The Department quindio and its 12 municipalities

QUINDIO means Eden or Paradise
Has an extension of 1961.8 square kilometers and occupies 0.2 of Colombia, is located in the center to 3 hours west of Buenaventura Colombia's main seaport and move 65% of Colombian exports and imports.
The Quindio Region was inhabited in the past and before the arrival of the Spanish conquest by the tribe QUIMBAYA recognized and talented artisans in cotton, blankets and more. Goldsmiths in Ceramic Artists and Farmers dedicated barro.Tambien cultivated cassava, avocado, guava and fermented corn that it also used just for their drinks in their religious rituals also supplemented their diet by hunting deer, rabbits and other animals. Historical texts highlight the great skill and great talent for the extraction and working of gold from the mining aspect to the advanced techniques of elaboration performing both quality pieces of great artistic value also favorably separating are representative of pre-Columbian culture and vessels jewelry items with Poporo admired worldwide as the most recognized. North of Armenia is the MUSEUM QUIMBAYA that lives up to this culture I inhabit these lands in the past of the Spanish conquest and is the site where all you have to do with the collection of Ceramics, clay figures, Gold and all you have to do with the history and literature; building that by its beauty, Design and Architecture was awarded in the Biennale of Architecture; To highlight also the claim of the Ministry of Culture and the Colombian government to repatriate the pieces treasure that President Holguin donated to the Spanish Crown the last century and the museum hopes Quimbaya.Nuestros ancestors loved their homeland to the point where it defended the conquest that began in 1539 when its population reached about 20,000 inhabitants, but was in 1542 and in 1577 when the Insurrection came strong and suitable for their extinction and annihilation because of the same wars, European diseases and mistreatment.
In the late 19 with the Paisa or Antioqueña Colonization came the cultivation of coffee on whose land reached production becoming a great national wealth and export primary agricultural product which led to the arrival of people from around the expectation that this generated forming a multi-racial mix that gave origin to the people Quindianidad noble, hardworking, and proud of their progressive development. In addition to mid-twentieth century came the Jeep Willys Mechanical Mule to replace their hard labor the mules that were the beasts of burden. In the decade of the 90 "S wine coffee crisis which forced replantiar productive activity in the region giving rise to the lodgings and tourism as salvation and was welcomed by all visitors who admired the landscape of mountains, extreme sports, weather, excellent clinical medical tourism, theme parks and rich biodiversity of fauna and flora.
The Quindio comprises 12 municipalities each with a different history and an attraction for example in Salento is the national park snow trout culture, Filandia While a viewpoint compared to the Eiffel Tower, home of the basketry and whale Quimbaya animales.en village birds and 50 minutes from the Capital excels by the River Rafting old, Panaca theme park dedicated to animals with excellent hospitality organization. Nearby is Montenegro whose main attraction is the National Park Cafe. The Thebaid south tropical paradise with its Maraveles Valley and other attractions anthropological and cultural. People come Cordilleranos Cordoba with the Museum of Guadua, rural tourism landscape Pijao sighting and Lagoons and water sources. Buenavista as its name suggests and soon with the natural park of Torra who enjoyed the cable car soon and other attractions and the Genoa town south of quindio paisa coffee with extreme sports and mountain We left Rio with about 200,000 inhabitants Calarca and situated at the foot of the Cordillera Central and bypassed road between the West and the center of the country and highlights the attractions within the Botanical Garden and the Butterfly, Peñas Blancas spectacular site for hiking trips and sports extremos.y Circassia is a 12 km. north of Armenia's capital with its free Cemetery founded in 1930, balconies and architecture paisa and a balcony with beautiful view. For all these reasons and more attractive was that UNESCO declare this region COFFEE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE HERITAGE. Welcome .... With the Willys Jeep Tourist Transport Typical of the Region.