Colombia

Hacienda Combia, A Coffee-flavoured Trek to Awaken the Senses

Paola, Barista Hacienda Combia

After Selva Negra (Nicaragua) and Hacienda Venecia in Manizales (Colombia), I found myself once again in the very heart of a ‘responsible’ coffee plantation, certified by Rainforest Alliance and Utz, but this time just a little smaller. Hacienda Combia is an agricultural and hotel family business of 39 hectares, in the “Cafeteros” region of Colombia, next to …

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La Serrana Hostel, in the ‘must-see’ Tourist attraction of the Region

La Serrana Hostel Salento Colombie

The « Cafeteros » region is an area comprised of many towns of various sizes sitting amid rolling hills, vibrating to the colours of its coffee plants. In between two stays in the very centre of coffee plantations that offer rooms for rent (Hacienda Venecia) and hotel accommodation (Hacienda Combia), I spent three nights in a youth …

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Meet Edwin Bernal, Cotelco, Hotel Association of Colombia

I had the opporunity to meet with Gustavo Toro Velásquez, President of COTELCO, and Edwin Bernal, Director of Quality, during the tourism profesionnal fair ANATO in Bogotá.  Cotelco is the main hotel and tourism association of Colombia.

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