Restored locomotive hits Bogota tracks
After 44 years Bogotanos caught a glimpse of the newly-restored locomotive number eight, a coal-powered locomotive that has sat in disrepair since 1968 in Colombia’s capital. Turisten, a tourism company…
After 44 years Bogotanos caught a glimpse of the newly-restored locomotive number eight, a coal-powered locomotive that has sat in disrepair since 1968 in Colombia’s capital. Turisten, a tourism company…
The Colombian Navy rescued 16 tourists from a wrecked yacht off the Caribbean coast Tuesday, local media reported. A break in the hull of an Austrian-owned catamaran forced the crew…
Bogota is calling upon its residents to share with the world what they think is special of Colombia’s capital. The public-private Bogota Convention Bureau (BCB) recently launched a “five senses”…
Bogota is one of the few Latin American capital cities that has no metro. Instead, the city has the Transmilenio, a bus rapid transit system, transporting more than 2.4 million…
National Geographic Traveler will release a Colombia travel guide in September in hopes of luring even more visitors to the Andean nation. The book’s author and acclaimed travel writer, Christopher Baker,…
More than 20 Bogota tourist businesses have signed onto “The Code,” a UNICEF-backed initiative that trains employees to spot signs of child prostitution and report it, the city’s highest tourism…
Medellin’s Planetarium was re-inaugurated Thursday and opened to the public after about a year of having closed its doors for a renovation that cost over $4 million. One of the…
Bogota’s Military Museum is a shrine to Colombia’s armed forces, putting on display a host of military relics from the nation’s internal conflict and military campaigns abroad. {japopup type=”image”content=”http://images.travelpod.com/users/alexhuchet/1.1270954518.3.jpg” title=”Bogota’s…
Colombia’s tourism ministry revealed that the Andean nation saw a 5.3% increase in foreign visitors between January and April 2012 compared to the same period last year. The rise continues…