We sometimes feel a bit overdosed on visiting churches, mosques, shrines and temples despite the fact there are so many beautiful ones in the world. This is why we debated if we were going to visit The Monastery of Santa Catalina (S40 or $10/ticket.) However, Lonely Planet promised it shouldn’t be missed “even if you’re overdosed on colonial edifices.” This…
Salento is one of those Colombian towns that you’ll find in nearly every “must see” list for the country. It’s actually bewildering how many people head nine hours south of Medellin just to include it in their two week itineraries, totally bypassing wonders like Filandia and Jardin. But alas, we see why it’s attractive. It’s colorful, it’s happy, it’s tourist…
Filandia is a sleepy little treasure 50 minutes from Armenia dropped tenderly in the middle of Colombia’s coffee country. Despite its colorful facades, colonial architecture, fantastic shopping opportunities, rolling cafetera hills, warm locals and great restaurants, it is often upstaged by its touristic coffee sister of Salento and mostly undiscovered by travelers. It felt like a true local’s town…a bit…
Many blogs, guidebooks and locals all proclaim that Jardin, 3.5 hours south of Medellin, is the “most beautiful pueblo in Colombia.” So, being that we’re into cute things and buckets of color, (you may have noticed), it seemed like a place we definitely wanted to check out on our way south to the Coffee Zone. Jardin is beloved by Colombians…
If you're a traveler, or even just an arm-chair fantasizer, odds are you have at one time or another lusted dreamily over the magical land of Patagonia. This slice of paradise is at the tail end of South America encompassing 260,000 square miles of pristine and breath-taking beauty between Chile and Argentina. It is known for electric blue glaciers, mountains…
