Country Info
- Bogota
- Capital
- Colombian Peso (COP)
- Currency
- 40,349,388
- Population
- CO
- Country Code
Bogota Slideshow
Top Hotels in Bogota
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Crowne Plaza Tequendama Bogota
75 reviews -
Radisson Royal Bogota Hotel
79 reviews -
Marriott Bogota Hotel
105 reviews -
La Fontana Bogota
84 reviews
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Bogota Plaza Summit Hotel
66 reviews
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Bacata Bogota
13 reviews
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Hotel Bogota Royal
36 reviews -
Casa Dann Carlton Hotel Bogota
73 reviews
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Forte Travelodge Hotel Capital Bogota
56 reviews
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Metrotel RoyalPark Bogota
21 reviews
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Habitel Hotel Bogota
11 reviews
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Hotel De La Feria Estelar Bogota
32 reviews
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Estelar Apartamentos Bogota
31 reviews
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Sofitel Bogota Victoria Regia
140 reviews
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Dann Carlton Bogota
59 reviews
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Andino Royal Bogota
28 reviews
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Embassy Stes Bogota Colmb
86 reviews
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Holiday Inn Express Bogota
46 reviews
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Hotel Residencias Tequendama Bogota
5 reviews
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Windsor House Bogota
26 reviews
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Hacienda Royal Hotel Bogota
12 reviews
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San Francisco Hotel Bogota
6 reviews
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104 Art Suites Bogota
33 reviews
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Hotel Bogota Regency
37 reviews
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Aparta Class De Colombia Bogota
22 reviews
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Lancaster House Hotel Bogota
112 reviews
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101 park house Bogota
30 reviews
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Hotel Parque 97 Bogota
68 reviews
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GHL Comfort Hotel Los Heroes Bogota
30 reviews
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Hotel Casa Medina Bogota
32 reviews
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Charleston Hotel Bogota
31 reviews
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Four Points Bogota
65 reviews
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Cosmos 100 Hotel & Centro de Conveciones Bogota
63 reviews
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Hotel America - Bogota
9 reviews
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Hotel Andes Plaza Bogota
10 reviews
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Dann Norte Hotel Bogota
48 reviews
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Hotel Hill House Bogota
5 reviews
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Morrison Hotel Bogota
36 reviews
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Grand House Bogota
34 reviews
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Dann Avenida 19 Hotel Bogota
22 reviews
Bogota
Travel Blogs from Bogota, Colombia
The great Chicken Vindaloo race.
This is a top pick! ... los Pegasos in Cartagena, Colombia. And the worst meal? Without a doubt the hamburger at El Rancho restaurant in San Agustin, Colombia. Everything was awful. The burger itself, the salad, the mouldy bread and the terrible cheese. Tomorrow I am already ...
Final thoughts
This is a top pick! ... , Laura for putting up with our spanish, and all of their friends. Also thanks to Hector in Bogota, it was great to see him in Colombia instead of at Carleton! Our hosts in Brazil - Victor and Gabriela for showing us the best of ...
Leaving Bog
This is a top pick! Leave Bogota next morning bit sad having not seen anything dodgy at all. We are all lalmost hoping for an incident on the way to the airport but despite our taxi drivers awful driving (and everyone elses here) we arrive unscathed. We are flying mainly ...
Viagra: the Colombian cure for travel sickness!
This is a top pick! ... week in Bogot'' jamming every day full of sight seeing, tamale eating (*Puerto False for the best tamales and handmade sweets in Colombia), getting high on the toxic pollution levels. Our first port of call had to be the world famous Museo De Oro ...
Gold at altitude
This is a top pick! ... rather than visiting museums etc. We were quite proud of ourselves when we managed to have a conversation in Spanish about Colombia's complicated political problems and quite surprised that the people seemed to be so positive about the government and the ...
Derby and Atone
This is a top pick! ... method, involving the tram network (although this is only a bus here really) then a bus to get to another town outside of Bogota, before trying to find our way across the town to the Cathedral site itself. Despite only having a general idea where we would ...
Tinto...
This is a top pick! ... a guy who was there and got kidnapped and woke up without one of his kidneys...' As much as you try not to think about Colombia's not-so-sparkling reputation, it's hard not to be slightly affected by the drum of fear that has been a constant beat for a ...
Bogota madness
This is a top pick! ... is going to be flying over to Australia to promote the book in June. He´s one crazy character.... So, life in Bogota..... we have visited a few cool places - underground cathedrals carved into salt mines, art galleries, museums etc, however the ...
The New York of South America
This is a top pick! ... Facebook makes it all that much easier. I also tried to see my buddy Elkin, who is the lead singer of a famous (only in Colombia) rock band. Unfortunately, he was too busy with a lot of music projects but I at least got to check out his new ...
Giron, Barichara, Villa de Leyva, Bogota
This is a top pick! ... are the people of purely or mainly pure European descent. This divide of haves and have-nots is one of the reasons behind Colombia's guerilla insurgency. In fact, after our night out in the Zona Rosa, we found out that there was a grenade attack in two ...
