How to Spend the Perfect Weekend in Jardin, Colombia, Jardin, Colombia

Just five minutes into our first beer in a corner bar on Jardin鈥檚 colourful plaza, the sound of impatient hooves on cobblestone grabs our attention. Suddenly, the horse appears from a side street to our right, head standing proud and strutting in an almost rhythmic dance. In the saddle is a middle-aged guy wearing a patterned聽sombrero vueltiao (a traditional Colombian hat). Almost spoiled for choice, the cowboy steers his charge toward the brightly coloured bar on the adjacent corner to where we鈥檙e sitting. Having dismounted, he strokes the horse鈥檚 head before sitting on a brown wooden chair next to the bar鈥檚 entrance. Slowly聽he reclines until his back is resting on the wall behind, the front two聽legs of the chair hanging in the air at a 45-degree angle. On cue, the barman arrives with a cup of聽tinto聽(a traditional Colombian long black coffee) for our guy who receives it without聽barely moving from his ultra-relaxed position.

Such is life in the hillside聽pueblo of Jardin. Where daily routines of Colombian rural life haven鈥檛 changed for generations. Where its colourfully painted houses remain festooned with flowers and plants as they鈥檝e been for past 150 years. And where visitors to this gorgeous part of Colombia are slowly catching on to the town鈥檚 beguiling charms. We took a two-night break there from Medell铆n, three hours away by bus. And if you鈥檙e travelling in Colombia, we think you鈥檇 be mad to miss it. Not because there鈥檚 necessarily a wealth of things to do. But you just might leave the place with the widest, most satisfying grin you鈥檝e had in ages. So here鈥檚 how we reckon you should spend your time there. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).

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Guide Name: How to Spend the Perfect Weekend in Jardin, Colombia
Guide Location: Colombia » Jardin
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Ian Mackenzie
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