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Walking through the extensive plantations of coffee, engaging with communities living on this activity and know the benefits of the aromatic and enjoy a Campirano environment are just some of the attractions offered by the different routes of coffee in America.

Today, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Colombia, have dedicated routes to aromatic, including guided tours to farms, tours of crops and some even tasting a good coffee.

Guatemala
Considered the terecer coffee producing country in the world has two areas that receive tourists who want to know the world of aroma. This is Solola, where the union voice in the desert and the United Association for Better Living.

Voice crying in the wilderness is a place where travelers live with Tzutuhil ethnic communities. In addition to admire the plantings and the benefit of the grain, there are trails for interpretation of nature and places to enjoy panoramic views of Lake Atitlan. The United Association for Better Living is located in Santa Clara La Laguna, the interesting thing about this site is that it is a cooperative of indigenous K’iches. As an added value to the coffee plantation tours offer handicrafts of the region.

Also according to the guidelines of these farms, there is tourist after traveling a cup of coffee without enjoy the most, as its flavor and aroma will remind you of the experience of having been born and grows where the plant with stimulant properties.

Costa Rica
In this country there are two routes to know in detail the process of grain. In the province of Alajuela this Doka Estate Private tourist complex that offers visitors the chance to admire the plantations and the process of coffee. The Vargas family is visiting for planting the seed can be seen, the natural way is collected and as several combine to produce a good quality coffee.

In Mercedes Norte, Heredia Province, is the Café Britt coffee company offers tours for those travelers interested in the production and history of coffee in Costa Rica.

The tour includes a walk through the coffee, a visit to the roasting plant, a small theater, a restaurant and tasting Don Prospero, whose specialty is the fantasies of coffee and a Costa Rican lunch menu based on organic products.
The tourists are led by experts on coffee, which in turn are professional actors, turning in a espctáculo educational tour on coffee and some of Costa Rican traditions ls related to the cultivation of grain.

Colombia
The Colombian Coffee is made by the departments of Caldas, Risaralda and Quindio, located east of Bogota.
One atratactivos of this route is the Park Cafe, located in the municipality of Montenegro, in the department of Quindío, Armenia 25 km.

Step by step, visitors ls conoen about benefits of coffee, both domestic and international varieties of flora native to the region. It also has a museum of coffee, eco-trail, a wooded area where a cable car, roller coaster and a train station.