Pereira, the Door-less City

Pereira- (Duration: 4 hours approx.)

City Tour Historic Pereira. Pereira is the capital city of the department of Risaralda, and it is well known as the “City without doors”, “Perla del Otún" and “Querendona, Trasnochadora y Morena“. Located along the Otún river it distinguishes from other capitals of the Coffee for being a commercial and cosmopolitan city. The tour begins at visiting "Tambo El Privilegio" located on the coffee highway to Santa Rosa de Cabal. From this beautiful viewpoint you can observe Pereira, Dosquebradas, Santa Rosa de Cabal and Quindio’s foothills. We descend back to the city, crossing the Cesar Gaviria Trujillo Viaduct, a cable-stayed bridge that links Pereira with the municipality of Dosquebradas crossing the Otún River Valley. We continue the tour visiting the historic center beginning at the Parque Olaya Herrera, Calle de la Fundación, Plaza de Bolivar, the Cathedral of Nuestra Señora de la Pobreza, Jorge Roa Martinez and Luis Carlos Gonzalez houses and the modern sector city, La Circunvalar, ending at the church San José. On this tour the most important historical events of Pereira are told.