Bogota, Colombia’s capital, is fast taking its place as one of Latin America’s most vibrant and culturally interesting cities.
Surrounded by Andean peaks, Bogota offers great heritage, music and food and drink – plus a captivating old town quarter, La Candelaria, which has quaint cobbled streets full of colonial and Baroque-style architecture, as well as some fascinating museums and lovely hotels.
There are plenty of sights to see in and around Bogota, such as the colourful, sprawling fruit and flower market of Paloquemao, the extraordinary Gold Museum, which showcases the largest selection of pre-Hispanic gold in the world, and the eye-opening Zipaquira cathedral, a cathedral carved from a former salt mine some 200 metres underground. We also recommend taking the cable car up the mountain of Monserrate, for panoramic views over Bogota and the mountains beyond.
