Popayán

To me, the city of Popayán is totally underrated by travellers and I’m happy we spent two nights in this lively student town! Popayán is one of the white colonial cities of Colombia and a lot of European influence can still be observed around the city. We visited the most important places with two students during a free walking tour and afterwards spent some time at the coffee street in which cars are not allowed after 3pm. In the evening we watched the end of a procession which was similar to those in Sevilla, Spain in the cathedral and joined a game night at a bar. Although our hostel was not that nice as the previous once, we met a couple from the UK/France there and spent most of the time all together. Oh and in contrast to San Augustín for example, Popayán offers a lot of traditional dishes that are vegetarian like empanadas de pipián or tamales de pipián and frozen drinks made of different fruits known as granizados!Read more