Fresh Crab juice anyone?
This is a top pick! ... in the cab with him too so fingers crossed will be safe. We then get our small prop plane to Puerto somewhere and then onto Bogota. Scenery is very green and not sure if its coffee or drugs. Met by Luis at Bogota airport who welcomes us and tells us ...
City of Gold?
This is a top pick! ... our photos up and sending them home), oh well if the laptop is completely dead we have only lost the Galapagos, Mindo and Colombia photographs. We will try and add some photos soon though, somehow. Well our first impressions of Bogota are ...
Getting Off the Gringo Trail
This is a top pick! ... are things that come to mind when most Americans think about Colombia. However, with the fourth largest economy in Latin America, Colombia has drastically changed over the past ten years. It is also famous for salsa, Shakira and the best cup ...
Smiles in Colombia
This is a top pick! As I reflect on my time in Colombia, there are three experiences that really standout ... The first was attending a work conference in a part of the country that few foreign tourists visit. This event was the first of its kind and trained medical ...
Cocaine, Machine Guns and Dirty Trousers
This is a top pick! ... have supposedly changed much for the better in Colombia under the government of right-winger, Alvaro Uribe. It's estimated though that Colombia is still responsible for 90% of the cocaine that reaches the streets of the United States. I might be the ...
The paradise that is Playa Blanca
This is a top pick! Oh my, I have found paradise! About a week ago we jumped on a boat in Cartegena to go to a beach called Playa Blanca. It had been recommended to me by a few people who had said it was beautiful, and man, were they right! Its a white sand beach on ...
Cartegena craziness
This is a top pick! ... myself, I have been getting drunk. Which is what a lot of you probably expect so I hope not disappointing you! I am enjoying Colombia so much that I think Im going to spend more time here than expected. Next week we are off to Playa Blanca, a gorgeous ...
Super Hospitality - Colombian Style
This is a top pick! ... de Oro is apparently the most important gold museum in the world, exhibiting pieces from all the major pre-Hispanic cultures in Colombia. Yes, the display was impressive, but we were even more excited when we arrived at the Italian-style Teatro Colón ...
Juan Valdez's secret love affair with his donkey
This is a top pick! ... In one of them, Sara and I are interviewed by Colombian television. Actually, in the first week in Colombia we were also interviewed by El Tiempo, Bogota's largest newspaper, and a pack of university students. Needless to say, two big gringos aren't going ...
Hello Colombia!
This is a top pick! ... for a bite to eat and catch up on 5 months of not seeing one another. We spent two nights in Bogota where we had our first taste of Colombia.....and jeez we noticed how cold it was here at altitude! Bogota is interesting and has some beautiful colonial ...
Back in Police Headquarters
This is a top pick! ... a few snaps, before being told off. I think the military and police give tourists the no one priority status in Colombia, after the government of course, they make you feel very welcome and very safe. We walked around the Presidential Palace, and ...
Colombia's Crazy Capital
This is a top pick! ... was holiday week so that was good timing! Another good Museum was Donacion Botero which has lots of exhibits by Colombia's most famous contemporary artist - Fernando Botero. His artwork both painings and sculptures have a very distinctive style which is ...
Cocaine, Crime and Coffee.....It really is nice!
This is a top pick! We left Cartagena on a rather comfy bus which took 20 hours to arrive into Colombia´s capital city of Bogota, it was a long but cosy journey and all was fine which was great. One thing though that is just so typical! We always buy food and water for the ...
The Big City
This is a top pick! ... to the Salt Cathedral in Zipaquira'. Stories will accompany the individual photos so check there for more detail. So far, so good in Colombia.... who knew I would spend 6 months here. That was not part of the plan ... you know, the one that doesn't exist ...
Back in Colombia - fiestas and football
This is a top pick! After just over 18months away I returned to Colombia, one of my favourite countries. A smile from the immigration officer and paying less than a dollar for a bus ride from the airport to the city centre is a great start to any country! I had booked into ...
Feliz Cumpleanos Dave and a long story!
This is a top pick! ... bit scared! Flukely manage to win although painful match to watch again. We then get taxis to the airport to fly to Bogota. At Bogota airport we have a few hours wait before our flight to Cucuta which is a border town on the west of Columbia before ...
Still in Bogota
This is a top pick! ... corner. And costs a dollar. It apparently has the largest collection of gold in the world, and all of it is from Colombia. Before the Spaniards came to take over this continent, there were about 6 Andean tribes that used gold and other materials to ...
First week in Bogota
This is a top pick! ... some of my excitement - you know, before I get robbed or kidnapped or something goes terribly wrong. No, I'm only kidding - Colombia is fantastic. And Bogot'' is about 10 million times safer than Nairobi, Jo'burg or Rio (okay, I know there are places to ...
Finally....
This is a top pick! ... , where I will sleep in a hammock and waste away a few days. The countdown's on. Two weeks and 4 days and I leave Colombia. I'm excited to see everyone, but I already feel my heart ripping because I have to leave this wonderful country. I'll stop ...