Bogota Travel Blog

Do you miss the picante nature of Mexican food? Perhaps the mild yet filling staple offerings in Bogota are just not doing it for you. Rest assured, solace in the form of excellent Mexican food is never far off. So, here, we take a look at four options to sate the most urgent cravings of chilaquiles,...

For first time visitors to the city, most will either stay way up in the leafy environs of residential northern Bogota or in the central downtown colonial Candelaria district. Little notice will be paid to a vast, often faceless but certainly exclusive barrio known as Chapinero. Why? Well, Chapinero...

Listing Shopping Malls in Bogota is a time-consuming business, so prevalent are these behemoths to neon-lit consumerism in the Colombian capital city. But, visiting Bogota does not mean by any means shirking a visit to the Hacienda Santa Barbara, el Centro Comercial Andino, El Retiro, Gran Estacion or...

The problem with some people is that when they aren’t drunk they’re sober. –William Butler Yeats Bogota’s Irish Pub, is a rare beast, it’s a quality drinking hole in an upmarket part of the Colombian capital that caters to Colombians and foreigners alike. This creation, draped in green,...

Bogota’s privileged location high up on an Andean plateau upon occasion can be stifling and gloomy, but, rest assured, there are dozens of small towns to which one can escape and enjoy sun, culture, local gastronomy and outdoor pursuits. Cultural Honda The town of Honda in Tolima is often overlooked...

With its gentle yet palatable bohemian tilt, ornate buildings that blend early republicanism with a mish mash of art deco with modern constructions and location up above the bustling and impersonal Carrera Septima beyond the Plaza de Toros Santamaria, La Macarena is where all of Bogota’s foodie hipsters...

By day Bogota, Colombia’s capital city, appears to be all about business and business alone with people rushing to and from meetings, scoffing down lunch in a hurry, quipping about the corruption of local politicians and then hurrying for the mayhem that is the commute home. In order to meet locals...

To a romantic, a glance upwards through the crisp clean high altitude air over to the mountains that rise on Bogota’s eastern rim, the city is a perfect, if not pastoral place with a plethora of ideal locations where you can pop the question to your loved one. And why not pick a different location...

When my steak comes there’s a little Argentine flag planted into its tender marbled folds. This is as far as foreign intervention extends in the new branch of Andres Carne de Res in Bogota’s “play” or fashionable Zona Rosa as Andres Jaramillo, the legendary owner, ensures that this culinary and...

Perhaps the most picturesque street in the Candelaria, the Calle 10 is a pedestrianized stroll through Bogota’s most traditional and scenic area. Running uphill to the East in the direction of the cerros orientales that tower over central Bogota, your lung capacity may well be tested as you make...