PERSONAL PRESENTATION

    PERSONAL PRESENTATION

                                                  

HEBERT ANDRES MONCALEANO:

My name is Hebert Andres Moncaleano, I am 27 years old, I live in Palmira Valle del Cauca, I am married  and i have a daughter.

My wife studies and works.My  daughter is 3 years old  and currently she is in the garden.. They are my love, I am studying industrial engineering and I work in a company of repair, boiler maintenance in the industries sector.

HEIDY MARCELA AYALA DELGADO

My name is Heidy Marcela Ayala Delgado, I am 27 years old. i live in Palmira -Valle, with my family.My family are: my husband his name is Jorge Andres, he is a doctor and my baby her name is sashi maria, she is my love.

 I am studying industrial engineering, and currently I work at the airport as a traffic agent.

CLAUDIA LORENA MARTINEZ

My motivation

My name is Claudia Lorena Martinez, I am 31 years old, I live in Palmira Valle del Cauca, I have a daughter is 5 years old , and I am also studying and working, I am studying industrial engineering and I work in a company  in the industries sector.

ARIANNA NICOLE MONTESDEOCA

My name is Arianna Nicole Montesdeoca Gi,  I am 22 years old, I live in Palmira Valle del Cauca, I am single and I  do not have children, I live with my father and my mother, I am studying Industrial Engineering and I work  as Sales Assistant.

DIANA MARCELA LOPEZ DAZA

My name is Diana Marcela Lopez Daza, I am 27 years old. I live in Palmira Valle with my familiy. My family are my brother and my parents. They are my life, I love them so much.

 I am studying industrial engineering, and currently I work at the airport as a traffic agent.

TOURISM IN PALMIRA

TOURISM IN PALMIRA

Palmira is located in southwestern Colombia, lying in the Cauca River valley. The city covers an area of 448 square miles (1,160 km2). The average temperature is 23 °C (73 °F) and its altitude is 1000 m (3284 ft) above sea level.

Important agricultural products are   sugar, cane, coffee, rice, corn, and tobacco.

 Palmira is known as the agricultural capital of Colombia, its main source of income is agriculture and specially the sugarcane cultivation. Palmira is home to the most important sugar mills in the country like : Manuelita Sugar Mill, Providencia Sugar Mill, Del Cauca Sugar Mill and more. The illegal burning of waste cane is the main source of air pollution in the city.

Estadio Francisco Rivera Escobar.

The Estadio Francisco Rivera Escobar is a stadium located in the centre of Palmira, it was built in the 1950s. In 2015 the Stadium was renovated, with new stadium lights and a running track around the football pitch. This has allowed the city to also host athletic events. The stadium was used to host for America de Cali in 2011, it now used by Orsomarso SC.

ACTIVITIES

The Nirvana Nature Reserve is a space of nature, life and tranquility. It is a place to rest and contemplate different types of birds and exotic plants. Also, it is a clear example of perseverance and excellent care of the environment, because all the beautiful green that today surrounds its more than 100 hectares, was no more than the remains that left the end of a coffee plantation.

LLANO GRANDE AND UNICENTRO

It'´s a perfect place to go with family and friends. In this place   you can listen to music, play football, watch movies, drink  and eat too. It's a place to socialize and you can take your pets. I love this place 

FACTORY PARK

It is a special place to share with family and friends. In the afternoons people eat the famous "cholao", it is very beautiful, the environment is free of toxins and the plants are beautiful.

BOSQUE MUNICIPAL

you can practice swimming and skating, people get together and do exercises and aerobics.
In this place is special for a kids, they can to play, ride bicycle. There are restaurant, lake,mechanical games. At christmas the decoration is beatiful.

Most important Hotels

H y M

It is one of the most important hotels in Palmira, the rooms are large and beautiful and its location is in the center of Palmira,this hotel characterized to be modern.

HOTEL VICTORIES

It is the best hotel in Palmira, the rooms are luxurious, there is a restaurant, dance floor and swimming pool. 

