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Leisure and fun
Cali

Night life


The happiness and sponteinity of the people provide the city a dynamism that is not common around the “caleña” night. In the Northern and Southern areas of the city, there are numerous discoteques, restaurants and night clubs with a great variety of commercial areas, where you may enjoy good food, beverage and music. Within the boundaries of the city there is the “hora zanahoria”, and the properties remain open until 2 o'clock in the morning, but there are areas such as, Menga and Juanchito that, apart from being emblematic due to Salsa dancing and a good rumba dancing, they have become an alternative to continue the night fun to dance away the night.

Go shopping


The great majority of commercial centers of Cali have spaces for family gatherings, as well as, different options to taste good food. Among these commercial areas or malls, the following are noteworthy:

  • Unicentro: Located in the South of the city, this complete and exclusive commerical center, apart from its restaurants and shops, also consists of fun areas for all the family and a casino.
  • Chipichape Commercial Center: Situated in the North of the city, near the airport, it has medical centers and beauty salons, as well as food courts, game centers and movie theatres.
  • Palmetto Plaza: Located in the South of Cali, concretely in the Military unit town. It is a modern commercial center with clothes shops, drugstores, cosmetique stores, jewelery stores as well as, bars and aesthetic surgery clinics.
  • Cosmocenter Commercial Center: It is found in the South of Cali, and it is a place full of tradition, since this was the first commercial center that was constructed in Cali. It consists of an open event where musical groups and artists are introduced to the audience.
  • Holguines Trade Center: Located in the South of the city, it is also a magnificent space for executive and business travelers, because it offers health business, finance and legal counseling offices.

Sports


Cali has been recognized as the “American Sport venue”. The city constructed new sport facilities and accommodated the old stages to host the World Games 2013.

The most popular sport in the city is football. The city's professional clubs have been 22 times champion of the Colombia's first division (Dimayor), making Cali the city with the highest number of obtained titles, together with Bogotá and followed by Medellín.

In terms of international tournaments, the city has been the venue of the finals of the American Copa Libertadores in 6 opportunities with same number of second runner ups.

During 2010, the city had a professional baseball club called “Toros Cali un Nuevo Latir”.

The excellent sport infrastructure have allowed it to be the venue of important world championships.