This park is ideal for sports, culture, and gastronomy, it is located in the downtown area in the La Pola neighborhood, and here we share everything you can find.
Centennial Park is a place to visit at different times, in the morning it is ideal for running and exercising, and very early you can find people jogging around the park since the City Hall converted the streets that surround it only for pedestrian use, they can combine the jogging session with the climb of stairs since there is a wall with almost 100 steps, there is also an area of the park with basic machines to do physical conditioning, you can also find a micro-soccer and basketball court in cement together with a table of table tennis. If you train in CrossFit, you can find a gym next to the park or there are other gyms in this area of the La Pola neighborhood.
The park has gardens, a small lake, fountains, stone paths, and two wooden bridges, so in the afternoons you can go sit down, relax for a while, and talk and you can find fruit vendors around. There is also a small area of restaurants that are open in the afternoon for a late afternoon, although they are more visited at night, they are à la carte restaurants and seafood restaurants. In this park, you will also find the letters "Ibagué" in case you want to take a picture with them.
The park connects with the Concha Acústica Garzón y Collazos, it is a majestic setting where you will find musical presentations organized by the mayor's office, mainly on weekends. It is also the epicenter of the Ibagué Folk Festival that takes place every year in June, opening the San Juan and San Pedro festivities.
Centennial Park is also known in Ibagué for its history that connects with the time of the Spanish conquest. The myth says that under it is "la Cueva del Fraile", which is a tunnel with exits to three different areas of Ibagué. This was built by the Pijao indigenous people at the time of the conquest to defend themselves against Spanish looting and hide all their wealth.
How to get to Centennial Park?
Parque Centenario is located in the downtown area of the city, it connects with the La Pola neighborhood, with the City Hall, and with the entrance to the center, its address is Carrera 6 with Calle 10. To get to the park, if you are Staying in a hostel in the center, you must walk to Calle 10 or Calle 6, where you will find the entrances to the park. From there they walk in the direction of Carrera 6.
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