The best road cycling routes in Risaralda

Beautiful main park with the shade and freshness of this great Samán planted in 1917

Anserma, also known as Santa Ana de los Caballeros or Old Anserma, is located in the western part of the department of Caldas. It was founded on August 15, 1539, and has a population of 33,792. Its main communication route is the Western Trunk Highway. It was one of the first Spanish settlements created in Colombia, founded by Marshal Jorge Robledo. Its economy is primarily based on coffee farming. TRANSPORTATION: The Western Trunk Highway connects the cities of Medellín (to the north), Pereira, and Cali (to the south). Communication with Manizales, the capital of Caldas, is primarily via the Risaralda (Caldas) - Arauca (Palestine district) - Manizales route (64 km). There are three airports nearby: Matecaña in Pereira, Santa Ana in Cartago, and La Nubia in Manizales.

Jurisdiction belonging to the Municipality of Anserma (Caldas) on the Western trunk road, the main activity is fishing

It is a jurisdiction belonging to Anserma (Caldas) located on the Western trunk road, where activities such as fishing can be carried out.

It is a Colombian municipality located in the southwest of the department of Caldas and together with the municipalities of Viterbo, Belalcázar, San José and Anserma, make up the so-called prosperous West or Lower West Caldense, it has an altitude of 1713 meters above sea level and a temperature of approximately 18 Cº. Its economy revolves around the production of coffee, bananas and corn because it is a mountainous area. Risaralda is also known as "the hill of the wind" due to the constant passage of the wind between its steep streets. It also has a large number of paths among which are:

Municipality of the department of Valle del Cauca, considered the wine capital of Colombia, and unlike most cities in the Valley, a large amount of all kinds of tropical fruits are grown there, such as grapes, papaya, passion fruit, lulo, cocoa, coffee, guava, among others; thanks to this, its urban development has been faster than that of other Valle del Cauca towns because its horticultural axis is not centered on sugar cane, unlike 80% of the entire department. The other name as it was known in the past was Hato de Lemos, since the lands where this municipality was built were owned by the landowner Pedro Lemos. It was founded on April 20, 1796 but became a municipality in 1890 and its founder was called Juan Jacinto Palomino. The Gorrones Indians, who prevailed on the western bank of the Cauca River, from Cali to Anserma, were the first inhabitants of La Unión, Valle. Its name comes from the name of the fish that was an important food in its gastronomy. La Unión was the scene of the most important social protest during the colonial period against Spanish authority in the west of the viceroyalty of New Granada, an episode known as the Uprising of Hato de Lemos in 1781. It has a large number of vineyards and is the main headquarters of the Casa Grajales Winery and the Museum of Grapes and Wine. Extreme sports such as paragliding and motorcycling are also practiced.

La Victoria was founded in 1835, initially under the name of "La Cañada" in the Los Micos region, but the aim was to make the region a river port, so it was moved to the Cauca River. The name La Victoria was given on December 23, 1850, the date on which the Catholic Church commemorates the feast of Saint Victoria. It began as a hamlet belonging to Obando, but developed so quickly that in 1928 it re-emerged as a new municipality. The territory includes extensive flat areas and a few mountainous areas whose relief corresponds to the western slope of the Central Andes Mountain Range. Among the orographic accidents, the Guacará, Aguja, Montecristo, Santa Barbara, Sierramocha and Taguales peaks stand out, as well as the Pan de Azúcar hill and the heights of Alegrías, El Convento, Gallinazo, La Cruz and La Pintura. Its main economic activities are agriculture, livestock, mining and commerce. The crops of coffee, corn, soybeans, cotton, beans, cassava and bananas stand out. In the mining field, gold, gypsum and talc are exploited. Previously, it had a strategic position that made it an obligatory passage between cities such as Zarzal, Cartago, Roldanillo and Pereira. However, with the development of the Pan-American highway, it gradually lost the flow of vehicles, along with a notable deterioration in the access roads to the municipality. Like many municipalities in the Valle del Cauca, La Victoria was the epicenter of drug trafficking within the well-known Cartel of the north of the valley. Although there were no violent events as critical as in neighboring towns, it was one of the causes of the displacement of 236 people in the period between 2000 and 2008.

Piedra de MOler is a town near the Municipality of Cartago with an altitude of 992 meters. It is close to the town of La Modia and the town of Modín. In this area there are places to bathe either in the Vieja river or in one of its tributaries or in swimming pools. Also along the main road we find several food restaurants on everything fried