Monument’s History!!!..;D

Bogota is a big city with a lot of history represented in monuments, buildings, and other things that remeber Bogota, Colombia and america's history.Some of this HISTORY MONUMENTS are:

The Plaza de Bolivar that includes some important buildings such as:

• La catedral primada.
• la capilla del sagrario
• capitolio nacional
• El Edificio Liévano sede de la Alcaldía Mayor
• Palacio de justicia
• Casa del Cabildo Ecleasiastico
• Palacio arzobispal

La Candelaria
This is a representative and one of the oldest neightborhood in Bogota, this is like were the city was founded here is the colon theater, luis Angel Arango library, the house of the coin, militar museum, San Carlos Palace and there is a famous street "cajoncito" were you can found tipical santafechocolate.

Plaza de toros Santa Maria
This is an beautiful building were you can enjoy or watch the different events related with bulls, this is the only place were you can see this type od events, during the begining of the year is a fair were you can see people who practice this sport from no t just colombia but from around the world. This was constructed my Santiago Mora an spanish architect.
cerro de monserrate

This one of the viewpoints of the city were you get up to visit its church and also to get somethink to eat in a very good restaurants "Santa clara" & " San Isidro", another representative thing of this viewpoint is the way how you arrive to it, you just have the 2 transportation sistems. One is "Telesferico" that is box that carry you up and down by cables, The other one is the "funicular" that is like a train" were you get tunnels. this a beutiful way to see the city up at 3131 m.

Entertainment in Bogotá (:

I guess you can be now wondering: what about the fun things for the children, or young people like me? Well, there's nothing better than taking a look to 2 places where maybe you and me can have fun and do different activities that are out of your normal schedule.

1. DIVERCITY.

This place is an amazing and revolutionary creation, is a Colombian version of the kids city 'Wannado City' in the United States. Why is it called divercity? Because, there, kids from 4 to 13 years old can have fun pretending to be older, like little adults living in a little city, working at different places, they can pretend to be doctors, detectives, writers, even builders!

It is also something useful for the future of the children who go to Divercity, as they learn how to manage money, going to the bank and having their own credit card and savings account. They can learn how to be responsible and to see what is it like to be a real adult. The funniest part is that everything in this city looks totally real, as if they were in a real city with real shops and hospitals, working with real instruments and, it has even a 'Transmilenio' for the kids size! Isn't that great?

There is something very important, a frequent question every parent asks when getting into this kids city: And what am I going to do in the next 5 hours? Well, if your kid is older than 8, he or she can stay alone or with his or her friends in the city while the parent can go to the 3rd floor, where it is a Dunkin Donuts, Directv Television, Internet and a Pet shop. If they get bored there, they can go along the Santa Fe mall, and they can get in again to pick up his or her child in the schedule that is specially booked in Divercity (10am-3pm) (4-9 pm).

How can they do all this security stuff? They have special computerized bracelets that, by putting them in one of the computers located in every part of the city, you can know in what atraction is your child in, as they register in every atraction with their bracelets at the entrance of each. Divercity is a totally safe place for the children to be in, as in every atraction there are a group of adults who organize them and tell them the instructions of each place. There is no risk, so why don't you let the kids and little people have fun seeing the things they can do at a fiction city that looks real? You just have to take a look at it, is BEAUTIFUL!


2. CUR (CENTRO URBANO DE RECREACIÓN) DE COMPENSAR

In this unbelievable place, you can do practically anything. With advanced technology, you can practice your favorite sports or just have a good time with your family or friends. Why not?

There, you can practice swimming, soccer, mini soccer, bowling, tennis, you can have a library, there's a place for seminars and courses, a jogging track, a skating space, parks for the kids, a garden, green zones, a huge balcony, cafeterias, and even a sinthetic field!
And if this was not enough, it has a spa and a saloon! What does this place not have?

Well, basically, the Urban Recreation Center is a space for the practice of sports, and the using of the free time where you can find formation programs, free practice activities and recreation.

