Pasto

Pasto is a city in the southwest of Colombia.

Understand

Pasto is a city with more than 400.000 inhabitants. the city is in the valley of Atriz, very near to the volcano Galeras.

Get in

by plane

Airport Antonio Nariño, to the airport Antonio Nariño airplanes coming from Bogotá and Cali arrive

by car

by bus

There are frequent connection to Popayan. It is about 5 hours and the scenery on the way is amazing. There are busses to and from Ipiales about every twenty minutes and the journey is only two hours.

Get around

by bus

by taxi

by car

See

Churchs

"Cristo Rey" St.20 # 24-64
"La Catedral"
"San Juan Bautista" St 18 # 25

Museums

"Museo Alfonso Zambrano" St 20 23-90 flour 5
"Museo Antropológico del Banco Popular" St 19 # 23-90

Buy

"Artesanías de Colombia S.A" Cr 19 # 26-66
"Artesanías Jaramillo" Commercial center "Bombona"
"La Casa del Barniz de Pasto" St 13 # 24-92

Eat

Cuy
Frito
Quimbolitos
Juanesca

"Asadero de Cuyes Pinzon" Crr 40#19B-763, 7313228
"Casa Vasca" St 12A # 29-10 Neighborhood San Ignacio, Tel 7230242
"Gualcacuy" Av Panamericana # 19-66 tel 7222093
"Juanambú" St 25 # 17-83, tel 7235216
"La Cabaña" St 16 # 25-20, Tel 723862
"Sausalito" St 35A # 20-63, Tel 7230908

Drink

Chicha
Guarapo
Hervidos = fruit juice + aguardiente
Aguardiente, Nariño
Ron

Sleep

Koala-Inn, Calle 18 No 22-37, is set in a old mansion. It offers spacious rooms for COP$12.000 per person.
Agualongo Hotel Crr 25#17-83, 7235216, hagualongo@col2.telecom.com.co A.A 313
Morasurco Hotel Avenida de los Estudiantes, hmorasurco@occinet.net.co
Don Saul Hotel, Calle 17#23-52, 7230622. A.A 615
Cuellar`s Hotel, Crr 23#15-50, hcuellar@col2.telecom.com.co
Chambú Hotel, Crr 20#16-74, 7213129-7213645
Metropol Hotel Calle 15#21-41, 7212498
Dorado Hotel Calle 16A#23-42, 7233629

Get out

by taxi

Laguna de La Cocha is one of Colombias biggest lake. The surrounding area is good for hiking and there are several small privately owned nature reserves around the lake which can be visited. The small island Corota is a nature reserve (entrance COP$500). Boots will take you there for around COP$ 15.000. Collectivos will bring you to the string of restaurants along the lake called El Puerto for around COP$3000 (one hour). Cabaña y restaurante Naturalia, tel:721 93 29, provide accommodation (COP$15.000 per person including a coffee with bread for breakfast), the meals there are also excellent.