What to see in Bogotá

Bogotá highlights

The places you can’t miss. In the app we sort them by day and close to each other.

1. Monserrate

   A hill with a sanctuary, a funicular and views.

2. Gold Museum

   Pre-Hispanic goldwork in the city’s most famous museum.

3. Plaza de Bolívar

   The main square, between the cathedral and colonial buildings.

4. Botero Museum

   Works by Botero and international art.

5. National Museum of Colombia

   History and art in a former prison.

6. Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá

   An underground church in a salt mine.

Day trips from Bogotá

We take you straight to the best-rated tour on GetYourGuide, with its reviews and dates.

• Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá ★ 5.0 (24 reviews)
• Gold Museum ★ 4.8 (741 reviews)
• Graffiti in La Candelaria ★ 4.8 (295 reviews)

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Typical food of Bogotá

The dish you have to try there and how to make it at home, to whet your appetite before the trip (or to go back to Bogotá from your kitchen).

Ajiaco santafereño

Bogotá’s soup: chicken and three kinds of potato with guascas (an Andean herb), served with corn on the cob, cream, capers and avocado. Comforting in the cold of the savannah.

• Serves 6
• 1 h 30 min

Ingredients

• 1 chicken breast and 2 thighs
• 500 g yellow potatoes (papa criolla) or small potatoes
• 500 g white potatoes
• 500 g red potatoes
• 2 corn cobs, in pieces
• 2 spring onions and 2 garlic cloves
• 2 tablespoons of dried guascas (or a handful of oregano and coriander)
• 2 l water
• Cream, capers and avocado to serve
• Salt and pepper

How to make it at home

1. Simmer the chicken with the spring onion, garlic and salt in the water for 30 minutes. Take it out and shred it.
2. Add the sliced white and red potatoes to the broth and simmer for 30 minutes, until they start to break down.
3. Add the yellow potatoes, corn and guascas and simmer for 20 minutes more: the yellow potatoes thicken the soup.
4. Return the chicken and season.
5. Serve with cream, capers and avocado on the side so everyone can add their own.

The trick: Without guascas it doesn’t taste the same: you’ll find them dried in Latin American shops.

Frequently asked questions about Bogotá