In this recreation center, the thing that, in people's opinion, is the most interesting zone is the bowling one! It is perfectly clean, their instruments are in pretty good conditions, and the computarized scores in each line are just amazing. You just have to have fun while the machine that controls the pins, the ball and the scores does it's work. Take a look with your loved ones to see who can win!

Libraries in Bogota!

Bogota has many libraries you can visit. They are not only full of books and knowledge, they also have art expositions, a mini-library for kids, beautiful graden (surrounding the libraries), internet rooms, free Wi-Fi and other thing you might find interesting. Libraries in Bogota are one of the most ineteresting cultural places, because each library is different, shows a differen story and have a different enviroment. Bogota have libraries arround all bogota, we can chose between public and private libraries. Public libraries are huge and beautiful, everyone can enter and rent book, computer, use the Wi-Fi, or just go to have a good time, free or by a cheap price. The private libraries, are the libraries that belong to the colleges, schools or enterprices, they offer their services to the people who are in the college, school or enterprice. The 4 of the 'mayor' public libraries from Bibored in Bogota are:


-Virgilio Barco;  The library is located  in the center of the city, it is sorrounded by parks and sport-complexes. It is one of the biggest libraries in Bogota. It belongs to Biblio-red. It have places for kids and for adults, it is sorrounded by grass, it also have a cafeteria. It have spaces dedicated to art, theater and music.
The library was inagurated in 2001. People can visit it in this service schedule: On Monday from 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm, from Tuesday to Saturday from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, on Sunday from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm, and it is not open on holydays.The library have one of the most amizing architure design of Bogota. It have water mirrors, people can enjoy spaces in the library and surroundings. It have a circuar structure and it have 3 floors.




-Julio Mario Santo Domigo Library and Cultural Center; it is located in the north part of the city. It was opened in 2010, that means thta it is the newest library. It have different spaces, that are specialized in the different kind of people, for example a room just for kids and another for young and old people to read.
The library has available an internet room, and equipment that allows a video-conferency in an event between four participants that might be in one of the 'big' libraries of Bogota. The Library has 20 places that are available to play video, that can use Blueray technology.In the cultural center the library has 2 theaters, one is bigger than the other. The bigger can have 1250 people inside while the smaller can have 350 people. The security of the Wi-Fi is guaranteed. People can visit it in the same schedule of the Virgilio Barco.




- Library El Tintal Manuel Zapata Olivella; it was opened in 2001, it is located in south-occidental part of the city, its named is in honnor of the most important afrocolombian writer. Since it was opened it have been mos serving to people from Kennedy, Bosa and Fontibon, that are popular neighborhoods in Bogota. It is located in a place is easy to access for the people, because it is very near tothe public ways of transportation. The most importnant thing about this library is that it have been serving for the people (from small kids to old adults) who are handicapped, that makes the library a place that is able for social and communitary meetings. The library is so ecological because it is built in the place where the accient former waste transfer plant was and because it is surrounded by 3 wetlands that are La Vaca, La Chucua del burro y Techo. The schedule is the same as the Vigilio Barco and the Julio Mario Santodomingo.




- Library El Tunal Park; it is located in the south part of Bogota, it is used by the habitants of Tunjuelito, Rafael Uribe Uribe, Ciudad Bolívar, San Cristóbal, Antonio Nariño and Usme, who are people with few economical resources. It is a palce where families can join as a family and enjoy together, it is also a palce where some social aids are made. It is avery important cutural point for el Tunal neighborhood. And as the Tintal library it was opened in the year 2001. It has the same schedule of the other 'mayor' libraries.





Another very important library is teh Luis Angel Arango Library, it isn't par of Biblored, but is is a public libray. It has the most complete collection of books of Latin-America. It was property of the Nation Bank Of Colombia, then it was donated to the people. It helps to the preservation of the Colombian culture. It is located in La Candelaria that is a neighborhood in Bogota's downtown, it was opened in 1958. The schedule is: Mondays -Saturdays from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, Sundays from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, it is not opened on Holydays. You can enter for free.

Sports: "Teaching"

In Bogota people can actually study how to practice in the right way any sport, there are places were specialized teachers give lessons to people interested in sports. the reason why thoes lessons exist is to encourage people to practice sports, like profecional athlets.

