Villavicencio, Colombia

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Villavicencio is the capital of meta, door to the LLanos Orientales, aprox 90km south of of Bogota
with a temperature of 27C max

Population: 384.131 Average temperature: 27C degrees Celcius. Tel: 86 | Editing history.

Places to Stay:

Hotel del Lano (8)6717000 Hotel Don Lolo (8)6706060 Hotel Villavicencio Plaza (80 6626434 There are also plenty cheap and good hotels in town center like Hotel Los centauros Hotel El portal del Llano Hotel Barzal Hotel cusiana And also you can rent some Fincas turisticas some of them like Villa Celene, www.fincavillacelene.com #Los Gavilanes 6698783 Villa Mireya www.villamireya.com La Aurora 6729945 Villa Rosalinda www.villarosalindadelllano.com Cabañas Campestres Melivale 668302 Casa Campestre La Villa del Divino Niño. Cel: 3114435099 Centro Vacacional Pakami www.pakami.com Villa Esperanza www.fincasvillavo.com

you will find the cheapest hotels town center , there are plenty and some are very clean and cheap

Things to do:

Apart from enjoy some Balnearios you can also go to:

• Bioparque Los Ocarros ( you can enjoy the flora and fauna of this region) -open Monday to Friday from 9am to 4pm and weekends from 9am to 5pm, the park is 3km via Villavicencio-Restrepo
• Parque Los fundadores where you can take a tour of the city in the Chiva.
• Parque Las Malokas, if you want to know the Cultura Llanera - open Tuesday to Sunday 9am to 5 pm. Via Ctama
• Parque Merecure 45 km via pto Lopez the biggest park in South America, you can go camping or stay at their hotel, there is a man-made beach when you can enjoy aquatic sports, also they have a " resguardo Indigena and a zoo".
• You can also go Quad biking, Paint balling, Horse riding
• Complejo Jose Eustasio Rivera It was designed to promote the practice of some sports you will find 3 swimming pools, one Olympic, another one if you fancy diving, tennis court, chess room and a theater where you can enjoy some concerts, stand up comedy, etc
• Parque El Sikuani:good places to take the kids, it has swimming pools, tobogans, mecanics atractions, open everyday from 9 to 6
• Cerro Cristo Rey: located in the high part of the city, in the hill named El Redentor
• Multiplex cinemas in Villacentro and Unicentro,

WHERE TO SHOP

• Centro Comercial Villacentro Centro Comercial Unicentro, LLanocentro Exito, Carrefour and plenty of street shops also Centro comercial Villa Julia, Centro Comercial Los Centauros
• Alkosto
• Makro and very soon Homecenter

NIGHTLIFE: * Nightclubs: Capachos and Kuarzo * Clubs, Bar including Karaoke bars you will find them in La Zona rosa de Santa Helena and El 7 de Agosto * Pentagrama a clubs where you can listen to Llanero music, sometimes live singing and dancing.

SOME SPECIAL EVENTS: January : Feria Agroturistica Catama. July: Torneo y Reinado Internacional del Joropo October: Festival Mundial del Coleo

PLACES TO EXPLORE: El Alto de Menegua in Puerto Lopez, where you will find el Obelisco a monument that represent the center of Colombia. San Martin De los Llanos Cumaral Acacias

PLACES TO EAT

There are numerous estaderos in Villavicencio, where you can find the best Carne a la Lanera and mamona, La topochera, El cabestrero are some of the best, also Villavicencio has very good restaurants, some of them are La Cofradia, elegants, specialized in all types of food La Tomatina ( very good pasta) Frutos del Mar ( good for sea food) La Banqueta Bastimetos (specialized in typical llanero food) chuzo gourmet, good Parrilas Argentinas Cholao for nice Ice Creams and cholaos And the best Juices you can go to La ñapa, there are two one near the Parque principal and the other one in El San Andresito de Villavicencio, near Centro Comercial Villa Julia :))) La Piedra del Amor, is another good restaurant with a nice view to the city. it is located on the old road to Bogota. Coco's; specialized in Meat, pizzas, hamburguers,Pastas, crepes, sweets

Practical information:

Plenty of Internet cafes in town center and ATM's , Banks: Banco de Colombia, Davivienda, Caja Social de Ahorros, Banco Popular, Santander, BBVA, banco de La Republica Bancafe

Getting around & transportation:

Taxis in Villavicencio are very cheap, a normal fair will cost you 4.000cop buses are around 2.000cop

How to Get there: By Plane, Aires, Satena and areotaca will flight to Vanguardia airport in Villavicencio By Land from Bogota, La macarena, Expreso Bolivariano, taxmeta, Autollanos, Velotax, it is an excellent road with 3 tunels and a viaduct that will take you in 90 minutes to Villavicencio.

 

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