San José de la Montaña
Founders: A Cultural Heritage of the Municipality.
Juan Esteban Vásquez, founder and respected person of the town of San José de la Montaña, grew up in this old house. Although the house is already destroyed, being Cultural Heritage of the place, a tourist project was proposed to attract a diversity of audiences; with the support of the mayor's office, it was defined to preserve its historical touch, thus, it will have a mini museum with the biography of this illustrious personage, stories and traditions of the town and the original facade of the house.
Hostal Museo Mall
The design of the Mall is modern and ligth. Interacting in the same space a gastronomic and residential environment. There will be a variety of restaurants, bars and with the possibility of lodging for long or short periods of time on the few aparthotel available.
The main restaurant plans to offer a variety of cheeses, beers, wines and other alcoholic aperitifs. Always counting on the hands of the farmers and artisans, and the typical delicacies of the region.
Come to the Cheese and Appetizers Route
This is a dairy route, before arriving you will find one of the most recognized restaurants in Antioquia, because it is next to an important commercial route of our country. Just at the entrance of Santa Rosa de Osos you will see a conglomeration of all kinds of cars, where the buses and their travelers stop to eat something, have a hot chocolate or coffe with cheese, pandequeso or buñuelo and stretch for a moment, before continuing to their destination. This restaurant is open 24/7 because it is an unmissable stop for the transporters. You won't want to miss out on typical food, sweet and savory baked goods, drinks, ice cream, and shopping for knick-knacks (stuff) or things you might need for your trip. You can also use the public restrooms.
This is what we call puebliar...
San José de la Montaña is a natural paradise, where you can enjoy bird watching, the cloud forest, sport fishing for rainbow trout, camping, a tour of the Santa Barbara Caves, the Chorro del Aguila waterfall, the Alto de San Juan and hiking to the Paramo de Santa Inés, a 2 hour hike. You can venture to more demanding activities such as climbing the mountain of Paramo de Belmira, which is at an altitude of 3300 meters (10.826 ft) above sea level and 8 hours drive from the village. It says on the website turismoantioquia.travel that the climb to Páramo de Belmira: “has a difficulty rating of 4.5 out of 5”, see link.
