After a heavy night out on the town on Saturday, my girlfriend and I often work off our respective hangovers with a stroll through Usaquen on a Sunday, complete with a nice coffee and lunch. We’ve written about a visit to Usaquen on the Colombia Travel Blog before. It’s a beautiful little village within a city […]
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A woman with long black hair rides a horse along the train tracks which run parallel to the handsome sandstone cliffs. The smell of fire, wet grass and dirt fills the air as hundreds of people gather for the long weekend to escape the city of Bogotá and get lost in time on the cliff […]
We’ve gone relatively Amor y Amistad crazy this week, bringing you a romantic playlist, a place to buy flowers in Bogotá and generally mentioning it whenever we get the chance. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Well, today is no different, because we’re going to bring you 5 great picks for restaurants in Bogotá that will help […]
Hola, I’m Sarah, regular suitcase packer, Salsa addict and the new See Colombia Travel Intern. I’m from Brisbane, Australia, but have been travelling through Colombia since 2006 when I first got to travel to Medellín, the City of Eternal Spring. Now I’m living like a Rolo in Bogotá and have just moved to La Candelaria. […]
El Día de Amor y Amistad is celebrated on the 3rd weekend of September, which the calender-savvy ones among you will have noted is this very weekend. For the uninitiated ones, this is a lot like Valentine’s Day, only has focus on friendship too. So while you might go out for a romantic dinner and […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Today we’re celebrating our dear Coraline’s birthday. Being French, we imagine she’s currently sloshing down some delicious red wine and feasting on exotic cheeses. In reality, she’s probably eating an arepa and having some juice. Either way, it’s a decent way to start a Tuesday. So from all of […]
Bogotá has been called ‘The Athens of South America’ thanks to the wealth of museums and galleries in the city. But art doesn’t stop at the doors of the gallery; Bogotá is a city that lives and breathes art, as is evidenced by the sheer quantity of street art that decorates the city’s streets. –> […]
Sep 10
Colombia Brand’s new image : ” The answer is Colombia”. What do you Think ? / La nueva imagen de Marca Colombia “La Respuesta es Colombia” Que opinas?
Here it is, finally. Colombia’s new country image campaign: “The Answer is Colombia”. The reaction has been mixed, some say is an evolution towards a more modern image that represents Colombia’s growth, some say is a copy of Brazil’s image and that doesn’t represent the country at all. What do you think? , does it […]
Guest posts at the Colombia Travel Blog do not necessarily represent the opinion of our team. In fact, they are often chosen specifically because they offer an alternative perspective and can give rise to interesting debate. Guest authors neither pay nor receive any sort of compensation for their participation. Illustrations and captions are provided by The […]
If you’re a regular reader of our Colombia Travel blog you’ll know that one of our missions in life is to tell the world how amazing Colombia is, and that also involves trying to change some of the naive streotypes that sadly persist about the country. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– We have talked about […]