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Search this city by topic →Sit down to a lechona or sancocho feast
Try festive dishes like lechona (whole stuffed pig) or sancocho (meat-and-corn stew) at a family table — and photograph it.
Eat a traditional ajiaco soup
Try ajiaco, Bogotá's signature chicken soup made with three kinds of potato, corn and the guascas herb — and photograph it.
Learn Colombian coffee at a specialty café
In the world's most famous coffee country, taste regional coffees with a barista to learn the differences — and photograph it.
Taste exotic fruits at the Paloquemao market
Try dozens of tropical fruits — lulo, guanábana, mangosteen, granadilla — at Bogotá's lively wholesale market — and photograph it.
Try hot chocolate with cheese (chocolate santafereño)
Try the Bogotá tradition of dunking cheese into hot chocolate to melt, at a colonial café — and photograph it.
Tour the Liberator's house at the Quinta de Bolívar
Tour Simón Bolívar's colonial mansion and garden in Bogotá, learning the history of independence — and photograph it.
See the historic Plaza de Bolívar
Stand on the main square regarded as the heart of the nation, framed by the cathedral, the Palace of Justice and Congress — and photograph it.
See pre-Columbian treasures at the Gold Museum (Museo del Oro)
See the Muisca gold raft 'Balsa Muisca' of the El Dorado legend, in the world's largest collection of gold artifacts — and photograph it.
Tour Colombian history at the National Museum
Tour the collection from the country's archaeology to its art, housed in a former panopticon prison — and photograph it.
Relax in a thermal spa at the foot of the Andes
Relax in the mountain air at the natural hot springs near Bogotá (e.g. Tabio/Choachí) — and photograph it.
Join a Bogotá graffiti tour
See the world-famous large-scale street art of La Candelaria and around on a guided walk — and photograph it.
Try the exotic fruit-juice culture in Bogotá
Taste freshly squeezed lulo, passionfruit, curuba and blackberry juices at street fruit stalls — and photograph it.
Food tour in the La Macarena art district
Try contemporary Colombian cuisine in the bohemian district full of galleries and independent restaurants — and photograph it.
Sunday crafts market and brunch in Usaquén
Browse the Sunday crafts market in the old colonial quarter; have brunch at the courtyard restaurants — and photograph it.
Wander the colorful colonial streets of La Candelaria
Stroll among the brightly colored colonial houses, graffiti and courtyards of Bogotá's historic center — and photograph it.
Experience the nightlife in Zona Rosa / Chapinero
Spend the night among the bars, clubs and live-music venues of Bogotá's liveliest entertainment districts — and photograph it.
Watch a performance at the Teatro Colón
Attend an opera, ballet or concert at the 19th-century neoclassical opera house — and photograph it.
See the 'plump' figures at the Botero Museum
Tour Fernando Botero's donated paintings and sculptures with their exaggerated round forms (free); Picasso and Dalí too — and photograph it.
Go up Monserrate and watch Bogotá from above
Take the cable car or funicular to the church at 3,152 m; see the sprawling capital and the Andes — and photograph it.
Stroll Simón Bolívar Park or catch a festival
Walk around the lake in the city's vast 'lung' park; in summer catch free festivals like Rock al Parque — and photograph it.
Cycle the Ciclovía on Sunday
Cycle the 120+ km network of streets closed to traffic every Sunday, alongside thousands of Bogotanos — and photograph it.
Cycle the climb to Alto de Patios
Pedal the classic climb on the Andean slope beloved by local cyclists — and photograph it.
Travel the Bogotá–Coffee Region–Medellín–Cartagena route
Do the country's classic route: link the capital, the coffee hills, the city of eternal spring and the Caribbean over 2-3 weeks — and photograph it.
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