Things to do in Pasto
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Asadero de Cuyes Pinzon
Pastusos get dressed up to eat at this place about 1.5km from the center of town. There’s only one thing on the menu: asado de cuy (grilled guinea pig). You’ll be given plastic gloves so you can rip the grilled rodents apart and share them. One cuy is big enough for two. Pasto is the only place in Colombia where cuy is mainstream and popular.
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Salón Guadalquivir
This cozy cafe serves classic pastuso treats, including quimbilito (a sweet pastry of raisin, vanilla and sweet corn) and tamales de añejo (the Pasto version of tamales). The walls are lined with posters from the annual Carnaval de Blancos y Negros.
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La Merced
This big bustling cafeteria is hugely popular, and does everything from hamburgers to lobster. It offers an everchanging roster of daily specials (COP$12,500 to COP$14,000). The streetside bakery sells the obligatory strawberries ’n’ cream, plus pizzas from COP$15,000.
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Caffeto
This fancy-schmancy bakery does gourmet sandwiches, omelettes and salads served on unusual crockery. The cakes are stupendous, and it does enormous ice-cream sundaes and serves real espresso coffee. Enough to satisfy even the most jaded traveler’s inner yuppie.
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Museo Taminango de Artes y Tradiciones
The Museo Taminango de Artes y Tradiciones has a hodgepodge of antiques but is worth seeing since it’s housed in a meticulously restored casona (large house) from 1623, reputedly the oldest surviving house in town.
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Plaza de Bomboná
Plaza de Bomboná is a covered market with craft shops that sell bargain leathergoods, plus lechona (stuffed pig) if you get the munchies for some roast pork.
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Museo del Oro
For insight into the pre-Columbian cultures of Nariño, check out the Museo del Oro, which has a small but interesting collection of indigenous gold and pottery.
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Capitán Nirvana
A good bar on Calle 20 (along the stretch known as Av de Estudiantes), which is the place for rock ’n’ roll in Pasto (the name is a reference to Metallica).
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Andina Peña Bar
On the weekends, don’t miss the live, amplified Andean panpipe music at Andina Peña Bar. Get here before 10pm if you want a seat.
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Centro Comercial Valle de Atriz
Centro Comercial Valle de Atriz, about 1km from town, has a number of discos (plus a movie theater).
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Casa del Barniz de Pasto
A wide range of barniz de Pasto artifacts can be bought at Casa del Barniz de Pasto.
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Absalon
A good, mellow bar on Calle 20 (along the stretch known as Av de Estudiantes) that plays Colombian music.
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