Urban boutique in the Granada district
Movich Casa del Alférez
Sixty rooms, impeccable service and the restaurants of Granada on foot. It belongs to Small Luxury Hotels of the World.
Valle del Cauca
Cali
Cali is not a city you visit: it is one you keep time with. At a thousand meters, in a valley of sugar cane running from the Cauca river to the cordillera, Colombia's third city lives by night, cooks with coconut and chontaduro, the peach palm fruit, and keeps the door to the Pacific. Come with your ear open.
Why go
What makes this destination unique
No other Colombian city is as Afro-Colombian, or as given to dancing. Here salsa is not folklore: it is an industry, a school and a matter of local pride. To that add a Pacific cuisine — encocados, or coconut stews, chontaduro, fish from Buenaventura — that barely leaves the Valle, and an unusual geography: in half an hour you are up in the cloud forest; in a morning, at the Pacific.
- When to goCali is dry in two windows: December–February and June–August. August adds the Festival Petronio Álvarez and the Pacific whales; at the end of December, the Feria de Cali. March–May brings rain.
- Getting thereAlfonso Bonilla Aragón airport (CLO), in Palmira, thirty minutes by car from the north of Cali. From Bogotá, a little over an hour in the air and dozens of daily frequencies.
What to see
What you should not miss
Where to stay
Hotels we recommend
A selection of houses with character. We work with others too: tell us what you are looking for and we will propose the one that fits.
International hotel beside Granada
Cali Marriott Hotel
The city's international standard: outdoor pool, spa and function rooms for groups, steps from the Centro Comercial Centenario.
Grand hotel in the north, beside Chipichape
Hotel Spiwak Chipichape Cali
Generous rooms looking out to the hills, a pool, a spa and direct access to the Chipichape shopping center. Useful for long stays.
Colonial house in San Antonio
Hotel Boutique San Antonio
A dozen rooms in an old house in the historic district, with a rooftop terrace. Domestic in scale, for those who prefer the center.
Where to eat
The destination's table
The kitchens worth a reservation. We take care of the booking and the transfer.
Contemporary Colombian with a Pacific accent
Platillos Voladores
The benchmark table in Cali, from chef Vicky Acosta: encocados, ceviches and fish from the coast handled with precision.
Traditional Valle and Pacific cooking
Ringlete
Home recipes served seriously: sancocho de gallina, the hen broth, aborrajados and encocado. A cheerful room in Granada, ideal for a first night.
Traditional Cali cooking
El Zaguán de San Antonio
A colonial house with a terrace over the rooftops of San Antonio. Sancochos and arroz atollado, a soupy rice, in generous helpings; a long lunch.
Signature grill
Palomulata Parrilla Boutique
Prime cuts and carefully tended embers in the La Flora district, with a wine list chosen to match them.
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