Beautiful towns of Cauca to visit near Popayán

La Sierra is also one of the towns to visit in Cauca with which you can start the tour of the department. La Sierra is a town with a landscape of steep slopes, it is located in the central region of the department of Cauca, at an approximate distance of 58 km from the capital of Popayán, which makes its climate humid and where the average temperature is 18 °C but a maximum temperature of 29°C in February and 28°C in January. La Sierra is a town that stands out for its mountains that give access to the Colombian Massif, ideal for hiking or mountain biking; but if you want to know something typical of the town, you should go to the Black and White Carnival Festival in August.

As for tourist places in the Sierra Cauca, what you can do in one morning is visit the waterfall of the Colombian Massif, the La Lazana waterfall, and the San Roque waterfall.

They continue to settle in Cauca traveling to Santander de Quilichao, this municipality is a town with undeniable cultural, scenic, archaeological, gastronomic, and indigenous wealth. It is located north of the department of Cauca, 97 km north of Popayán, and 45 km south of Cali. Santander de Quilichao is one of the beautiful towns of Cauca with a warm climate with a temperature of 28°C; but what its visitors fall in love with are its religious traditions and its surroundings full of hills, viewpoints, and waterfalls.

As for tourism in the municipality of Santander de Quilichao, you can enjoy the Santander de Quilichao Fair during June and in terms of plans to make, in its surroundings, you can visit the Cerro Garrapatero, the Chorrera Cueva del Indio, the Dominguillo Chapel, the Salto del Tigre, the Municipal Pool, the Mirador de Belén, the great Samán, the Cerro Munchique, and the Quinamayó River. It is for all this that for many travelers, Santander de Quilichao is considered "The most beautiful town in Cauca".

As for accommodation, we can recommend the Hotel Tierra De Oro and the Hotel Quilichao. As for restaurants to eat at in town, you should go to the El Solar restaurant and the grill restaurant.

It is a historic town thanks to the fact that the Tierradentro region was declared a World Heritage Site. Inza is part of the tourist towns of Cauca, it is located northeast of Popayán, it has a cold climate with a temperature of 12°C and is characterized by its mountains of the central cordillera and its archaeological sites considered among the most important in the country where you can find cave paintings, ceramic objects, underground tombs and some stone statues.

In addition to the historical beauty of the town, Inza is also attractive to tourist sites such as the Tierradentro National Archaeological Park, the Alto de Segovia, and the Piramide. For village festivals such as the Sanpedrinas Festival at the end of June. And for cozy lodging options such as the Hospedaje Ricabet, the El Refugio hotel, and the La Portada hotel in Tierradentro.

Puracé Coconuco is one of the towns in Cauca closest to Popayán that you should visit. It is located to the east of the department and 34 from Popayán (50 minutes) and is one of the most important in the department because it is a mountainous town with landscapes of the Sierra Nevada, volcanoes, and hills, places inhabited by the Coconucos indigenous people. It is considered a small town with a cold climate with minimum temperatures of 8°C and maximum temperatures of 21°C, its surrounding nature is highlighted within the Puracé National Natural Park, and its vegetation where stunted forests, orchids, grasslands, chusques, frailejonales, stand out. mosses, shrubs, lichens, and numerous species of orchids.

Coconuco has its festivals such as the San Pedro Festival in June and tourist places such as the Puracé Volcano, the Coconuco Hacienda, the Puracé National Natural Park, the San Antonio Waterfall, the Sierra Nevada de Los Coconucos, the Pandeazúcar Volcano, the Paletará peak, the Blanco páramo, and the hills. If you decide to get to know this beautiful town, you should eat at the Buen Día restaurant and stay at the Mirador del Rio hotel and the Hotel Campestre La Posada del Rancho.

Silvia is one of the largest towns in the department of Cauca and is a town with abundant natural attractions, history, and indigenous traditions that its inhabitants still preserve.

It is located north of the department of Cauca and is only 1 hour and 20 minutes from Popayán, separated by a distance of 51 km, which is why its climate is cold with minimum temperatures of 8°C and maximum temperatures of 19°C. Silvia is a town where its inter-Andean valley stands out in the central mountain range of Colombia with lagoons, moors, and natural reserves and its indigenous tradition of the Nasa or Paéz people and the Misak people. Silvia, as one of the places to visit in Cauca, has its parties, so a good date to go in for the Silvia Carnival is from January 7 to 11.

Silvia has large hotels such as the Leremita BioHotel, the NAKKU Tourist Inn, the Casa Mary hotel, the Finca La Bonanza "Chez KIKA", the Glamping & Camping Birimbí and the Casa Turística hotel; famous restaurants such as the Birimbí restaurant, the Mata Hambre Mateam restaurant and the Paisa Grill. As for tourist sites, you should visit some of the most important in the department, such as the indigenous market of the Misak indigenous community (better known popularly as Guambianos), the Main Square, the church, the Casa Turística museum, Belén Hill, the Old Molino del Carmen, and the Chiman Lagoon.