It is the oldest palmira hotel and there are many events like: first communion, baptisms and fifteen years.

MOST DELICIOUS RESTAURANTS

  

EL DELEITE RESTAURANT

This restaurant is varied dishes as the valley has a variety of typical dishes that include the delicious dish of buffalo meat that is very popular in this place.

IGUANA RESTAURANT

The restaurant  the "Iguana" is  another very nice place with a beautiful view this  the neighborhood the willows and their dishes are of great variety in this place you can celebrate your important days and next to your loved ones.

FOOD

palmira is characterized by excellent and rich typical dishes such as: the famous sancocho on Sundays, the famous cholado in the parks sharing with the family, the chontaduro with honey and salt.

TOURISM IN CARTAGENA

TOURISM IN CARTAGENA

HISTORICAL REVIEW

Cartagena de Indias was founded in 1533 by the Spanish conquistador Don Pedro de Heredia, a city privileged by history and geography. In a short time it became the jewel of the Spanish crown. Cartagena de Indias is a colonial city of the Latin Caribbean, located in the northeastern end of Colombia, with a sunny climate with an average temperature of 30º C and beaches with warm waters all year round, making the city a full tourist destination to enjoy in any time of the year.

ACTIVITIES

Within the wide variety of attractions that can be found in the city, we can highlight places like the Clock Tower, the Plaza de los Coches, the Portal de los Dulces, the Pier of the Pegasos, the Palace of the Inquisition, the Museum of the Gold, Castillo de San Felipe and picturesque squares within the Historic Center and a great diversity of beautiful islands and beaches.

Cartagena de Indias has a very busy nightlife, with a large number of restaurants, nightclubs and bars where you can enjoy excellent moments.

Museo de Oro

Plaza de los Coches

Castillo san Felipe

Muelle de los Pegasos

The neighborhoods, houses, churches and other buildings that played an important role and housed key figures for the history of Colombia nowadays also function as residences, museums, religious sites and cultural centers. Cartagena de Indias also has a very important modern part that includes state-of-the-art buildings in neighborhoods such as Castillo Grande and La Mutuna among others. In addition to having a tourist and commercial port, innumerable hotels and fun places that makes it, not only one of the most important cities of the country but historical heritage of humanity

Muelle Turístico y Comercial

MOST IMPORTAT HOTEOS

Hotel Hilton

It is one of the most important hotels in Cartagena,is located in a very quiet area, it is nice and clean. The staff is very friendly and attentive the rooms are large and beautiful and its location is in the  Avenida Almirante Brion, Cartagena, Bolívar

Hotel Almirate

It is one of the most important hotels in Cartagena,is located in a very quiet area,  its location is in the  Cra. 2, Cartagena, Bolívar

MOST DELICIOUS RESTAURANTS

Club de Pesca

Is tell of a place where the song of sirens seems to be heard, where the stars point and the breeze caresses the visitors.

Donjuán

Donjuán is a mix between a Caribbean restaurant and a bistro, A fresh and clean place where the most important thing is what we put on the plate. 

FOODS

The typical dishes of the coast are exquisite, the seafood and fish in all its preparations are excellent, and numerous restaurants located in cozy environments offer the most appetizing dishes.

• ARROZ DE COCO
• CASUELA DE MARISCOS
• SACOCHO DE SABALO
• PESCADO FRITO
• COCADAS DE AJONJOLÍ
• BOLAS DE TAMARINDO
• ALFAJORE
• ARROZ MARINERO
•  CARACOLES GUISADOS CON COCO
• HIGADOTE.
• ALEGRÍAS DE BURRO,
• CREMA DE LANGOSTA DE CAMARONES O LANGOSTINOS,
• SANCOCHO DE SÁBALO O BOCACHICO,
• SOPA DE ESPEJUELO DE CODILLOS DE CERDO BICHE.

