Bogota travel guides & articles
All 17 in-depth pieces we’ve published on Bogota — newest first.
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Riding Up Monserrate, Bogota's Shrine at 3,152 Metres
A calm, practical plan for Bogota's mountain sanctuary: which ride to take, what the fares actually are, when the light is good, and when the funicular isn't running.
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The Salt Cathedral Day Trip From Bogota, Hour by Hour
What you see 49 kilometres north of Bogota, what each ticket tier includes, and the arrival time that gets you in ahead of the coaches.
Monserrate vs. Guadalupe: Bogotá's Mountain Rivalry
Bogotá has two sacred peaks glaring at each other across its skyline — one built for crowds, one built for locals — and this is how to climb both without wasting a morning to cloud cover.
Bogotá by Bike: 48 Hours on Two Wheels
A weekend built around Bogotá's Sunday Ciclovía, its graffiti-lined centre and the altitude climb every local cyclist eventually rides.
Cycling the Flat Sabana on Weekends Out of Bogotá
The plateau north of Bogotá is flat, close and rideable in a day, and this is how to use it: the Sunday street closure, the salt mines, the reservoir circuit and the thermal baths.
The Day Bogotá Takes Back Its Streets: Inside the Sunday Ciclovía
Every Sunday from 7am to 2pm, Bogotá closes 140-plus kilometres of road to cars and hands them to cyclists, skaters and joggers — here is how to ride it well, at 2,640 metres, without wasting the morning.
Above Bogotá: A Night on the City's Rooftops
At 2,600 meters the air gets cold and the views get serious — here's how to work Bogotá's rooftop scene, from Zona Rosa's velvet ropes to a quieter terrace up in Usaquén.
Bogotá After Midnight, From Salsa Halls to Techno Rooms
A door-by-door, cover-by-cover map of where Bogotá actually dances once the clock passes one in the morning.
Gunpowder, Beer and Twelve Tejo Clubs in Bogotá
Gunpowder, wet clay and cold beer: how Colombia's national game actually works, what a lane costs, and which of Bogotá's twelve clubs will take your group.
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Four Centuries of Stone on Bogota's Plaza de Bolivar
How to read every facade on Bogota's main square, which doors actually open, and the two interiors worth booking weeks ahead.
Where to Wait Out Bogota's Two O'Clock Downpour
Bogotá's afternoon storms arrive almost on a timetable, so here are the arcades, century-old chocolate houses, roofed markets and windowless galleries worth planning the wait around.
Zipaquirá's Salt Cathedral Doubles as a Working Mine
An hour and a half from Bogotá, a consecrated cathedral sits inside an active halite mine: here's how to see it properly, plus the quieter mine, the weekend train and where to eat once you're back in daylight.
The Coffee Bogotá Finally Kept For Itself
Twelve specialty cafés and roasteries make the case that Bogotá finally drinks as well as it grows — here's where to find the city's real café society in 2026.
Bogotá's Emerald Quarter: Where the Green Gold Trade Happens
In three blocks around Avenida Jiménez, Colombia's emerald trade plays out in daylight — from formal auction houses to street-corner deals — and a handful of honest doors let you watch it happen.
The Fruit That Has No Translation: Bogotá's Market Stalls and the Juice Bar Ritual
A Colombian writer's honest, stall-by-stall guide to Bogotá's exotic fruit — where to taste lulo, curuba and mangostino, and how to order a jugo like a local.
The Walls That Talk: How Bogotá Turned a Graffiti Crackdown Into an Open-Air Gallery
How a police killing and a public backlash turned one of Latin America's most surveilled capitals into its most generous open-air canvas — and exactly where to see it, on foot, by bike or with an artist as your guide.
The Walls That Talk: Bogotá's Street Art and the City's Open-Air Gallery
How to read Bogotá's street art in the right order — from the tour that started it all to the cable-car barrio most visitors never reach.