Colombia - Bogota (PDF Chapter)

This is the Bogotá chapter from Lonely Planet’s Colombia guidebook.

Bogotá is Colombia’s beating heart, an engaging and vibrant capital cradled by chilly Andean peaks and steeped in sophisticated urban cool. The city’s cultural epicenter is La Candelaria, the cobbled historic downtown to which most travelers gravitate.

• ponder Colombia’s El Dorado myths at the Museo del Oro, one of the continent’s top mu-seums
• maps
• step through the looking glass into the surreal nightlife world at Andrés Carne de Res
• transport
• trek up the Cerro de Monserrate, the towering symbol of Bogotá, with the Sunday pil-grims
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: History, Sights, Activities, Courses, Tours, Festivals & Events, Sleeping, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, Around Bogotá.