Colombian National Coffee Park

Zona Cafetera, usually referred to as "Eje Cafetero", is a world heritage listed coffee-growing region in the Andino region of Colombia, which covers parts of three departments:

• Caldas
• Quindío
• Risaralda

Cities

• Pereira
• Armenia
• Manizales

Towns

Balconies in the street Real in Santuario

• Chinchina
• Apia
• Balboa
• Belén de Umbría
• Dosquebradas
• Guatica
• La Celia
• La Virginia
• Marsella
• Mistrato
• Pueblo Rico
• Quimbaya
• Quinchía
• Santa Rosa de Cabal
• Santuario
• Salento — A sleepy little town of 4000 or so inhabitants, perched on a hill in "La Zona Cafetera", 24 km from Armenia and 60 km from Pereira (pronounced Pay Ray Da), beside the valley of the river Quindío, after which the department (state) of Quindío is named.
• Calarcá

Other destinations

• 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.