Toro

Toro is a historic municipality in northern Valle del Cauca, founded on 3 June 1573, whose name pays tribute to the Spanish city of Toro (Zamora), from which many of its founders originated. Situated at an altitude of 960 metres with an average temperature of 25°C, the municipality preserves notable colonial architectural heritage, most notably the San Juan Bautista Doctrinal Chapel (1610), one of the oldest religious buildings in Colombia, located in the village of El Bohío.

Toro has built a solid cultural and tourism identity through the International Cinetoro Film Festival and its nature and adventure tourism offering, which includes paragliding, canyoning, hiking and mountain biking in the Los Catíos Municipal Ecological Reserve. Its participatory citizenry and commitment to outdoor physical activity position it as an active municipality within the citizen sport programmes promoted by ACES América.