Santiago
I´m a really passionate guide and a bilingual interpreter with a wide experience in the touristic area: Tour Leader and Receptionist in Hacienda Venecia, Ecohotel La Cabaña (Cocora), Tour Leader in Recinto del Pensamiento, Nido del Cóndor, Hostal La Laguna, Termales del Ruiz, Nevado del Ruiz, Laguna Verde, Salamina, La Juana, Termales La Quinta, Salento, Cocora, Filandia, being host for aliens visitors from North America and Europe mainly. You will be able to know and even feel Manizales’s downtown soul walking its streets and taking a deep look to his astonoshing Republican Architecture, including its amazing concrete and steel full of imported stained glasses and neogothic Cathedral, also our full of ornamentation, eclectic and wonderful Governor´s Palace and the valuable Sanz´s Palace with Mercury and Minerva marble statues at their pediment, among many others buildings and houses. Get involved with Manizales’s kind people and learn a bit about how this city was rebuilt after three devastating fires during 1920’s years. Discover how this city became the main coffee trade city in Colombia and how it played a key role and was a fundamental pillar in the economic, social, political, and cultural development of the country. Also, enjoy a specialty local coffee at any of the rooftop coffee shops located in its beautiful downtown buildings.
Guide since: 2026