In Bogota are some places were people go to learn how to practice some sports, and thoes places can be desinged for just practice the sports or learn the basic things about them, or places desinged for professional practice. Almost all of the sport centes were supported by the goverment  because the goal is to provide all the necesary sources, (materials, uniforms, ect...) so athlets that represent Bogota are ready to "play".

some places were are located those sport centers are :

• Cayetano Cañizares (Cr 80sur N° 40-55)
• Unidad Deportiva El Salitre (Av 68 con cl 63)
• El Tunal (Cl 48B sur con cr 21)
• Complejo Acuático (Cl 63 N° 42-00)
• Meissen (Av 61 con cr 16sur)
• Primero de Mayo (Cl 18Bsur Nº 5-13)
• Jazmín (Dg 2A N° 45A-09)
• San Andrés (Cl 82 N° 101-54)
• Tibabuyes (Cl 139 N° 127C-48)
• Servitá (Cr 7 con cl 165)

http://www.culturarecreacionydeporte.gov.co/portal/node/203#2

Sport Places Arround Bogota:)

Bogota is a city that has very good places where people can have fun, for sports, and work with their fitness. There special places designed for specific sports, there are places that have an special court or place to do different sports, there are also public and private places specialized in sports. 

Some private places for doing sports are clubs, that are places in which only autorized people can go in and they can have a good time. 

A good example of clubs is the Club Del Rancho: this club is a good place for sports, and to have fun. In 'el club del rancho' there are lots of places when you can practice: tennis, golf, swimming, bowling, squash, football, gym, horse riding, and target shooting.

There are lots of public places for sports but we can divide them in 2:

• Payless 
• Cheap
• Expensive

Payless: are all parks in the neighborhoods around bogota and all the bicycle ways that all around the city.

Cheap: there are lots of places in the city in which you have to pay for beeing in places for sports, ussually you have to pay a low price or just the parking lot or the rent of the courts. Those places many times have many things and atractions that are appropiate for sports, that mean that the money that you pay is for buying all the stuff.  

Expensive: the expensive places for sports are more for watching or to participate in a tournament, a good example of it is the Campin Stadium.

Cinemas in Bogotá

As every big city, Bogotá is full of cinemas. All of them are in most of the malls in the city. There are 3 kinds of cinemas, which are Cinecolombia, Cinemark, and Procinal.

CINECOLOMBIA.

Is the most common kind of cinema in Colombia. It's services are wonderful and the most visited malls have one. A really amazing thing about Cinecolombia, is the importance they give to the problems that our planet is having during these last years.

What do they do? Well, easy but helps a lot. They have a special trashcan in each movie room, which has 4 holes: one for the straws, other for the soda caps, another for the glass and the pop corn container and another for the other materials. Isn't that great?

And nothing better than showing you what are some of the movies that Cinecolombia is showing at the moment:

Despicable me(Animated 3D)
The last airbender(3D)
Cats and dogs 2(Animated 3D)
Inception (Action Suspense)
Vampires Suck (Comedy Parody)
The Haunting of Molley Hartley (Horror)

 Here you can have the trailer of 'Vampires Suck', it will make you laugh out loud with it's Twilight saga parody!

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CINEMARK.

With commercials before the movies with a weird cat who teaches you how to behave in the movies while he flirts with a female cat, Cinemark is the second kind of cinemas in Bogotá. You can find it in C.C San Rafael at the norwest, C.C Plaza Imperial, at the Suba locality, C.C Atlantis Plaza at the southeast, and C.C Cafam Floresta at the southwest.

A particular characteristic about Cinemark is that they have  unbelievable sales. If you have the Elite-Gold Card, you can pay your tickets and your food at a really cheap price. If there was a special sale, you could use it and you would get an extra sale with that card! That's just amazing!

And that's not everything, despite the things mentioned before, with your card you can benefit even more, as the card gives you more chances of special promotions that you can only get with the Elite-Gold. From getting free pop corn and 2 sodas presenting your card, until doing your reservations in Internet with the number and the charge of your card!
You just gotta try it at the moment!

