Religious Tourism, unlike all other segments of the tourism market, has faith as fundamental motivation.
This kind of tourism usually corresponds to short stays of three or four days, generally weekends or holidays. What's included in this type of tourism are activities as: visiting shrines or holy places like pilgrimages, visits to tombs of saints and attendance and participation in religious celebrations.
From colonial times to the present, the religious spirit spread its pall over the city of San Juan de Pasto and the territory of Nariño. His mystical devotion generated a significant number of monuments and relics of religious art. For them, it deserved the epithet of theological city of Colombia. The architecture of its temples mixes several styles: Colonial, Gothic Revival and Postmodern. (Source: http://narino.info.)
The city of Pastohas numerous temples of countless religious, artistic and architectural value. In the department, tourism to various shrines and temples are also promoted, including: The Virgen de la Playa in San Pablo, The Our Lady of Rosario church in Sandoná, La Ermita in Berruecos and the masterly Our Lady of Las Lajas Sanctuary in Ipiales, a town bordering the neighboring country of Ecuador, where we can find this type of tourism in the capital Quito and in the city of Cuenca.
Our guidance around the temples will make you know all the historical, cultural and architectural information of each of this sites.
We can enjoy of religious tourism in the following destinations:
- Colombia Andean Zone
- Nariño:
- San Juan de Pasto
- Our Lady of La Playa in San Pablo (North)
- La Hermitage in Berruecos (North)
- Church of Our Lady of Rosario in Sandoná (Road circumambulating the Galeras volcano)
- Our Lady of Las Lajas Sanctuary in Ipiales (South)
- Nariño:
- Ecuador Andean Zone
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