From our special correspondent in Colombia
Don Victor Hugo runs a small café on the corner of the main square.
To all the tourists who visit him, he asks the question.
“How does Pijao look to you?
It's peaceful, isn't it?
This tranquility has forged the reputation, beyond the Colombian borders, of this small village nestled in the heart of the soft green mountains of the coffee region.
With its alleys lined with white houses with colored windows, it has the charm of many of the colonial
pueblos
in the area... Like Salento or Filandia, which have become the darling of Instagrammers under the effect of mass tourism which has imposed itself in Colombia during the of the last decade.
Read the
Colombia file: the Figaro travel guide
With the difference that in Pijao, no one insistently stalks the tourist so that he enters yet another standardized souvenir shop or an a la carte restaurant with a Western menu.
On Booking, only two hotels appear, although there are actually about fifteen accommodations.
No tourist office either…
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