We are a Colombian municipality located in the department of
Tolima, located in the center of the country, on the upper basin of the most
beautiful rivers that is the ‘cupcake’ where many of our ancestors sailed day
and night being their only means of transport and power supply.
Thanks to its strategic location, our town is ideal to become the
best summer resort and recreation place, for the privilege of having means of
river transport, air and road and rail, it is an unforgettable experience to
share with family on a Sunday stroll by boat along the river and observe the
landscape that nature provides us. Here we can perform activities such as
bathing, ride pot, boating, and fishing or enjoy the touristic train that runs
from
Girardot to our town through the iron that is via pedestrian with a view
towards the river, its surrounding areas and from there you can see the
‘Ospina’ bridge.
We pioneered the start of aviation in Colombia with the first
flight done in the country by an airline founded by a German SCADTA, who came
from Barranquilla to our town through the Magdalena River. The flight was made
in a seaplane, but later Vila built the Santiago airport, which serves as a
bridge connecting the city and the country.
From there we can develop aeronautics weekend activities family as
paragliders, kites, directed flights and aerial tours of the region where we
see our vegetation and fresh air. Santiago Vila airport have become a great
heritage for the center of the country. Another attractions we have for the
tourists arriving both business and passing, are the largest production of the
traditional ‘Achira’ plants and biscuits of the region to all those tourists
who visit our town looking for tasty crunchy baked snacks.
by Mery Acevedo
Herrera
On my last vacation, I
was with my family and friends to 'La Caimanera'. We had a great time, as we cooked lunch at the river bank, then we had a sancocho soup, roast chicken, rice, ripe banana,
avocado, potato, cassava and soda; it was very delicious.
From June
24th to July 4th,
it is celebrated the National Coffee Party in Calarcá, Quindío. Here you
will find the National Coffee Pageant, The Yipao Parade, the hand-craft fair,
folkloric meetings, bicycle parades, The Rock-Coffee Concert, and other
different events.
During the tour we walked, we saw the Magdalena River and there we
found the touristic Giradot¿s Pier, located in the south eastern corner of 12th
street and 12th career on the current nomenclature, and on the north bank
of the Magdalena River. This center provides a river walks, swimming pool, bar
and restaurant service. 
MELGAR, has more than seven thousand swimming
pools! It gives the municipality one of the highest indexes of swimming pools
for inhabitant in the world, thereby it is called "The city of the
swimming pools ". 
We are a Colombian municipality located in the department of
Tolima, located in the center of the country, on the upper basin of the most
beautiful rivers that is the ‘cupcake’ where many of our ancestors sailed day
and night being their only means of transport and power supply.