Arroz de Coco

Cazuela de Mariscos

Pescado Frito

TYPICAL DANCE

Erotic dance with which the mapalé fishing is celebrated. It is said that this dance was born as a song and dance of fishermen's work that was performed, accompanied by drums, as fun at night after finishing their day.

The mapalé is a dance that represents the erotic encounter between man and woman. The dancers move exalted and accelerated and with great strength make jumps, falls, movement of shoulders and hips in a constant confrontation between the man and the woman, following the rhythm of the music, which is quite fast.

It is an Afro-Colombian dance that emerged on the Colombian Caribbean coast thanks to the cultural influence of the African slaves trafficked during the conquest of America.

Since it emerged in a very hot climate, and is still dancing like this, women usually dance in short, tight, brightly colored dresses with shoulder washes and skirts that highlight the movement. The men wear fishing pants, red bayetilla and do not wear a shirt, in some cases they wear a white shirt with sleeves rolled up.

Mapale

TOURISM IN MEDELLIN

TOURISM IN MEDELLÍN

There was a time when Medellin, the second city of Colombia, was known worldwide for drug cartels and their traquetos; it was one of the most dangerous cities in the world ... and now? Today, Medellin is one of the most modern cities in Colombia, with one of the most advanced transport systems -the only one with metro-, neighborhoods among the most elegant and expensive in the country and one of the best places to go. , as the Colombians call to party.

 

ACTIVITIES TO DO THERE

Medellín offers visitors a number of ways to get their adrenaline going, many of which offer spectacular views of the surrounding mountains.

• Paragliding – This is one of the most popular tourist activities, the action takes place in the mountains north of the city, about an hour’s bus ride from the Caribe bus terminal. Flights are weather dependent, but otherwise available every day of the week from several companies.

• Mountain biking and ATVs – Given the rugged topography, it should come as no surprise that there’s ample opportunity to go riding in and around the city. Whether you prefer mountain biking or ATVs, there are an increasing number of tour companies like Adventure Trails catering to foreign tourists, as well as Colombians.
  

EXPLORE THE NUMEROUS PARKS AND PLAZAS 

The natural beauty and unique climate of Medellín is something to behold. Set 4,905 feet (1,495 meters) above sea level in a valley surrounded by tall green mountains, its close proximity to the equator ensures constant spring-like temperatures year round.

The pleasant weather lends itself well to enjoying the dozens of parks and plazas to be found in and around the city. Each space offers its own unique design and personality, with all of them being excellent places to grab a seat and watch the locals go about their daily lives.

The Favorite Places are:

·         Plaza Botero, Berrio Park, Botanical Garden, Explora Park and Pueblito Paisa.

 FOOD

Eating a tray paisa -the paisas are the inhabitants of Medellín-: it is the most typical and best-known dish of Medellín, although in reality it is quite new, since it was born around the 1950s, some say that as a dish of the peasants , others that like plate of the capos of the mafias of the drug. Be that as it may, this forceful dish not suitable for vegetarians or hypercholesterolemic is delicious. Bring nothing less than: rice, ground beef (picada), pork rinds (fried pork), fried egg, patacón (fried plantain), chorizo, beans (pineapple), tomato, avocado and arepa, accompanied by hogao (a sauce with tomato and onion).

TOURISM IN BUGA

This municipality of Valle del Cauca department, surrounded by sugarcane crops, is part of the Network of Heritage Villages and is proud of its basilica, which houses the image of the Lord of Miracles.

Buga being one of the most important cities of the Department of the Valley as a colonial and religious center, annually visit thousands of people who will venerate the image of the miraculous Christ.

WHAT TO DO IN BUGA

The essence of Buga lies in its historic center, which highlights buildings dating from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. After walking through the heart of this municipality, which the Liberator Simon Bolivar visited twice, you can start a tour of sites that enrich the experience of travelers: Lake Calima, with its range of water sports, and Geneva, a famous town for his chicken stew.

