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Municipality and city in Andean Region, Colombia
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Manizales is the capital of the Department of Caldas in Colombia's Zona Cafetera. The city has a real European, small city feel to it, like being in Switzerland or the Alps.
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RocKKelleR is an exclusive Bar-Restaurant of Manizales city. Located in a very accessible and comercial area beside the "Universidad Catolica". It offers a very wide international choices of beers and drinks, as well as live band shows and a very warm and friendly environment. A very recommended bar you have to visit while being in Manizales.
Plug & Play is a rock and punk bar located at the northern end of the Zona Rosa. Sometimes there also live concerts.
offer rural accommodation, quiet close to town, easy access, city bus, taxi, particularly, ecological trails, room for events.
Three-star hotel, near downtown. Foreign exchange service, car rental, tourist travel service.
Friendly clean hostel with good kitchen and sitting area with hammocks. Great relaxing experience. Good tourist information with tour booking. WiFi, landury service, cable TV, bike rental, breakfast included. Dorm, single and double rooms available.
Hotel el Caney
English spoken, country side hotel
Inexpensive but clean and safe hotel located downtown. Located across from the Antigua (downtown) bus terminal. Friendly manager speaks English and has information about the area. An internet cafe is attached. Rooms are small but nice with modern bathrooms, full cable TV, some have views.
Located close to shopping malls, banks, coffees, and clubs. Suites with the latest technology, event rooms, food and cocktails in the bar-restaurant.
Kumanday Hostal
Nice and calm hostel within the Zona Rosa. The staff are friendly and give useful tourist information. The hostel offers a shared kitchen, laundry facilities, internet, TV/DVD-room and free coffee.
Located downtown. Foreign exchange service, car rental, tourist travel service.
Mountain house is the first hostel that opened in Manizales. It is 3 blocks away from Cable Plaza mall with a movie theatre. To get there from the centre, take a blue bus that says "Cable - Batallon" and get off at Cable Plaza mall, walk 1 block east and then 2½ blocks south (down a very steep hill)
Very clean hostel with great facilities, including well stocked kitchen, and helpful staff in downtown area. Nice communal area, free wi-fi. Can organise tours. Beautiful view from the terrace. Take the cable car (from the bus station)to Centro, exit, turn right and walk about 30 metres down the main street. The hostel is on the right hand side (It has a large wooden front door with the word HOSTAL in red lettering above. You will see a couple of flags above the door, very easy to find. Dorm bed COP$20,000. Double room COP$60,000. Breakfast COP$5,000. Free coffee all day.
By bus
Manizales Bus Station (Terminal de Transportes) is a modern facility next to the lower cable car station. The cable car can take you to the city centre for COP$2300 (great views).
There are two operating cable-car lines, both meeting at the main bus station. The first line goes to the city center and the second goes to the suburb of Villamaría, to the south.
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