Bogota, D.C.

The Colombian capital is the largest in Colombia and located almost in the center of the country.

Bogota is located high in the Andes Mountains of Colombia, is Colombia's largest city with an estimated population of 7 million. Modern skyscrapers contrast over Spanish colonial houses, museums, and churches.

Today Bogotá is a cosmopolitan city in continuous expansion. It is one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas, not only in Colombia, but also in South America. Its almost 7 million inhabitants include a multitude of immigrants from all over the world, which makes the capital a true microcosm of the nation. Bogotá offers residents and visitors everything that a modem city can give. Cultural activities abound and its enormous selection of restaurants, bars and nightclubs offers all kinds of food and entertainment.

A picturesque city, it is known for its colonial architecture, its collection of pre-Colombian gold art, and its bookshops and splendid colonial churches. It is also a city of futuristic architecture, modern highrises, brilliant museums, and skyscrapers. Bogotá offers visitors everything that a modem city can give including a vibrant and diverse cultural and intellectual life. This amazing mixture of prosperity and poverty, Masseratis and mules, makes it one of the world's most chaotic, fascinating and aggressive metropolises. Tourists that visit Bogotá fall in love with the city, and would like to remain forever there.

Read the NY Times Article on Bogota written on Sept. 15th, 2001.