Some of the movies showing now:
Wall Street money never sleeps(Dramatic)
The Collector(Horror)
Love Happens(Romantic)
The Expendables (Action)
Partir (Dramatic)

Here you can see the trailer of 'Love Happens', the most beautiful, cute, and romantic movie ever!

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PROCINAL.

Is the less common kind of cinema, as the malls that have one are not so visited. It has small movie rooms. It's advantage is that it has more choices of movies to see, and, although they are small, they are gorgeous because most of them are brand new!

You can find procinal in: Bulevar, Bima, Centro Suba, Portal de la Sabana, Tintal Plaza, Tunal, Unisur, Unicentro Occidente, Diver Plaza Alamos, Palatino, Salitre Plaza and Americas.

Their movies showing at the moment are:
Paranormal Activity 2 (Horror)
The Town (Action)
Eat, Pray, Love (Drama)
Letters to Juliet (Romantic)
From Paris With Love (Action)

Here you can see the trailer of Paranormal Activity 2, a movie to scream in a horrorific voice!

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Festivals & Events ;D

Bogota is The Capital City of Colombia and this is an important center of entertainment with a lot of Festivals and events that are in charged  the IDRD(Instituto Distrital de Recreacion y Deporte). because of the grat activities that this city offers to al public a lot of people from all around the world came to visit this beautiful city and enjoy the lot of entertainment, this shows the talent and beautiful things of Colombian people.

Festivals

Bogata have a lot of festivals that be celebrated throught all the years and are known international, this all show diferent talents and things that colombia have some of this festivals are:

• Festival De Verano:

this fetival is celebrated at the park Simon Bolivar, it is durin the month of sepember it specially celebrates Bogota's birthday and they do all kind of activities. http://www.bogota-dc.com/eventos/festivales/festivalverano.html

• Rock al parque:

This a very famous festival were people from all arround the world came to see it in this festival participate nacional and international rock artist, soem thing that this is a festival for just young or crazy people, but that's not true, you can hear original type of rock and all different subgenres. In this festivals you can see a lot of young people but this is a festival not for young people it isa festival for people who like rock and it is a great opotunity to hear rock in just one city and one festival.  http://www.rockalparque.gov.co/

• Festival de Teatro

This is the festival most known internatinaly it bring every year international companies of arts that bring to Bogota diferent plays with diferrent themes for all the publi and that all people can acces, Fanny Mikei the founder of thsi festival just die a few years ago and now the festival is in her honor to thank for all those years she gave to this special festival that not also Bogota's and Colombian people love the entire world is facsinated with this type of events you can also enjoy the diferent activities this festival provides with all your family and friendshttp://www.festivaldeteatro.com.co/

• Hip-Hop al Parque:

different HIP-HOP artist give concerts for all people who like this type of music. http://www.culturarecreacionydeporte.gov.co/hiphop/

• Jazz al Parque:

This classic and elegant type of music also is heared and liked by a lot of Bogota's people that might like a type of relax hearing their favorite type of music with diferent artists. http://www.culturarecreacionydeporte.gov.co/jazz_al_parque/

• Colombia al Parque:

This is like the meeting in Bogota of  all Colombian regions that bring all their tipical and representatives things, music, food, objects, dances, how do they are used to dress up or wath so they use typycally their expresions, etc.... this is a free event to share and enjoy with family :D http://www.culturarecreacionydeporte.gov.co/colombia_al_parque/

• Salsa al Parque:

Not only the people of Cali hear dance or enjoy salsa music, also the people who live in the capital like thsi type of music and is so famous dancing it hear because hear in bogota you can find people from all colombia this festival brings important salsa dance companies, singers and groups  but you might have to prepare because maybe you can;t stop dancing and i you do your feet are going to hurt you for dancing a lot!!!:p  http://www.culturarecreacionydeporte.gov.co/salsa_al_parque/

• Opera al Parque:

this an elegant type of music that not all people like but in Bogota you find everything and there is also a type of festival in honor of this kind o music with diferents artist.http://www.culturarecreacionydeporte.gov.co/opera_al_parque/

• Danza en la ciudad:

