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Colourful ... street theatre performance in the Plaza de Bolivar in Bogata.

Colombia

Twenty reasons to visit Bogota

Steve McKenna singles out Zipaquira cathedral - an extraordinary underground church chiselled into a saltmine - as one of the top drawcards of the Colombian capital.

Colombia

A city reclaimed

With the drug wars of the 1990s behind it, Bogota is bursting with creativity, writes Vicky Baker.

South America

Hot times in old towns

Bogota rushes, Cartagena reclines, yet both Colombia's mountain-hugged capital and her beachside city of sun make for a heady combination, writes Andrew Taylor.

Map of Bogota

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No kidding on long-haul flights

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