Guidebook for Bogotá
Food Scene
Casual, great food, locally sourced, they ferment their own beer and serve the best lamb in town.
60 recommandé par les habitants
Salvo Patria
58-60 Cl. 54aCasual, great food, locally sourced, they ferment their own beer and serve the best lamb in town.
Fun, casual atmosphere, focus on food, local, wholesome ingredients, great drinks. Try the goat cheese salad or make a reservation thursday night to listen to fine salsa music while you dine.
20 recommandé par les habitants
Mesa Franca
5-56 Cl. 61Fun, casual atmosphere, focus on food, local, wholesome ingredients, great drinks. Try the goat cheese salad or make a reservation thursday night to listen to fine salsa music while you dine.
Excellent peruvian cuisine, fine dining, great for dinner. Try the chicharrones, the foie gras raviolis or the ceviches.
9 recommandé par les habitants
Rafael
4-63 Cl. 70Excellent peruvian cuisine, fine dining, great for dinner. Try the chicharrones, the foie gras raviolis or the ceviches.
A casual take of Rafael. Try the octopus and their coconut pisco sour. Ask for a table inside close to the fireplace on a cold night or outside for lunch on a sunny day.
9 recommandé par les habitants
La Despensa
9-95 Cl. 70aA casual take of Rafael. Try the octopus and their coconut pisco sour. Ask for a table inside close to the fireplace on a cold night or outside for lunch on a sunny day.
Also a bakery, great for breakfast. A good place to linger or bring your computer to do some work. Very pleasant atmosphere. For lunch try the pescado Abasto, fresh fish from the Colombian Pacific coast cooked wrapped in plantain leaf and the beet and carrot salad.
27 recommandé par les habitants
Abasto
9-09 Cl. 69aAlso a bakery, great for breakfast. A good place to linger or bring your computer to do some work. Very pleasant atmosphere. For lunch try the pescado Abasto, fresh fish from the Colombian Pacific coast cooked wrapped in plantain leaf and the beet and carrot salad.
Solid, healthy food. Consistent, well sourced, asian-fusion franchise restaurant. Try the yasai chilli gyozas (mixed mushroom dumplings), the wok salad, a curry or pad thai. Lots of exotic drinks and desserts!
112 recommandé par les habitants
WOK
118-75 Av. Cra 19Solid, healthy food. Consistent, well sourced, asian-fusion franchise restaurant. Try the yasai chilli gyozas (mixed mushroom dumplings), the wok salad, a curry or pad thai. Lots of exotic drinks and desserts!
Great ambiance for dinner and drinks. The place hosts a colombian modernist art collection. Try to find a table on the back garden.
CASA Restaurant & Lounge
3607 E Tremont AveGreat ambiance for dinner and drinks. The place hosts a colombian modernist art collection. Try to find a table on the back garden.
Honest, beautiful small bakery with real sourdough bread and all kinds of other pastries.
25 recommandé par les habitants
Árbol del Pan
4-63 Cl. 66 BisHonest, beautiful small bakery with real sourdough bread and all kinds of other pastries.
Essentials
My favorite place in the city. A small grocery store that brings most of their produce from the owners' farm a few hours outside the city. Here you can get most things you need to cook at home. Pastured eggs, chicken, a wide array of fruits and veggies, nuts, cheeses, olives, milks, from specialty foods such as zucchini flowers, rare local colombian apples to aloe vera, artisanal kefir, 90% Terrasana colombian chocolate, etc.
Verdes Del Rosal Hortaliza Organica
5-43 Cl. 68My favorite place in the city. A small grocery store that brings most of their produce from the owners' farm a few hours outside the city. Here you can get most things you need to cook at home. Pastured eggs, chicken, a wide array of fruits and veggies, nuts, cheeses, olives, milks, from specialty foods such as zucchini flowers, rare local colombian apples to aloe vera, artisanal kefir, 90% Terrasana colombian chocolate, etc.
Parks & Nature
This trial is open only in the mornings. Make sure you go before 9am. The hike passes by a beautiful stream and native forest, then through a pine tree forest at the top. You can see stunning views of the city and experience hiking at an altitude of 2900 meters.
66 recommandé par les habitants
Quebrada la vieja
Calle 71This trial is open only in the mornings. Make sure you go before 9am. The hike passes by a beautiful stream and native forest, then through a pine tree forest at the top. You can see stunning views of the city and experience hiking at an altitude of 2900 meters.
Arts & Culture
The space reveals its previous life as a theatre. Today it is a cultural center were all kinds of events go on from theatric performances to different art exhibitions, installations, and workshops. Make sure to check out their program online before heading there.
13 recommandé par les habitants
Espacio Odeon
12C-73 Cra. 5The space reveals its previous life as a theatre. Today it is a cultural center were all kinds of events go on from theatric performances to different art exhibitions, installations, and workshops. Make sure to check out their program online before heading there.
More than an art gallery, Flora provides studios for artists, has a research center and different lectures.
FLORA ars+natura
20C-48 Cl. 77More than an art gallery, Flora provides studios for artists, has a research center and different lectures.
Iconic art gallery in the city. Showcases some of the best established artists in the country.
9 recommandé par les habitants
Galeria La Cometa
94A-25 Carrera 10Iconic art gallery in the city. Showcases some of the best established artists in the country.
An excellent art gallery but what distinguishes it for me is their printmaking workshop. Try calling to see if your visit could include a tour through their workshop.
Two Graphic Art Gallery sextant
75-29 Cra. 14An excellent art gallery but what distinguishes it for me is their printmaking workshop. Try calling to see if your visit could include a tour through their workshop.
A great space. Super fun gallery always exhibiting great work from an array of artists. Highly recommended to go there to begin your local art collection.
SGR Galeria
# 77-55 Ak. 24A great space. Super fun gallery always exhibiting great work from an array of artists. Highly recommended to go there to begin your local art collection.
Excellent gallery proposing more academic perspectives. Ran by four women bringing together their unique experiences in the art world.
Instituto de Visión
#76-74 Cra. 23Excellent gallery proposing more academic perspectives. Ran by four women bringing together their unique experiences in the art world.
Entertainment & Activities
Super fun, hipster movie theatre in an architectural patrimony house towards the center of the city. Their selection of independent films is usually excellent. They also serve food and drinks, and have a cool store on the premises.
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Cine Tonala
35-37 Cra. 6Super fun, hipster movie theatre in an architectural patrimony house towards the center of the city. Their selection of independent films is usually excellent. They also serve food and drinks, and have a cool store on the premises.
Shopping
A boutique selling all kinds of Colombian artisanal products made by people from the various indigenous communities still strong throughout our country. Everything is beautiful and your purchase would support long standing artisanal traditions.
17 recommandé par les habitants
Artesanías de Colombia
13-10 Cl. 86aA boutique selling all kinds of Colombian artisanal products made by people from the various indigenous communities still strong throughout our country. Everything is beautiful and your purchase would support long standing artisanal traditions.