Colombia - The Rough Guide to South America on a Budget - page 545

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5 CALI

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EATING
Café Macondo
Chocolatino
Crepes y Waffles
Litany
Mister Wings
El Solar

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4
3
6
10
7
DRINKING & NIGHTLIFE
Changó
Kukaramakara
Lulu
Tin Tin Deo

CA L L E 2 1 N

VERSALLES

1
2
5
9

GRANADA

Cerro de Las Tres Cruces

JUANAMBU

EL HOYO

Parque Bataclán

Parque de
la Retreta

C ENTENARI O La Ermita

NORMANDIA

Plaza de
Caycedo

Iglesia de la Merced

Catedral San Pedro

Museo Arqueológico
Museo del Oro

Museo de Arte
Moderno la
Tertulia

LA MERCED

SAN ANTONIO

ACCOMMODATION
Iguana
Jardin Azul
Jovita's Hostel
Pelican Larry
Tostaky

Parque del
Acueducto 2

5
3
1
4

SANTA ROSA

0 200

metres

, &

Río Cali for fifteen minutes from the city
centre to get here.
ARRIVAL AND INFORMATION
By plane The best way to and from Cali's Aeropuerto
Palmaseca ( T 2 666 3200), 16km northeast of the city,
is to catch one of the regular minibuses that run to and
from the bus terminal (40min; COP$4300).
Destinations Bogotá (daily; 50min); Cartagena (daily;
1hr 25min); Medellín (4 daily; 40min); Pereira (4 daily;
30min); Pasto (2 daily; 1hr); San Andrés (daily; 2hr). Also
international departures for Lima, Panama City, Madrid
and Miami.
By bus The city's gigantic bus terminal at C 30N No. 2AN-
29, 2km north of the centre, is connected to downtown by
Mio, the e cient integrated bus system (see below). A taxi

into downtown costs COP$6000. There's a left luggage
o ce at the terminal (24hr; COP$2700/12hr).
Destinations Armenia (hourly; 4hr); Bogotá (hourly;
12hr); Manizales (hourly; 5hr); Medellin (8 daily; 9hr);
Pasto (hourly; 9hr); Pereira (several daily; 4hr); Popayán
(every 30min; 3hr).
Tourist information The Secretaria de Cultura y Turismo,
inside the Gobernación building at Cra 7 between C 9 and 10
(Mon-Fri 8.30am-4pm; T 2 886 0000).

GETTING AROUND
Much local sightseeing can be done on foot, provided
you're staying in the Granada or San Antonio neighbour-
hoods and are prepared to walk a lot.
By bus The main route of the e cient Mio network of
electric buses ( W www.metrocali.gov.co), akin to Bogotá's