Girón, a tobacco centre 9 km southwest of Bucaramanga on the Río de Oro, is a little gem of a colonial town. Far from the bustle of industrial Bucaramanga, at weekends it is filled with bumangueses, many of whom come for Mass at its beautiful church. In 1963 Girón was declared a National Monument: the buildings are well preserved and the town unspoilt by modernization. By the river are tejo courts and popular open-air restaurants with cumbia and salsa bands. In the square at weekends, sweets and raspados (crushed ice delights) are sold, while children buy balloons and are wheeled about in miniature cars. Take the bus from Carrera 15 or 22 in Bucaramanga, US$0.80. A taxi costs US$4.50.
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