A festival free-for-all: The best Colombian festivals

[caption id="attachment_27674" align="aligncenter" width="683"] Carnaval de Blancos y negros is just one of the many festivals in the Colombian...

Bogotá Craft Beer Tour: Beer and loathing in La Capital

[caption id="attachment_22181" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The Bogotá Craft Beer Tour has sprung up to cater for those wishing to sample the...

Los Puentes: Colouring a community

[caption id="attachment_22353" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Los Puentes neighbourhood gets a fresh coat of paint. Photo: FTI...

Minuto de Dios: A neighbourhood steeped in history

[caption id="attachment_20944" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá and the Plaza Banderas. Photo: Chris...

Find your Colombian festivals fix

[caption id="attachment_19830" align="aligncenter" width="960"] With so many Colombian festivals happening throughout the year, it can be hard to...

Final Colombian festivals of the year

[caption id="attachment_19044" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Some of the amazing floats on display at the Desfile de Mitos y Leyendas,...

Bogotá buildings: Central to the city’s history

[caption id="attachment_18594" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Two of Bogotá's most iconic buildings, the Torre Colpatria and the Aseguradora del...

The plebiscite – as it happens

[caption id="attachment_18135" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Long queues outside the Unicentro polling station didn't dampen voter turnout for...

Bogotá shopping districts

While not a feature exclusive to this city, Bogotá is awash with streets, and even whole neighbourhoods, where just one item or service, and pretty...

Bachué: block by block

[caption id="attachment_15560" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The uniform Bachué buildings from a distance.[/caption] Chris Erb and Eduardo Cote...