Finca La Argentína — Hotel in Quindío

The owners of the finca were not really welcoming towards us (couple), only to the guide.

It was very bad weather and below 10°C. We were soaked wet when we arrived but were not invited or allowed even near the oven. Our guide on the other hand was. For dinner (which was a joke), we could sit on the other side of the kitchen for the 10 minutes we ate the small portion of rice. I know that it is their private living-room and they don't have to treat us like kings and queens but other fincas are way nicer and let you heat up and dry a bit.

Taking a blanket from the dormitory outside the dormitory was also forbidden...which would be okay if the blankets were not THAT dusty already.

The food was barely enough. I am aware that it is difficult to get supplies up the mountain and that I cannot expect a high class gourmet restaurant, but all other fincas we have visited provided much bigger portions and the food tasted much better.

If possible, go 1 hour further uphill to the finca Buenos Aires.

And this would all be less of a problem if they were a bit nicer and more welcoming to visitors. If they do not want to have guests, then they should stop offering...

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