Colombia · The Capital

Bogotá

The capital that earns your respect before it earns your affection. Then it earns both.

Why Visit

Why visit Bogotá?

Bogotá is not an easy first impression. At 2,600 meters, under a sky that changes every twenty minutes, in a city of eight million people who move with uncommon purpose — it asks something of you before it gives you everything.

Cityscape of Bogotá with the Andes mountains, Colombia

What AURALIS Reveals Here

Beyond the obvious in Bogotá

La Candelaria at the hour when the light hits the colonial facades and there is no one else there. The Gold Museum — not the tour, the conversation with the curator who has spent thirty years understanding what gold meant to the people who made it. The gastronomic scene that Bogotá's chefs have built into one of the most serious in Latin America. The private finca outside the city where the family has been making the same cheese for four generations.

The Gold Museum

Thousands of pre-Hispanic gold artifacts in the historic heart of the city — the world's finest collection of its kind.

Lake Guatavita

The sacred Muisca lake behind the legend of El Dorado, a short journey from the capital.

La Candelaria

Layers of colonial churches, street art and contemporary public spaces that tell the story of the city's continuous reinvention.

Where You'll Stay

The hotels we work with

When To Go

Best time to visit

December through March, and July through August. The dry seasons.

Getting Here

Getting here

El Dorado International Airport. The best-connected airport in Colombia — direct flights from every major US and Canadian gateway.

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