Ibagué
Ibagué is the capital of Tolima, one of the 32 departments that make up the Republic of Colombia.
Ibagué is the capital of Tolima, one of the 32 departments that make up the Republic of Colombia. The city is located in the center of the country, on the central mountain range of the Colombian Andes, near Nevado del Tolima. It is one of the most populous cities in the country, with a population of 500 thousand people approximately, making it the eleventh most populous in Colombia, and with a population of 544,132 in the municipality. It was founded on 14 October 1550, by the Spanish captain Andrés López de Galarza. The city of Ibagué is divided into 13 communes and the rural area has 17 corregimientos. As the capital of the department of Tolima the city hosts the Government of Tolima, the Departmental Assembly, and the Attorney General's Office. It is the main epicenter of political, economic, administrative, business, art, culture, and tourism activities in the area.
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Worth seeing in and around Ibagué
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro
The Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro is a sports arena located in Ibagué, capital of the department of Tolima. It currently has a capacity of 28,100 spectators.
1.7 km · soccer stadium in Colombia · Wikipedia - 02Conservatory of Tolima
The Conservatory of Tolima is one of the most important musical schools in Colombia. Its clearest predecessor was the School of Music for strings and piano founded by the Melendro and Sicard families, which led to the creation of the Colegio San Simón, but its beginnings were in the Academy of Music created by Ordinance No.
1.7 km · school of music · Wikipedia - 03Universidad de Ibagué
The Universidad de Ibagué is a private university located in Ibagué, Colombia. It was founded in 1980 as University Corporation of Ibagué by business and civic leaders from Tolima.
4.2 km · University in Colombia · Wikipedia
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Things to do
Hang between the 3 main malls (La estación, Aqua, Multicentro) Caike Playa Hawai Hang around Plaza Bolívar watching people. Comfatolima Lagos Club - swimming pool resort area.
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Where to eat
Shalom, Cra 3 between Calle 8 and Calle 9. Serves good quality, inexpensive set meals. Yel Coctel Delicatessen, Calle 10 between Cra 4 and Cra 5. Try the cakes and avena drink. Mateus, Calle 10 between Cra 3 and Cra 4. Try the delicious freshly baked bread.
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Getting to Ibagué
- Airports
- El Dorado (BOG), 124 km · Alfonso Bonilla Aragon (CLO), 161 km · Jose Maria Córdova (MDE), 194 km
- Bogota → Ibagué126 km · quickest by road, 4h 16m · COL$33,700–44,900
- Cali → Ibagué184 km · quickest by road, 5h 32m · COL$44,750–59,650
- Medellín → Ibagué205 km · quickest by road, 6h 32m · COL$59,350–79,150
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Ibagué
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ibagué. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAvoid doing this part of the journey at night or in a small minibus.
- Go nextEl Rancho is the starting point for the trek up El Nevado del Tolima (5215 m).
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Next door to Ibagué
Ibagué is 50 km from Armenia, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.