From July 29th – August 20th Colombia will play host to the Under 20s FIFA World Cup. It’s the biggest international sporting event to hit Colombian shores and should guarantee the country is a-buzz with a scintillating atmosphere throughout this period. The Colombian government has budgeted COL$150 billion for the event, making it one of the largest in […]
Author: Marcela
After living in England for 10 years and finishing a Hotel Management and a Business degree in London, Marcela decided that she should take her dream holiday before going back home – so she joined and overland tour to Egypt. She immediately felt a connection with the travel industry. After a month’s traveling in the Middle East, Marcela found herself in Lima, following her dream, working whilst travelling as a tour leader in the whole of South America. For the past 4 years, Marcela has been planning and working to bring her greatest dream to life, to find the best team to deliver Colombia to the world and to make Seecolombia.travel the greatest Colombian tour operator in the world.
Today (April 4th, 2011) is an important day here in Colombia as it serves as the International Day for Mine Awareness. It’s a date promoted by the Colombian government and the UN to raise awareness about the issue of mines in Colombia, which have affected many people throughout the country’s history. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) […]
Fortunately for us, no one told Villa de Leyva about the 21st Century and so it sits about an hour north of Bogotá, almost entirely untouched by modernization. Cobblestone streets and whitewashed buildings make the town as close to a genuine colonial town as you are likely to find in South America. Somewhat unexpectedly, the […]
Last week we started a new feature here at Travel & Living where we interview expats in Colombia. The idea is to give you, the reader, an insight into Colombia from an international perspective; to address the issues and concerns that might face tourists on a Colombia tour and to see what it is about […]
Santa Marta has the honour of being the oldest Spanish city in Colombia. The area was initially chosen because its nearby bay was deemed sufficiently safe, however, eventually more convinient passages were established to the colonial routes heading southwards and so people gravitated towards Cartagena, leaving Santa Marta behind and developing Cartagena into the important, […]
Bogota is a city replete with international cuisine and attractive cafes to while away your time in. The most popular areas to find these places in area in the north of the city, around Zona Rosa and Parque 93, and downtown in the cobbled streets of La Candelaria. For the more adventurous, however, there’s plenty […]
Visiting almost anywhere in Colombia, whether you seek it out in a bar to dance to or hear it blasting from shop fronts into the streets, you won’t escape the traditional folk music of Vallenato. Locals love it almost as much as salsa and although to the foreign ear it may not sound like the […]
Some of Colombia‘s most outspoken and enthusiastic fanatics are expats, which is hardly surprising considering most of them came here for a simple Colombian vacation and ended up staying. We at Colombia Travel and Living have decided that it’s important to give you, the reader, an insight into the mind of an expat here in […]
One of Colombia‘s most important exports is its coffee. Over 10 million bags of coffee are exported every year from Colombia, to areas such as Japan, Australia, Europe and the US. Colombia is up with Vietnam and Brazil as one of the world’s most popular coffee producers, and the country has a reputation as one […]
Of all the misconceptions about Colombia, there is one that seems as though it will always remain pervasive and almost impossible to change; a dark cloud looming over the country that may never be cleared. For decades, Colombians have sought to teach us English-speakers the truth about their country, but to little avail and the […]