This festival that is celebrated through all the city even in the streets that also is organised by the filarmonica of Bogota that bring internationa, national, and bogota's companies or groups of dance, beautiful to see diferent type of music in just one city.(:http://www.culturarecreacionydeporte.gov.co/portal/node/69

• Festival Artesanal de Navidad

The festival celebrates this special season of the year that is christmas that show and sell diferent type of objects by artist most of them handmade that are representatives for christmast wich is a beautiful and special celebration for all colombian peoplehttp://www.culturarecreacionydeporte.gov.co/portal/node/2526

Museums

Bogota has more 70 museums and art galleries. The most popular museums are loocated in the down-town of the city. The museums are like a representation of modern arts, history and culture of Bogota, Colombia and the world. Allmost all Bogota's museums are able to have school-tours, that is a good way kids learn having a different experience. They are also a good choice for families to have a trip that join they famili together.



Bogota's more popular museums are:

• The Museum Of Gold, which shows the most important prehispanic (prehispanic means everything that was in America before the Europeans' arrive) gold collection. It is showing people expositions that are very expensive, not only because many things are made of gold, but because their historical and cultural value. It shows the roots of Colombia. In the Gold Museum you can learn how prehispanic Colombians lived, all the beliefs, rituals, myths and leyends they had. It is a very recomended option to learn about Colombia's past.

It is located near the park of Santander between the 5th avenue ant the 16th street. You can you from Tuestday to Saturday  from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, and Sundays and holydays form 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The entrace costs 3000 pesos from Tuesday to Saturday and on holydays, it is free on Sundays. It is also free for kisd uder 12 years, people from 60 years on, indians, and schools.

Some gold articles fron The Gold Museum.
Image  taken from:  http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=330908


A gold sculpture, (shown in The Gold Museum) about of Guatavita Leyend.
Image taken from: http://prehistoria.foroactivo.net/historia-de-america-precolombina-f47/la-balsa-muisca-t283.htm

• The Kid's Museum. It is one the kid's favourite museums, the tour arruond the museum teach kids and adults history, science, arts and other important things at the same time they are having fun. The museum was found in 1985 by a private company, it was designed by Billy Goebertus, many things of thos musem is based in other museums around the world. The museum is divided in more or less 5 colour-based parts, it has more that 20 expositions, some of those are: 'Leonardo Da Vinci', 'Dinosaurs','The City', 'Mechanic Physic', and others. The museum is located in a very important cultural becuase it is near the Park Simon Bolivar, the Library Virgilio Barco and a public park used for practicing sports.The exact location is; avenue 60 # 63-27, if you want any information about the museum you can call to (57- 1) 225 75 87, that is the museum's telephone munber.

The logo of the museum at the main door.


The Kid's Museum seen from the air.


Art exposition, to teach kid's good nutritional habits.
All Kid's Museum images taken from: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=265257&langid=5

• The 'Quinta De Bolivar'. It is tour arround one of the houses of the man who gave freedom to Colombia; Simon Bolivar. Babies, kids, teenagers, adults can go to the museum by just a little price, old adults can enter free. The tour consists about showing how Simon Bolivar lived in the house. The museum have an special package for schools, it also have some activities for kids to learn while they are having fun. The 'quinta' still have the original articles and furniture Simon used to have. It is a very nice and beautiful place to laerning more about Colombia's history, because Simon Bolivar was one of the people who gave freedom to Colombia 200 years ago.

The museum is open from Tuestdays to Fridays from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Every Wednesday at 11:00 the museums offers an special tour in inglish, and every las Sunday of the month people can enter free. the entrance costs 3000 pesos for adults, 2000 pesos for students, 1000 pesos for kids from 5 years to 12 years and it is free for seniors. It is located in the 20th street # 2-91 east. any doubt call 336 6419 - 336 6410 - 284 6819 or e-mail quintabolivar@mincultura.gov.co that are museum's official phone number and e-mail adress.

