A Day by the Pool in Antioquia: La Juana Cerro Tusa

The first time you pull up to La Juana, you are not sure if it is a farmhouse or a secret that Antioquia kept for whoever knew how to look for it. It sits in Venecia, two hours from Medellín, tucked between coffee farms that climb the mountain in steps. And at the end, always at the end, Cerro Tusa keeps watch with the silhouette of a pyramid no empire built. Nature made that one herself, over thousands of years.

A day by the pool in Antioquia here is not a resort day with the music turned up and a line for lunch. It is something else. Private, real, unhurried. The plan you make when what you actually want is a day well lived.

What a Day by the Pool Means at La Juana

In Antioquia, a day by the pool is almost its own tourism category. It is the plan of escaping for one day to a finca with a pool, a countryside lunch and open nature. In Santa Fe de Antioquia or at Tropical Club, the concept runs like a well-oiled machine: you arrive, you settle into a chair by the water, you eat, you go home. It works. It also carries a certain mass-produced taste.

At La Juana it is different.

Here the day by the pool is not a packaged product. It unfolds with the calm of the Antioquia countryside. No rush, no clock. There is a whole farmhouse for you and your group, a butler who greets you with coffee made minutes ago, and a pool with a view of the largest natural pyramid in the world. For a closer look at the property and the story behind it, start with the La Juana farmhouse experience.

The Plan: A Full Day in the Mountains

Arrival and Welcome

It is nine in the morning. You left the noise of Medellín behind, the Caldas road, breakfast at Cocorollo. When the car stops in front of La Juana, the first thing that greets you is the silence, broken only by birdsong and the wind moving through the coffee plants.

They welcome you with Diamante coffee, the kind grown on the very slopes you are looking at. The house waits for you: traditional Antioquia architecture with patterned floor tiles, warm wood, and big windows that do not fight the landscape. They frame it.

Entrance of an Antioquia farmhouse with a stone path among flowers and green mountains in the morning

Pool, Jacuzzi and Wet Areas

The water is the center of the day. As a finca with a pool in Antioquia, La Juana does not have just any pool. It sits placed so that when you swim and lift your head, you are looking at Cerro Tusa. No neon signs, no background music, no one asking to share your table. Just you, the water, and that mountain shaped like a pyramid the centuries forgot to erase.

The private jacuzzi is for later, when the sun stands at its highest and the body asks to float. The steam room closes the circuit, a bath that leaves your skin new again before lunch.

Pool with jacuzzi on a mountain terrace in Colombia, turquoise water and mountains around on a sunny afternoon

Traditional Lunch

The food arrives the way it should in the Antioquia countryside: without hurry, with fresh produce, cooked by the hands of people who know the flavors of the area. There is no industrial buffet here. Lunch is served at the farmhouse table, with time to talk, to ask for seconds if you feel like it, to wash it down with lemonade while the heat of the afternoon pulls you toward a nap in a hammock.

Traditional Antioquia countryside lunch outdoors on a farmhouse terrace with mountain views, fresh fruit and local dishes

A Slow Afternoon

After lunch the day turns liquid. Some stay by the pool. Others settle into the kiosk with a book. Others simply let the rhythm of the countryside take over, a hammock, the birds, the breeze rolling down the mountain.

You can walk up to the viewpoint and watch Cerro Tusa change color hour by hour. Or take a seat by the bonfire when night begins to fall, if you decide to stay a little longer. And if you want to wander beyond the property, these are things to do in Venecia Antioquia.

Who This Day Is For

If you come as a big group (6 people or more), there are special rates. It is worth writing to us directly for a plan tailored to you.

Prices and Reservations

This pool escape near Medellín runs on a whole-finca model. You are not renting a room and you are not sharing with strangers. The farmhouse is yours for your stay.

How is it quoted? The day is reserved by groups and quoted according to group size, the date and the services included. Write to us and we will send you a quote in pesos for your plan.

Includes (depending on the plan agreed):

• Full access to the farmhouse (pool, jacuzzi, steam room, wet areas)
• Traditional Antioquia lunch
• Welcome coffee and snacks
• Optional private transport from Medellín (quoted separately)

Does not include:

• Alcoholic drinks
• Tips
• Personal expenses

To book:

• Call or write to +57 302 102 5621
• Visit lajuanacerrotusa.com
• Rochiles Parcel, Venecia, Antioquia

Day by the Pool vs. Tropical Club: What Is the Difference?

If you are planning a day trip with a pool in Antioquia, you have probably heard of the Tropical Club in Santa Fe or one of its branches. It is a valid plan: a big pool, several restaurants, lots of people. It works well when you want a beach day without a beach, with a festive vibe and standardized services.

La Juana is another story.

It is not that one is better than the other. They serve different moments. When you want a party, Tropical Club delivers. When you want an authentic day by the pool, in silence, with the taste of the Antioquia countryside and a view that carries no price tag, that day is at La Juana.

How to Get There

If you are searching for a day by the pool near Medellín, La Juana sits in Venecia, Antioquia, about two hours via the Caldas road.

By your own car: Medellín to Caldas road to Bolón Bolo road to Rochiles Parcel.

By private transport: We can arrange pickup from your hotel or a meeting point in El Poblado or Laureles. The drive is part of the experience: the road snakes between mountains, coffee farms and towns that seem to have stopped in time.

What People Who Have Lived It Say

"The peace you breathe watching the sunset in front of Cerro Tusa is priceless. The house is an architectural gem with every modern comfort." — The Restrepo family, Medellín

"We were looking for an exclusive place for our executive retreat and La Juana was the right call. The level of privacy, the quality of the sound and the natural setting made for a unique working environment." — Andrés Jaramillo, corporate event

"The details that win you over are not just a name, they are real. From the linen in the rooms to the aroma of Diamante coffee, everything is thought through for total rest." — Mariana Vélez, Bogotá

Is a Day by the Pool at La Juana Worth It?

It is not the cheapest day by the pool in Antioquia. It does not try to be. It is a day for someone who understands that the quality of the experience matters more than the number of services. It is for someone who would rather spend an afternoon in silence looking at Cerro Tusa than standing in a buffet line.

A day by the pool at La Juana is not just any plan. It is a day you still remember weeks later. The smell of coffee. The late light on the mountain. The still water of the pool, and there in the distance, the pyramid time itself built.

If the day is not enough, browse the photo gallery and plan the overnight: glamping at Cerro Tusa, the Sacred Ascent tour up the mountain, or the Mirror Goddess Retreat with its sunrise yoga. More ideas live on the La Juana blog.

Article written by Valentina Restrepo for La Juana Cerro Tusa.