Quinbaya...

What is Quimbaya?

Quibaya is a ancient culture from Colombia, the Quimbayas were ones of the most importants culture of Colombia for their scupltures of GOLD their culture were very important in Colombia because their had very interesting things about the art and de sculptors mens.
Quimbaya is near to Calarca there is in "EJE cafetero", Quimbaya is close to montenegro and is very hot.
I recomended carry the camera because is a place awesome when you can see all the Colombian culture.

And the food...

What kind of food would you like see?

You can find food of Calarca, there is food of different parts of Colombia, for example:

"SANCHOCO DE COLA"

this plat is for eat when you go to "paseo de olla" normally you eat "sancocho" in trips for your lunch.

Jipao

What is "Jipao"?

Well, "jipao" is a fun event when you should get on in a "jipao", it's a old car called "Jeep Willis" dance in the street with some aliments of the crops of Colombia, in this space the "jipaos" can carry many many products and objects typical of Colombia, the car normally are overloaded.

"Reinado del cafe"

What is "Reinado del cafe"?
"Reinado del cafe" is an activity when the people choose different beautiful women that can represent to "Calarca", the people of "Calarca" can choose the representative women select that have skills, for example that she can talk about her village "Calarca" and help many people that can't opportunities for work and study.

In this "carnaval" you can see different kinds of dancing of Colombia (eje cafetero), there is an activity when you can dance, sing and has a good time with your friends or family, you can take a picture with the (possibles queen) and dance with their.

      

Calarca

Calarca has interestings things, if you like the sculptures you can see all the sculptures about the coffee and animals, it's beautiful place for rest in vacations.
Quindio is famous for its food and people it has interested places, you can find old houses when you can see the life of the ancestors of Colombia when they were in colonial times, you can revive the times of your grandfather and feel how he lived when he had your age.

You can see how your ancestral parents used the train for going to the school or work

Which activities can you do in Calarca?

Calarca is a touristic place of Colombia because in this place there is the famous "reinado del cafe" and is near to "Montenegro" and in "Montenegro" there is one of the most importants parks of Colombia "parque del café),Calarca is near to "Quimbaya" and this place is a national teasure because is the "El dorado", Calarca has interesting sites for visiting and it has several kinds of climates.

Also is very fun the "jipao", is an event when the "Jeeps" cars dance with his back wheels, is very fun, you can dance and (take a shower) with foam =D.

If you are interested in mechanical attractions, you can go to "parque del cafe", there is a big park with beautiful landscapes and it has information about the Colombian coffee, for example, how do you prepare?,
what kinds of coffee can you drink? also has myths and legends of Colombia.

Is very interesting see all the things in the "parque del cafe" is a great change and experience when you visit "Quindio", it has excellent climate and delicious food for try different tastes.