Bogota is today the most beautiful city in Latin America -- clean, cultural, cosmopolitan. I'm from France and know many countries in the world and let me tell you, it's difficult to find a city with such cultural richness, friendly and educated people, fantastic restaurants, gorgeous girls, amazing shopping centers, and parks. Don't be afraid of going to Bogota, it's safer than any other city in Latin America and it's definitely worth visiting.
In a recent business trip to South America from Scandinavia I had the opportunity of stop in Colombia for a while. Wonderful country and Bogota is a superb city, lovely weather and exceptional food. Also I was very surprised by the wealth of cultural activities. Cali, Pereira, Manizales, and Cartagena were also a breeze to know. I will come back in a moment to this country. (A notice of advice: The only city to avoid is Medellin. I understand it's a very dangerous place due to the drug gangs that pray mainly on tourists.)
Wow. Medellin is fantastic. The people are very friendly and the city is so beautiful. I never expected to see something like that after seeing all the bad things you see on TV (if you know what I mean). It's better if you know somebody there.
Bogota is a miracle. In a country full of war and corruption, you can find deep places of deep peace.
Medellin has during December a lot of sightseeing. Try the national museum with the famous Botero collection. It is wise to travel through the city with a guide or a friend. Walking in the surrounding moutains is also a pleasure and you can see the city lying down below.
I had three hours between Bogota and NYC flights (coming from Cartagena!). I jumped into a cab and spent 1 1/2 hours in the Museum of Gold... excellent use of time!
Bogota is a wonderful place to visit, great food and the best people. I spent time at La Candelaria, a spanish stlyle neighborhood with good theaters and art galleries. My advice... dinner at Monserrate with a great view of the city, also rent a taxi driver for a whole day... cheaper, funny, and full of surprises.
Bogota is terrible. Bad service, bad people, bad everything!! Just because it's the capital it gets good ratings but that place stinks. Medellin is a lot better than any other place in Colombia. Very friendly people and good, fun parks to go to to take the kids. Adults will enjoy it too.
I recently just got back from Bogota, Colombia with family friends, and I'm only 14! So me and my mom went only to see what Colombia was like on the internet, and to our dissapointment all we got on almost every website was government warnings,, and that Colombia was the kidnapping capitol of the world. And how dangerous and how many kiddnapping there had been. My mom, was definately NOT going to let me go. How could she just let me go without my parents to a foreign, and may I add "dangerous" country?!?!? (and FYI: I have NEVER been out of the country before!). We also found out that there had been almot 3,000 kidnapping of americans 2 years ago!!! (and man, I was freaked out!). But last year there were only about 1,200. And this year (what, its been about 8 months into this year, right??) there have been NO kidnappings of Americans!! This year the crime rate in Colombia has gone far, far down. And I learned that Bogota is pretty safe. Well my parents cracked after talking to some…
Medellin is a great city to check out for a few days. There is loads to do in and outside the city -- like daytrips to Guatape and Santa Fe de Antioquia. Also paragliding is cheap and great.
Bogota … Bogotá is one of the most beautiful cities you can see in Colombia. It has wonderful people, wonderful places to visit, very good restaurants with all kind of food, very good cultural institutions, museums such as the Gold Museum with a beautiful precolumbian gold collection, the National Museum, the Art Museum, the Modern Art Museum, La Quinta de Bolivar, Moserrate Mountain, theaters such as Colon, Jorge Eliecer Gaitan, Moderno, etc. The best Universities such as Los Andes, Javeriana, El Rosario, La Sabana, San Buenaventura, etc., and the most intellectual people in the country. Bogotá has wonderful sport centers such as CampÃn, El Salitre, Simón BolÃvar, etc. The capital of Colombia has bycicle paths and a large plaza where sports competitions and cultural events are held. I could say more beautiful things about Bogotá and Colombia my country, but I think this is enough. Thanks. Gracias. Amo a Colombia!
I´m living in Bogota and I´m very happy because the people here, the food, and everything is really good. And Bogota has a lot of interesting places where you can go and learn a lot about cultures and places. Bogota is the most beautiful city in the world.
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