ACTIVITIES YOU CAN NOT MISS

Tourists have access from Buga to places where they can have an intimate relationship with nature, where fauna and flora grow in peace amid landscapes that nourish the spirit.

UNIQUE EXPERIENCES

Buga is a religious destination thanks to an inexplicable phenomenon that has been attributed for centuries to divine intervention: that of a crucifix that grew day by day before the astonished eyes of a washerwoman. To pay homage to this Christ, the basilica was completed in 1907, which is filled with the faithful especially on September 14, the day of the main feast of the Lord of Miracles.

Enjoy our meals such as Sancocho de Gallina, Aborrajado, Pandebono among other dishes you can enjoy in Buga.

TOURISM IN CALI

PERFECT FOR ANYONE VISITING THE CITY OF CALI FOR THE FIRST TIME:

This 8 hour private tour could provide a complete introduction to Cali's attractions. We will visit the National Palace and the Metropolitan Cathedral, also you can admire the views from the hill of San Antonio, you will be delighted with the cheerful sculptures of El Gato del Río Park and you can see the monument of the founder Sebastián de Belalcázar. you will listen to the informative explanations while traveling the city aboard a private vehicle and you will go down in each place to take pictures, also during a break, you can buy delicious snacks and traditional drinks of the region such as guarapo, chontaduro etc.

You can choose some of these 5 star hotels such as the Sheraton, Spiwak and Cali Tower which enjoy excellent service, comfortable rooms with double bed, pool, sauna among other advantages, you can also enjoy open bar excellent restaurants inside the hotel additionally You will enjoy a pleasant rest after a tour of the city.

You will be enjoying presentations.

You can enjoy the hotel's programming.

You will arrive at the check-in from 2 p.m. on the day of your withdrawal from the facilities, the rooms will be delivered from 12 p.m.

If your plans are to enjoy meals and places other than the hotel we can also offer a variety of recommendations where you will enjoy according to your tastes.

So you are starting to date someone or you or your partner have years of being together, you can also make a romantic break to dine this is the best fuel to keep the flame of a relationship.

you will gossip about emotions from the moment you decide where you will dine, also the date when you both know that you have no other business to attend and plan all the details that will make that night unforgettable. Imagine the two dining by candlelight in a quiet environment, with exquisite dishes and a bottle of wine.

Platillos voladores:

Antigua contemporánea café

Solar Fare

Specializing in the preparation of Italian food, it is one of the best restaurants in Cali. It is also one of the most recognized, especially because it offers its services in a large outdoor area. you will enjoy a pleasant and peaceful atmosphere

This gives a special touch to the restaurant, which retains a romantic and relaxed atmosphere. This also makes it a pretty cool and pleasant place. It also offers a live music show, usually Cuban, Antillean or boleros.

Valle del Cauca is one of the 32 departments that make up Colombia, being the third most populated in the country, and characteristic for its gastronomic wealth.

Valle del Cauca gastronomy one of the richest and most diverse in Colombia. He likes excellent delicacies in all his delicate recipes that are elaborated by the grandmothers who in turn transmit their knowledge to their family to preserve this tradition that is and will be ancestral. Also in the gastronomic culture of the Valley are typical dishes of the Afro-Colombian culture and Spain, this phenomenon of appropriation is due to the fact that in some places another culture has been imposed since the time of the conquest. additionally, it is important to highlight the importance of the proximity of the coasts which, with their immense variety of ingredients, form a fundamental part of many dishes of the Valle del Cauca cuisine.

You will enjoy spectacular flavors and different typical foods that are very commercial in the region, you can also experience a diverse combination of different flavors between drinks and fast foods of the region

You can highlight dishes as representative as arroz atollado, sancocho de gallina, arroz atollado, el tamal valluno, la lulada, chontaduro, empanadas, dulce manjar blanco .

Sancocho de gallina

Arroz atollado

Tamal valluno

Empanadas

Chontaduro y lulada

Manjar blanco