Cali will easily keep you occupied for a number of days, whether it be sleeping off late nights in salsatecas or wandering the colonial streets of San Antonio. The historic center has a plethora of museums and in the north the barrios of Granada and El Peñon boast upmarket restaurants and boutiques that would not be out of place in Los Angeles or Miami.
For a little taste of modern art, your best bet will be Museo La Tertulia. This place is much more than just an art museum though. There is also an outdoor auditorium where you can catch musical performances (especially at the beginning and end of every month). Next to it is the Cinemateca art...
Should you find yourself downtown in the Centro of Cali there's a few possible reasons that you have reached this point. You are lost, you are trying to find an information center or you are in need of a culture fix. If the latter is true, read on!
A good place to start is the Teatro Municipal...
A respectable collection of gold and ceramics are housed in the Banco de la República building on Calle 7a. This is a fairly recent collection of Calima cultural artifacts — Calima being the name of the original indigenous group in the Valle de Cauca dating back nearly 9,000 years ago. Unlike...
On April 9, 1918, construction of this beautiful yellow theater began. Ten years later it was completed, with remodeling performed in the 1950’s. Modeled like an Italian opera theater, this neoclassical theater holds up to 1,200 people in its stylish and elaborate European-like interior. It was...
On Sundays and public holidays masses of devout Colombian Catholics make their way from neighboring towns and from Cali itself to the town of Guadalajara de Buga to pay their respects to and ask favors of the Señor de los Milagros in the Basilica in Buga.
Buga, also known as the "Cuidad...
Historical Building
Buga, Near Cali, Cali, Colombia