03 · Mirador Colina Iluminada

Filandia from above

A crown-shaped wooden tower, 27 metres tall, on the edge of town. From the top there are mountains in every direction.

The crown-shaped wooden tower of the Mirador Colina Iluminada, with yellow steps climbing through the grass — The lookout tower and its yellow steps.

Panorama from the Mirador Colina Iluminada: red-roofed kiosks in a semicircle and green hills to the horizon

The Mirador Colina Iluminada is the silhouette everybody photographs: a crown-shaped wooden structure with several viewing platforms on the outskirts of Filandia. From the top you can pick out neighbouring towns and, on clear days, the peaks of the cordillera.

No booking needed: you walk up from the centre. Go early, or late in the afternoon when the light drops over the hills. And don’t confuse it with the view from your room at Bidea — that’s a different one, just as good with morning coffee.