Enjoy a fresh coffee in Colombia's Zona Cafetera

Enjoy a fresh coffee in Colombia's Zona Cafetera. Photo by Chris Raven
Download the eBook version of Lonely Planet's Medellin & Zona Cafetera chapter from the Colombia guidebook

Colombia - Medellin & Zona Cafetera (Chapter)

Welcome to país paisa – paisa country – a vibrant area made up of coffee plantations and flower farms, lush cloud forest, dynamic student towns and the busy city of Medellín. It is one of Colombia’s most dynamic regions, and is not to be missed.

Coverage includes: Medellín & around, Guatapé, Piedra del Peñol, Santa Fe de Antioquia, Jardín, Río Claro, Zona Cafetera, Manizales & around, Parque Nacional Natural (PNN) Los Nevados, Pereira, Termales de Santa Rosa, Termales San Vicente, Santuario Otún Quimbaya, Parque Ucumarí, Armenia & around, Salento, and Valle de Cocora.

- bathe in piping-hot thermal springs high in the mountains at Termales San Vicente

- ride the Metrocable high above the rooftops of Medellín, then explore the city’s many fine restaurants and bars

- hike among the mighty glaciers of Parque Nacional Natural Los Nevados

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