{"id":2795,"date":"2016-07-21T13:08:15","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T13:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelastronaut.com\/en\/?p=2795"},"modified":"2016-07-27T19:48:30","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T19:48:30","slug":"jardin-in-the-coffee-zone-of-antioquia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelastronaut.com\/en\/jardin-in-the-coffee-zone-of-antioquia\/","title":{"rendered":"Jard\u00edn – In the Coffee Zone of Antioquia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The village (pueblo) Jardin in Antioquia<\/h1>\n

Jardin is a beautiful colorful Colombian village surrounded by mountains, stunning nature and plenty of coffee plantations. It is located only 124 Km from Medellin<\/a><\/strong> in Colombia`s coffee zone, in the southwest of Ant\u00edoquia. Even though the distance to Medellin seems rather short it will take approximately 4 hours by bus to get there from the city of eternal spring.<\/p>\n

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How to get there?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

From Medellin you can take take either one of the bus companies Transporte\u00a0Suroeste\u00a0Antioque\u00f1o\u00a0Andes-Jardin\u00a0or Rapido\u00a0Ochoa. The price for a one way ticket is between 10,000 and 15,000 COP and as mentioned before will take around 4 hours. The busses leave in Medellin from the Terminal Sur.<\/p>\n

The village<\/h2>\n

Jard\u00ecn is a very beautiful pueblo, some even say it is the most beautiful pueblo in Antioquia and it has barely changed in the last 100 Years. The life is is very slow and hectic is something you certainly won`t find here. Life happens mainly around the main square where apart from plenty of Caf\u00e9s, Bars and Restaurants you will also find the beautiful church of the town La Basilica.<\/p>\n

The best way to enjoy this relaxed lace is to stroll around the city, go hiking in the surrounding nature or just have a cervecita at the central square and let the time pass by. Around the village you will not only find plenty of coffee fields but also many Platano (plantain) plantations.<\/p>\n

You want to see more beautiful villages in Colombia? Click here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Getting around<\/h2>\n

Getting around is within the city best by foot. If you want to visit one of the nearby places you can take one of the many so called moto-rat\u00f3nes. In Thailand for instance these vehicles are well known as Tuk Tuks. These moto-taxis will get you basically to all places worth visiting and are also pretty cheap.<\/p>\n

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Sights and Attractions<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Apart from the village of\u00a0Jardin itself\u00a0<\/strong>La Cueva del Esplendor is definitely worth a visit. La Cueva del Esplendor is basically a little waterfall that falls into a cave. The easiest way to get there is take a moto-taxi up the mountain and then from there you can either hike the rest to the waterfall or you can ask for a horse at the beginning of the climb. If you are rather adventurous you can definitely but make sure it has rained too much in the past day before otherwise the ground will be very muddy and difficult to walk. You can also book a tour that will approximately take 3 hours in the center of Jardin. As it rained when we were there we decided to go for the option to go by horse. It took us roughly 1.30 hours to get to La Cueva del Esplendor. But not only our final destination is an attraction but also the way to get there riding over the green mountains of Jardin makes you feel a little like in Lord of the rings – The fellowship of the ring.<\/p>\n

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