What to do in Bogota?

Known as the South American Athens, the city of music and sometimes called a paradise for the gastronomy, Bogota is the capital city of Colombia and has many faces awaiting for you to discover them. If you want to know more about the city, check the next information and learn Spanish in Spanish school Bogota.

Arriving at Bogota

Bogota is the usual city to get into Colombia for tourists, this is because the International Airport el Dorado is located there. The capital city has the greatest airways with countries and other cities from Colombia. There’s a lot of flies every day and at good cost, you can even learn how to negotiate in our clases de español at one of the best language schools in the zone: Spanish school Bogota.

The airport its 12 km away from the city, if you’re lucky you can arrive to the city in 30 minutes approximately, but that’s only if you’re lucky, because the traffic in the city its chaotic, and easily you can make an hour and a half.

From the airport you can arrive to the city by public transport, taxi or an executive transport like apps. The combination and frequency of the bus called Transmilenio it’s wide. It’s a very cheap transport and perfect if you stay close to some bus stop.

About the taxi, the system its comfortable and fast. You should go to the window, ask for the destiny and they will give you a ticket with the cost of the ride. The cost it’s usually cheap, but if you don’t want to complicate yourself with all this process, you can easily ask for a private or executive transport to visit many places and go to the Spanish school Bogota.

Transport in Bogota

The traffic in Bogota it’s an authentic chaos, but there’s a lot of transport that you can use to move in the city.

Taxi in Bogota

Uber and other apps of private transport are one of the best solutions for tourists, in Colombia works better because it’s cheaper than the usual Taxi, and safer. If you use the traditional taxi, make sure to ask for this service in your hotel or some touristic place, like in a restaurant or museum, this is a good recommendation for your safety. Speaking Spanish in Colombia will allow you to transmit the right message and communicate correctly when you need to; for this reason we recommend you to take cursos de español.

Transmilenio

This is the name of the buses from Bogota, and its one of the biggest line of transport in the city. There are different types of transport: corriente, expreso and superexpreso. The advantage for this transport is that counts with an exclusive track. It’s a good way to know the city and spend less.

Accommodation in Bogota

One of the best things about travel to Colombia is that the level of life it’s very cheap, even the accommodation. Is not hard to find very good options in less than 20 USD (or less) per night.

What to do in Bogota

Below you can find the best places to visit while you’re in Bogota and learn the language with our Spanish Courses.

Climb the Cerro de Monserrate

The views from the Cerro de Monserrate are amazing. One can’t imagine the size of this big capital cities until you see them from the sky, and that’s the point of el Cerro de Montserrate with 3.1 km of height.

You can climb the Cerro, or get to the top by cable car.

Schedule: from Monday to Saturday 6:30 – 23:30; Sundays 5:30 – 18:30
Fee: 3 – 6 USD round trip in cable car.

Alleys in downtown

This city has nothing to do with the Colombian cities like Medellin. Bogota has a lot to discover, and one of the best way of do it, it’s by walking for some of the most iconic streets, like the 10 street or 11 street. The historic center has its maximum exponent in the neighborhood of la Candelaria with narrow and leaning streets, with colonial houses of color. Learn more about the architecture and history of these places with our cursos de español.

Visit the Gold’s Museum

The Gold’s Museum it’s an imperative plan to do in Colombia. The entry its cheap and with the different levels in the building, you can discover the past of the ancient pre-Columbian civilizations, and the legend of El Dorado. All of this thanks to the golden pieces (a collection of more than 30,000 pieces).

Schedule: Tuesday to Saturday from 9:00 to 18:00; Sundays and festive days from 10:00 to 16:00
Fee: 1 USD approx.

Walk by the Plaza de Bolívar

One of the best places in the city. This giant square like most of the big cities in Latin-American, full of life and beauty. The monument that highlights over all the others is the Cathedral Primada de Colombia, a big temple of neoclassical style from the XVIII century. But this is not the only place to visit, we have the Capitolio Nacional, the Palacio de Justicia and the Ayuntamiento.