 
Simon's Bolivar living room.
Image taken from: http://www.trivago.es/bogota-85327/museoexposiciongaleria-de-arte/casa-museo-quinta-de-bolivar-161406/foto-i3596521


Simon Bolivar.
Image taken from: http://elbicentenario200.blogspot.com/2010/06/simon-bolivar-el-libertador-procer-que.html

Other very important museums in Bogota are:

• Bogota's Modern Art Museum (MAMBO). The museum was created in 1955, but started to work in 1963. It helps to spread and to motivate modern and contemporary arts in Bogota and in all Colombia. Empositions in the MAMBO can be very varied, for example about and specific topic or period of history, can be collective or indivual, ect.
• The National Museum, it shows temporary art expostions, the history of this museum is very ineteresting, bescause in the accient Colombia it was a jail. It shows history and culture from all the world trought art.
• The Botero's Museum. It shows by a guided tour, to the public some of the most important paintings and scuptures of this colombian artist.
• The Art Museum from the National Bank.
• Maloka, it is a place where kids, adults and teenagers can learn many interesting things about science and technologies by having fun; playing games, watching movies in a giant domo or trying crazy but safe experiments.
• And many many others!

Neighborhoods in Bogotá!

As you know, every ciry is divided in neighborhoods. In this article you will be able to see the 4 most recognized neighborhoods of the city, which are: Santa Ana, Cedritos, Ciudad Salitre and Normandia II

Santa Ana (:

Here in Santa Ana, you will be able to find lots of entertainment. Malls like Santa Ana or Hacienda Santa Barbara, the places beside the 7th Avenue and lots of residential complexes from 8-floored to 18-floored buildings, which can amaze you with the loft style that the facades have. Near Hacienda Santa Barbara mall, there's a locality in the east mountains which is called Usaquén. In this beautiful locality that is considered as a national place, you can find what is called in spanish ''mercado de las pulgas'' which is like a lot of people selling particular things on the street; things that can be from the colombian culture, or jewerly, or even paintings! And, off course, there are lots of unique restaurants up there. The most recommended ones are ''La Rosconería'', ''Tinaja y Tizón'' and ''Shamua''.

Cedritos

Cedritos neighborhood is located in the north of Bogota from ST151 to ST 140-9 avenue until the 19 avenue, in this neihborhood is located the Cedritos Mall, in this neighborhood you can found a beautiful place in witsh people still live in houses but you also can find huge buildings, and you can be sure that you'll find many options of restaurants(Calivea, Compañia del Sabor...) , Super Markets (Carulla, Olimpica...), and health centers. In Cedritos you also can found some schools (Liceo Cerbantes, Rochister...).

This Neighborhood is located in the Usaquen Locality, in this neighbor hood you can also found all sundays in the 9 avenue the "ciclo via" that is when cars can´t pass throu the avenue so people can go out to walk , ride bycikle, skate or do eny kind of sports.

    

Normandia

This neighborhood ubicated at the western of Bogota in the locality of Engativa

, is a residencial and comercial neightborhood with old but beautiful and big houses that most of them are remodeled. there are just a few apartment buildings, near this is"El Dorado Airpot", and "Puente Aereo Airport" this are like the most important nacional and international airport of Colombia and of course of Bogota. Near this are important malls such as Gran Estacion and Salitre Plaza, the natural and Botanic Park "Jardin Botanico",

 

This near are the neightborhoods Santa Cecilia, Salitre modelia,etc. In Normandia You will find a lot of restaurants that are cheap and have good food.

restaurant: Corral

Corral is a Colombian hamburger restaurant (fast food), that started in 1983, in Bogota, Colombia. the idea of El Corral is that is like eny food made in home with the same love and with the same time that's why the simbol phrase is "la receta original".

Some years after the creation of 'El Corral' it was created 'El Corral gurmet', the difference beetween both of them is that 'El corral gurmet' has more variety in the menu, and the servise is like in a normal restaurant, not like in a fast food restaurant. decoration in 'El corral' is amazing and that makes people feel in a very cool plase to be, all surrounded by drawings of famous people. 'El Corral' has expanded sience the first moment it was created. now days it's all around Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Chile.   

Crepes & Waffles

Crepes & Waffles is one of the most popular restaurants around Colombia because of the delicious food and the good decoration that makes people want to stay longer. Crepes & Waffles is also reconised because all employees are women, without counting the 2 employers.

