1 814 m
Pácora
Growing family
Diego Alejandro Martínez Arias
A water-rich mountain town in northern Caldas, threaded with coffee trails and church towers.
€35/kg · from €8.75
84.8/100 SCA
Caldas · Colombia
Caldas
A land of volcanoes, cloud and coffee, where backroads link painted mountain towns with family fincas clinging to the slopes.
The destination
Caldas, a lived-in mountain.
In central Colombia, Caldas runs along the Central Andes, from warm valleys to the high country beneath Nevado del Ruiz. Coffee grows on steep slopes shaped by water, volcanic soils and the patient work of farming families.
Manizales is the capital, but the coffee landscape is best found along the backroads. Pácora, Manzanares, Neira, Villamaría and Risaralda each open a different trail into Colombia’s Coffee Cultural Landscape.
In these mountains, a destination is never just a point on a map. It is a family, a finca, a harvest and a cup that tastes of its altitude.
Across Caldas
Five towns, five families.
In the mountains of Caldas, every coffee carries a place name and the face of the family who grows it.
Explore the town and its coffee
1 724 m
Manzanares
Growing family
Daniel Arbeláez Bermúdez
Eastern Caldas’ “cordial town”, surrounded by waterfalls, natural pools and green ridges.
€35/kg · from €8.75
85.3/100 SCA
1 823 m
Neira
Growing family
Gladys Arias Ospina
The welcoming gateway to northern Caldas, where coffee heritage meets bird-rich Andean ridges.
€35/kg · from €8.75
84.8/100 SCA
1 903 m
Villamaría
Growing family
Martha Elena Vargas Castro
Colombia’s garden, at the gateway to volcanoes, páramo and hot springs.
€35/kg · from €8.75
85.3/100 SCA
1 806 m
Risaralda
Growing family
José Alirio García Lozano
The hill of the wind: a small coffee town of colourful houses and wide-open views.
€35/kg · from €8.75
84.0/100 SCA