Bogota, Colombia, is an extraordinary city: it's fascinating, delightful and favored with close ideal climate year round. In any case, Bogota is recently the start. The towns and towns that encompass Bogota are likewise host to mind blowing sights, and give a radical new point of view on Colombia. They additionally offer a casual pace, natural air, and an inviting state of mind.
Furthermore, the Colombianos truly cherish flaunting their towns!
For a speedy trip away, you can't beat a feast at Andres Carne de Res, a sprawling eatery in little Chia, a town situated around 25 miles from downtown Bogota. You'll have more than "only a dinner" at Andres. This place gives a solitary affair, with music, moving, a showy troupe, more embellishing kitsch per square meter than you've at any point seen, and an insane gathering environment. No big surprise it draws clients from all finished South America! The considerable sustenance is only one a player in the experience.
Andres started as a little eatery in Chia around 20 years prior. It now covers a few sections of land, and seats hundreds at any given moment. It's stuffed Thursday through Sunday, so make sure to reserve a spot. Tell your server or server you're new to Colombia and they'll serenade you, at that point wrap you in a "Visitante Ilustre" (Illustrious Visitor) scarf. It's all piece of the show!
A couple of miles not far off past Chia is the residential community of Zipaquira. Despite the fact that it has a stunning court, Zipaquira is best known as the home of the Salt Cathedral, a progression of passages and immense chambers cut from an as yet working salt mine. The church building complex, which incorporates underground shops, a theater and a broad arrangement of salt carvings speaking to the energy of Christ, was as of late named the "Number One Tourist Site" in the country by the Colombian government. Visits start up like clockwork or something like that. Visits in English are accessible, however you may need to sit tight a hour or so for one of the English-talking guides.
A stop in Chiquinquira is likewise suggested. This little town is known as "the Guadalupe of Colombia" on the grounds that the house of God is home to an extraordinary picture of the Virgin Mary. Pioneers from all finished Colombia and South America visit the site every day. Regardless of whether you're an explorer or only a drifter, the church building merits seeing. It is worked of a cream yellow stone that is essentially tremendous, particularly when it's encircled by the rich blue Colombian sky.
Manor de Leyva is a stunningly all around protected pilgrim town, and the legislature of Colombia plans to keep it that way; it was assigned a national landmark in 1954. About six historical centers recount the account of this town, which highlights white-washed frontier homes and cobblestone roads. Those expecting an "outside exhibition hall" - a gathering of dormant structures - are in for a lovely shock. Estate de Leyva is home to a thousand or so occupants, who keep the town lively. It's an awesome place to spend the day - or in the event that you can - a night or two.
Puente de Boyaca (the "Extension of Boyaca") is the site of a standout amongst the most critical occasions in world history. It was here Simon Bolivar and his ragtag troops crushed the strong Spanish Empire, liberating from European run Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Panama. In time, whatever remains of South America would likewise make the most of their opportunity, in no little measure as a result of the courageous occasions that occurred at Puente de Boyaca. Today it is the site of a moving, compositionally satisfying landmark that attracts thousands to praise the endeavors of Bolivar, "The Liberator."
While you're all over the place, make sure to drop in on some other beneficial destinations. In the town of Paipa you'll discover the Pantano de Vargas, another landmark to saints of the freedom. You can likewise stop in for a refreshing, unwinding mudbath at the hot springs, and visit the world-class Casona del Salitre hotel.
