitude of 3,900 m and has an area of 1.5 square kilometres.

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8 - Pereira

   23 km away

Pereira is the capital city of the Colombian department of Risaralda. It is located in the foothills of the Andes in a coffee-producing area of Colombia officially known as the "Coffee Axis".

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9 - Bike Rentals in Pereira

   23 km away

Rent a 9 speeds mountain bycicle and enjoy the beautiful viewpoints in an authentic coffee farm, ride in middle of coffee plants and enjoy the nature in the farm, the farm is so close to Calarcá and Armenia city

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10 - San Vicente thermal

   24 km away
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11 - Dosquebradas

   25 km away

Dosquebradas is the second largest city and a municipality in the Risaralda Department, Colombia. As of 2019, it had a population of approximately 207,000 inhabitants.

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12 - Culinary Tour in Pereira

   23 km away

Transfer from the defined meeting point to Filandia, the daughter of the Andes in Eden, which translates as Quindío in Quimbaya language. We visit a private nature reserve, where we walk a path inside the sub-Andean forest. There you can appreciate a sample of the biodiversity in fauna and flora of the Coffee Cultural Landscape and maybe observe howler monkeys in freedom. We move to Filandia, where lunch is a gastronomic experience of fusion cuisine with typical products. In the afternoon, walk the main streets of the town observing its architecture with a variety of shapes and colors. Share the experience of learning a local craft with an authentic master craftsman, live the challenge of making with your hands a basket from

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13 - Parque Nacional Natural Los Nevados

   29 km away

Los Nevados National Natural Park is a national park located in the Cordillera Central of the Colombian Andes. The park sourrounds the northern volcanic complex formed by Nevado del Ruiz, Nevado del Tolima, Nevado de Santa Isabel, the paramillos of Cisne, Santa Rosa and Quindío and the Cerro Bravo and Cerro Machín.

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14 - Santa Isabel

   30 km away

Santa Isabel is a shield volcano located in Tolima, Colombia, southwest of Nevado del Ruiz volcano. The volcano is located over the Palestina Fault, that crosscuts the underlying El Bosque Batholith of Eocene age, dated at 49.1 ± 1.7 Ma.

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15 - Glacier Walks in Pereira

   23 km away

This tour allows us to know about history, culture and nature, to be able to observe the transition between the Andean forest, the paramo, and the Colombian glaciers, the variety of species of fauna and flora and the micro climates that are presented daily make this activity It is interesting and exciting.

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16 - Manizales

   48 km away

Manizales is a city and municipality in central Colombia. It is the capital of the Department of Caldas, and lies near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano.

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