Bogota travel guides & articles
All 11 in-depth pieces we’ve published on Bogota — newest first.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.