NATIONAL COFEE PARK

• ational Coffee Park (Parque Nacional del Café) is a theme park located in the department of Quindío, Colombia, 4 km south-west of the town of Montenegro and 11 km west of the departmental capital city Armenia. The park can be reached from a cable car, offers attractions orchid animatronics colorful, global coffee garden, a roller coaster, food stalls based on coffee, Colombian folk architecture, and other attractions, totaling 22 attractions at the end of 2009. The park was founded in 1995 by the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia (La Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia) and the Departmental Committee of Coffee Growers of Quindío (El Comité Departamental de Cafeteros del Quindío). 

SALENTO, QUINDIO

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.[2] 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. In 2005 the municipality of Salento had an estimated population of 7247, of which 3597 lived in the main urban zone.[1]

The main route from Popayán and Cali to Bogotá used to pass through Salento (see below), but when the route was diverted the town became isolated and did not develop as rapidly as the rest of the region. For this reason it has retained more of its traditional colonial architecture than almost any other town in the eje cafetero, along with a quiet and relaxed way of life, and as a result the town and nearby Cocora valley are among the most popular tourist destinations in Colombia.

cocora valley

The Cocora valley (Spanish: Valle de Cocora) is a valley in the department of Quindío in the country of Colombia. It is located in the Central Cordillera of the Andean mountains. "Cocora" was the name of a Quimbayan princess, daughter of the local chief Acaime, and means "star of water" (Spanish: estrella de agua). The valley is part of the Los Nevados National Natural Park, incorporated into the existing national park by the Colombian government in 1985. It is the principal location of the national tree and symbol of Colombia, the Quindío wax palm (Ceroxylon quindiuense), as well as a wide variety of other flora and fauna (some endangered), all of which are protected under the park's national status. 

• RECUCA TRAVEL OF COFFEE CULTURE.
  

t is a tribute to the collector and to the coffee life", according to Luis Darío Orozco, owner of the new tourist attraction of Quindío: RECUCA, designed for those who do not visit and want to "grease" coffee. RECUCA is located in La Chapa de la Vereda Callelarga, a town of Barcelona, ​​in the municipality of Calarcá. There the visitor is greeted with a hot coffee made with the actor: With the typical touch, the basket and the machete at the beginning of a long journey that leads, first by the history of the grain from Ethiopia, Arabia and Holland to our own America. Trained in leafy coffee plantation full of green and landscape, a series of seasons awaits him that show how the coffee growing spread throughout the country, while collecting its grains, to earn the "bogadera", cold watery lemon Calm the thirst and the necessary energies for the next phase: strip and dry the grain, grind and grind, prepare and enjoy a delicious coffee that leaves impregnated with all the flavor of our traditional coffee culture. 

MONTENEGRO, QUINDIO

Montenegro (Spanish pronunciation: [monteˈneɣɾo]) is a municipality in the western part of the department of Quindío, Colombia. It is located 10 km west of the departmental capital Armenia.

Montenegro (literally: Black Mountain) was named for the dark green color of the trees that originally covered the hill above the current-day site of the township, which was visible from other parts of the region as it rose above the surrounding guadua forests. Between 1897 and 1904, Montenegro was officially known as Villa Quindío.

The boundaries of Montenegro are principally formed by three rivers. To the north, the Roble River forms the limit with Quimbaya; to the east and south, the Espejo River forms the limit with Armenia and La Tebaida; and to the west La Vieja River is the limit with the neighboring department of Valle del Cauca. 

                                PANACA

PANACA (Spanish: Parque Nacional De La Cultura Agropecuaria) is a farming theme park that promotes contact between humans and nature, intended for those who live in the city and to create awareness about nature. The park was created in Quimbaya, in the Coffee Area of Colombia by a group of businessmen in 1990, and today, is one of the biggest agricultural parks in the country. 

             THE LIGHTING OF QUIMBAYA

 Quimbaya Lighting is one of Quindío's most traditional celebrations, celebrated on Noche de las Velitas on December 7, the day before the day of the Immaculate Conception, or in the early hours of December 8. In the municipality of Quimbaya, in Quindío, the Day of the Velitas is celebrated obstructing the streets to traffic, and they are lit with candles, lighthouses and paper lanterns in the form of animals, saints, and figures of the manger, which fill everything The town of light which attracts national and international travelers during this time. 

          THE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF QUINDIO

The Botanical Garden of Quindío, in Calarca, is a significant pole of scientific exploration and environmental training. This garden has one of the largest collections of butterflies in Colombia and the land. It was the first lawfully instituted of Colombia. It was founded in 1978 by Alberto Gómez Mejía, the OIKOS Organization, the University of Quindío and the Gardening Club of Armenia, responding to the proposal made by Professor Jesús M. The Garden was opened to the public on December 16, 2000 and since then has made effective leadership in the Eco-tourism of the region.  

                      LOS ARRIEROS PARK 

In the village of Santana, Quimbaya (Quindio), between coffee plantations, banana plantations and two crystalline ravines, a park was born to complement Quindío's tourism offer and the coffee-growing area. It is Los Arrieros, an area of ​​23 blocks where you can recreate the day to day of the emblematic campesinos that gave life to the people of this region. "To see" Yipaos "people have to wait until June, at parties in Calarcá; To see lanterns, they must wait until Christmas in Quimbaya. Now, in Los Arrieros, they will have permanent exhibitions of these activities, as well as everything that has to do with the life of the muleteers. " For this and much more The Los Arrieros Park is one of the best tourist places in Quindio.

                       The Park of Life

A tan solo 100 metros del Parque Los Fundadores, sobre la Avenida Bolívar, la más significativa de Armenia, se encuentra El Parque de la Vida. Un extraordinario presente que le hizo la asociación cafetera a la localidad de Armenia por su aniversario número 100.

Tiene una superficie de ocho hectáreas, una zona frondosa, árboles y grandes zonas verdes, una laguna con peces, patos y gansos, caminos pavimentados para transitar y varias caídas de agua en forma de escalera.

En diciembre, se pone de fiesta y se llena de luces de variados colores, El parque de la Vida es, por excelencia, y desde hace algunos años ya, el alumbrado más llamativo y concurrido de Armenia.

    The Free Cemetery of Circasia

The Free Cemetery of Circasia is located on the outskirts of the municipality on the way to Montenegro. It was established in 1933 by Braulio Botero as a place where anyone could be buried, regardless of their religious beliefs or lack thereof. The cemetery is today a symbol of freedom and equality. In the last years has had some small arrangements, since in the earthquake of 1999 that affected much of the coffee axis the cemetery had some damages outside and inside. For this and much more The Free Cemetery of Circasia is one of the best tourist places of the Quindio.