Salento

Salento is a pretty colonial town located about a 45 minute drive from Armenia. Most of the buildings are white with brightly colored doors, balconies and window shutters. We enjoyed strolling around the town and checking out some of the many handicraft stores on Carrera 6, the main street.


There are also a couple of miradores (lookout points) accessible from the town where we enjoyed spectacular views of the Corcora Valley and the Cardenas River.


We ate a traditional lunch of trucha con patacon (trout served over a large fried and crispy plaintain) at an outdoor restaurant in the main plaza, and then had some coffee and tea at a charming café/restaurant called Barroco. In the late afternoon, a group of street musicians began to play some traditional Colombian music on Carrera 6. Almost immediately a bunch of Colombians began dancing along on the street, including two adorable small children.

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