Cartagena, like many other Colombian cities, moves to its own rhythm with rickety carts serving as their informal food stalls or for moving heavy materials.
Bogotá’s Séptima is an obligatory stroll down memory lane, layered by architectural disorder within an urban context.
In Colombia, the road most traveled is also the one with the best pit stops and service stations. If inclined to tour the countryside here, four recommendations.
Our Bogota? street reporter par excelence travels the open road to Huila and discovers a genuine Colombian experience, tinted with Kerouacian nostalgia.
The international recognition of “Remando por la Paz” on the rafting circuit gives ex-FARC combatants employment opportunities in sports and eco-tourism.
The Parque de la Independencia and environs express the quirky, offbeat street culture of the capital. Take a walk!
The improved security situation across Colombia is presenting many with the option of living in smaller cities, and that offer good quality of life and new-found business opportunities.
Hiking in high altitude near Laguna de Tota, lots of colonials haciendas, and ruana shopping in Nobsa are some of the attractions of visiting the Valley of Sogamoso.
Our expert street guide Jimmy Weiskopf continues his exploits in one of Bogotá’s less frequented districts for tourists, but with a fascinating past: Los Mártires.
As the country celebrates 200 years of Independence, The City Paper follows the trail of the Liberator from Tame in Arauca, through Casanare, and into the mountains of Boyaca?.
With the return of rainfall to Los Llanos Orientales, the natural wonder of Caño Cristales reopens to tourism, but with strict environmental regulations.
The Río Caquetá is home to some of the largest catfish of the Orionco and Amazon basins, and important food source for the communities of Huitoto who inhabit the region.
Antique dealers, boutique retailers and plenty of gaudy home furnishings are fixtures of walking in La Cabrera and El Retiro.
Camping is a cost-efficient way of exploring a country and Colombia has plenty of spectacular sites for an activity that is growing in popularity.
Despite the improved security situation of the country for visitors, the UK’s FCO still advises against travel to Colombia.
The challenge for many remote communities in Colombia is to better understand the true nature of tourism in order to protect their livelihoods.