Crepes & Waffles is a restaurant that started in a little place, but with a big dream, a dream from to young boys that belived in them selves and started with a very informal restaurant in 1980. Two years later the menu improved and a new Crepes & Waffles opened and it became a famous place in the businessman world. After some years the restauran expand all around latin america.

Now days Crepes & Waffles restaurant have lots of variety in food, drinks, meals, and ice creams, we can found al kinds of food, for all moments (breakfast, snack, lunch, dinner), for all tastes, and for all kind of people. It's also reconised as one of the most important restaurants/companies that help women and 100% Colombian.

Theaters: All over Bogotá (:

If you like the arts and the corporal expression, I guess you would love to meet all those amazing theaters that this beautiful city has. The most famous and beautiful theaters will be filling this articles, like The Christopher Colombus Theater (Teatro Cristóbal Colón) or the Bellas Artes Theater, or maybe a smaller one but not less important, the Patria Theater! So fill your head with this amazing theaters.

Teatro Cristóbal Colón

The Teatro Colón is the most famous and important theater in Bogotá and probably in Colombia. Do you know why? It is very old! In fact, it is a National Monument since 1975, that was built in the year 1885. This Gorgeous theater is a stage of the development of the eschenic and musical arts. It is very famous because of it's beautiful italian style in America.

It's facade has an italian renaissance style, while it's interior can leave you with your mouth widely opened with it's baroque characteristics. The main hall includes the stage, the horseshoe-shaped auditorium and chairs. Great artists have passed and have carried out national and international presentations of huge artistic value in this main room.

Capacity: 908 seats, distributed in the following way:- Luneta: 326 seats
- Boxes class: 120 seats
- Boxes second level: 120 seats
- Boxes third level: 120 seats
- Balcony number: 50 seats
- General Balcony: 150 seats

 This theater is not just that! There are more halls that you would love to see. Another one is the Victor Mallarino hall, which has the capacity of 120 people and it is now a wonderful space for the promotion of the products of the different Schools and Programs that are performing Bogotá and other cities. 

The last place that this huge theater has is called the Foyer Room. This hall is located on the second level of the Theater. In this beautiful room, the architecture and the ornamentation of the doors, windows and walls are the hightlighting of the place. It is just perfect for conducted music concerts with small orchestras and recitals.

Capacity: 150-200 people

Teatro de Bellas Artes.

''The Teatro de Bellas Artes de Bogotá is the stage to percieve, hear, think, theorize, learn and create. Everything comes alive in two spaces: Our scene and behind the scenes'', Fanny Mickey said in 2008, when the press was interviewing her when this modern theater was inaugurated.

Well, this can give us a great first idea about what the theater proposes!The new Teatro de Bellas Artes de Bogotá is located in the 68th avenue # 90-88. It invites you to see different dance scenes that Cafam is offering to Bogotá. It opened in March 2008 with the International Theatre Festival.

It has 1006 seats located in the most tehnological space in the entire South America. Take the opportunity to meet thiswonderful theater, fall in love with it and visit it from now on to see plays, opera, zarzuela and a thousand more shows! The Bellas Artes is waiting for you to be delighted with this incredible shows, showing corporal expression and tons of pure art.

Teatro Patria.
This theater belongs to the national forces, who are located just beside the Patria Theater. A few months ago, this patriotic theater was remodelated and reinaugurated for all public. In there, plays, humoristic events and folcloric presentations are made. It is located in the 7th avenue # 106 - 00. This pictures are the 'before' and 'after'!

Restaurants Around Bogota

In Bogota there are many restaurants and they have their own style. Every restaurant has personality and the decoration makes them good places to stay for a meal or a dinner, the decoration also makes the restaurants become special for people, they become famous.

Off course the most important thing about restaurants is food, each restaurant is specialized in some kinds of food. If you want to know what kind of food a restaurant have, you may know, that all restaurants have menus and in them you can found the food that is serve in the restaurant.

there are meny kinds of restaurants: Fast food, Cafeterias, Bars, Gurmets, Clasical, Colombian, and from other parts of the world, and if you like food you'll try them all.