Guidebook for Cali
Food Scene
Menus are different every day, and they also have a wonderful salad bar and freshly prepared fruit juices. Prices are very favorable and there is a 20% discount for our guests and their friends. They only serve lunch from 12:00 M until 4:00 PM.
Maria Place
7N-46 Av. 4 Nte.Menus are different every day, and they also have a wonderful salad bar and freshly prepared fruit juices. Prices are very favorable and there is a 20% discount for our guests and their friends. They only serve lunch from 12:00 M until 4:00 PM.
Hotel Obelisco is the place to go taste the best "empanadas" and other local treats in the city. Very close at hand, nice pace along the river, very good deal, pricewise.
8 locals recommend
Hotel Obelisco Cali
4 Oeste - 49 Av. ColombiaHotel Obelisco is the place to go taste the best "empanadas" and other local treats in the city. Very close at hand, nice pace along the river, very good deal, pricewise.
Drinks & Nightlife
It's the place to experience the city's favorite music and dance: Salsa. You will find there the locals and once or twice a week they have live music
31 locals recommend
Zaperoco Bar
#16-46 Av. 5 Nte.It's the place to experience the city's favorite music and dance: Salsa. You will find there the locals and once or twice a week they have live music
A place to mingle and dance with local people. It's located in downtown Cali, and a very safe place to go have fun and listen and dance the music the locals like.
Éxtasis Club
# 4 - 50 Calle 9A place to mingle and dance with local people. It's located in downtown Cali, and a very safe place to go have fun and listen and dance the music the locals like.
Sightseeing
You can reach the summit of this mountain that overlooks Cali after a strenuous forty five to one hour climb. The view is worthy of it, though. You will be able to see the city, the Cauca River valley and surrounding mountains from the top. It's recommended to climb only from 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM. The earlier you climb, the more pleasant the experience because you'll have the cooler hours of the morning,
107 locals recommend
Cerro De Las Tres Cruces
You can reach the summit of this mountain that overlooks Cali after a strenuous forty five to one hour climb. The view is worthy of it, though. You will be able to see the city, the Cauca River valley and surrounding mountains from the top. It's recommended to climb only from 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM. The earlier you climb, the more pleasant the experience because you'll have the cooler hours of the morning,
A great place to walk around and see a very traditional part or town. Full of great restaurants, small shops and else.
228 locals recommend
San Antonio
A great place to walk around and see a very traditional part or town. Full of great restaurants, small shops and else.
Iglesia La Merced is in the midst of the colonial quarter in Cali downtown. It's a XVI century church close to Museo La Merced, where you will have an idea of how it was when Colombia was "Virreinato de Nueva Granada" a Spanish colony. Nearby you will also find plenty of other colonial and republican buildings, plazas and churches. A great place to walk around.
30 locals recommend
La Merced Church
6 - 62 Cra. 3Iglesia La Merced is in the midst of the colonial quarter in Cali downtown. It's a XVI century church close to Museo La Merced, where you will have an idea of how it was when Colombia was "Virreinato de Nueva Granada" a Spanish colony. Nearby you will also find plenty of other colonial and republican buildings, plazas and churches. A great place to walk around.
You can hire a taxi for a fifteen o twenty minute ride to the top of Cristo Rey (Christ the King) mountain. From there you will have a wonderful view of Cali from a different perspective than the one from Las Tres Cruces, another sightseeing high point.
183 locals recommend
Christ the King
You can hire a taxi for a fifteen o twenty minute ride to the top of Cristo Rey (Christ the King) mountain. From there you will have a wonderful view of Cali from a different perspective than the one from Las Tres Cruces, another sightseeing high point.
Shopping
It's close to everything, you'll find food, a well stocked supermarket, ATMs, money exchange sites, barber shops, etc.
81 locals recommend
Centenario Mall
7N- 46 Av. 4 Nte.It's close to everything, you'll find food, a well stocked supermarket, ATMs, money exchange sites, barber shops, etc.
Essentials
It's about a ten minute walk away, you'll find everything you need there at very fair prices.
10 locals recommend
Super A
Avenida 2 OesteIt's about a ten minute walk away, you'll find everything you need there at very fair prices.
Getting Around
From the "Terminal de Transportes" you can get tickets to travel by road to anywhere else in Colombia and neighboring countries. There are buses leaving several times a day to nearby towns worth visiting
17 locals recommend
Cali Terminal
2AN-29 Cl. 30 Nte.From the "Terminal de Transportes" you can get tickets to travel by road to anywhere else in Colombia and neighboring countries. There are buses leaving several times a day to nearby towns worth visiting
Topa Tolondra
It's one of the best salsa music places in town. Super recommended.
A great place to go see live salsa and jazz bands. Very close to everything and a safe place to spend an evening.
22 locals recommend
Punto Bare
#13-15 Cl. 5A great place to go see live salsa and jazz bands. Very close to everything and a safe place to spend an evening.