Nevertheless, Palmiranos can still do their basic shopping in La Marden or any of its other stores located all throughout the city, specially in El Centro.

Before the mall was built, Palmireños had to travel to Cali to many of its shopping centers such as La Catorce, De Calima, and Chipichape.

Llanogrande has many restaurants, several outdoor bars, an indoor cinema, casino, and a small amusement park.

In 2014, a second commercial shopping center called “Unicentro Palmira” was opened on the north west side of the city.

Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport, which serves Cali, is located in Palmira.

There are many of these in the city and many operators ignore traffic laws so that cars on the street have to drive slow and carefully in order to avoid hitting them.

Another method of transportation that is very common, but mostly used as attractive complement to the colonial architecture, are the white carriages which tourists can pay for to have a tour of the city.

The city recently began municipal bus service under the name TUPAL that utilize natural gas powered buses.

played in the competition for three years each, and Univalle and Deportes Palmira represented the city in one season each.