In downtown La Candelaria, several architectural highlights such as Catedral Primada, Museo del Oro and Teatro Colon are situated. Besides, visits to Monserrate Church (offers a panoramic view of the city), Simon Bolivar Metropolitan Park (used for kite flying, a national tradition) and Gold Museum (housing the biggest gold handicraft collection anywhere) are recommended.

Bogota hosts the Iberoamerican Theatre Festival, the largest of its kind in the world, biennially in April. More regularly—every Sunday and holidays—Ciclovias are held, peppering over 120km of Bogota’s main streets with hundreds of cyclists. For the seekers of a more visceral experience, the Plaza SantaMaria holds bullfights during January-February.

Food and dance, the two obsessions of Colombians, join hands at Andre Carne de Res. Bogota is peppered with many good bars and discos, most of which are located in Zona Rosa.

Barranquilla and the areas surrounding it proffer an embarrassment of riches. Be it plopping into 200 metres of mud of Volcan el Lodo del Totumo or driving down to Cartag...

Between Christmas and the new year, the Cali Fair takes place, highlighted by myriad street activities. Around the same time, the Bullfighting Festival, a land...