Entertainment in Bogota

In Bogota there are many different places were people can have fun!

If you like the "Bullfight", you would love this place... La plaza de toros de Bogota or La plaza de Santamaria is situated in la Cra 6 # 26-50... It is administrated by the "corporacion taurina de Bogota"... Once in a year is celebrated de "Fiesta taurina" which is celebrated between the months of January and February, it cunts with some of the most recognized bullfighters around the world.

My experience: I went to see a bullfight with my uncle and i didn't like it... i guess it is because i think that is just so unfair with the bulls, but for people that really enjoy this bullfights, i recommend this beautiful place en the capital of Colombia.


Let's go to Monserrate:

Monserrate is the most beautiful church Colombia has... It is one of the most representative monuments our beautiful city has... Monserrate is a place were people go to pay some favors they asked to God... You can get up to the church by walking, by the cable car or by the Funicular... This beautiful santuary receives millions of people around the year, people come from all around the world...

                                               

 My experience:

The first time i went to Monserrate with my father and mother was when i was like ten years, we went up by the funicular and got down by the cable car, we recommend this place, because it is extremely beautiful and it represents our beautiful city Bogta...

Having fun in Bogota!

In this section we are going to have lots of fun!, we are going to talk about the most amazing themtic parks our beautiful city has:

• Salitre Magico
• Mundo aventura
• Maloka

Let's have some magic adventures in SALITRE MAGICO:

If you want to have you're adrenaline right up in the sky, you should go to  this amazing park, it is located in , this is a park for the whole family, it has many different attractions.

For litthle kids:

• Baby zone
• Mini jet
• Marine bay
• Trencito
• Mini autos
• Gusano Loco

Among others.

For people that like to have the adrenaline right up in the sky:

• Doble Loop
• Barco pirata
• Musik center
• Castillo del terror

Among others...

For the whole family:

•  El Simulador
• Palacio de cristal
• Tornado
• Monstruos Marinos.

Among others...

 My experience in Salitre Magico:

I love to go to Salitre Magico, cause i love to feel adrenaline, the attractions that i like the most are:

• Barco Pirata
• Musik Center
• Castillo del terror.
• Palacio de cristal...

I also think that it is a perfect place because, the whole family can go and have lots of fun, the entrance to the park is really cheap, and is a place were i can have fun and be with my family and friends at the same time.

Let's have some fun in MUNDO AVENTURA:

Have you ever been into this beautiful themtic park? If you don't and you want to know more abou it because, you are unsure to go, stay right there and read this article, because it can be very helpful. 

Mundo aventura is a really amazing park that is located in the south of Bogota. 
Mundo Aventura can offer you:

• Los Tronquitos
• Sky coaster
• X-Treme
• Martillo

 My experience: This is a really good and fun park, going to this park is a plan that my and my family, enjoy a lot, like every fifteen days we go to this park to have fun.So i can recommend this thematic park to a person that wants to have lots of fun.

Let's go to Maloka:

If you want to have fun, but also learn very interesting things about our planet, nature, etc... Maloka is the best park for you.

My experience: Maloka is a very interesting park i love to go because, here i can learn lots of new things, i love to learn new things... if you want to know new things, but you don't like to study this is the park for you.

Article 3 Cinemas

We already mention one of the most amazing cinema places that is Maloka but there are more simple and common cinema places that you can easily find around the city, in this cinema places you will find amazing people who will attend you, confortable chairs, an amazing big screen and delicious food to enjoy youir movies and your time there.

CINE COLOMBIA S.A: You can find this cinemas on certain malls sich as: PortoAlegre, Centro Mayor, Andino, Hacienda Santa Barbara, etc. This is a colombian company that is well known arond the country but basically in Bogota is more common and is easy to find out. In this cinema places the quality of the movies is amazing, you will enjoy alot your visit in this particular cinema place, is really a good activity to go and enjoy with your family or your friends. We hope you this information we just gave you help you and mantain you entertained in Bogota.

On the other hand there is a company called: CINEMARK: It comes from Argentina and it is also a very popular, it has spread around Latin America and here in Colombia is competing with Cine Colombia. You can find this Cinema in some malls too: San Rafael, Atlantis, Plaza Implerial, Floresta, etc. As well as the other cinema here you will have an amazing time,I really prefer this cinema place, I thing the food is better, the people is nicer and is cheaper. Also as the other cinema information we hope you really enjoy this information and you keep entertaind in all the different cinema places around Bogota and in general in all of the entertaining places around Bogota. 

My experience:

I enjoy going to de cinemas very much, and I often go to the cinemas. I think is a very good way to entertain yourself and to have a great time with your family and friends.

I go to the cinemas since I was little, it means grown ups and children can go too and have an amazing time.

I suggest you to go there and have fun, watch an amazing movie and spend a good time. There's a bunch of genres of movies such as comedy, scary movies, drama, musical, bloody, science fiction and some others that you, your friends, little children and every one can enjoy their visit in the cinemas pretty much.

About the videos:
We have a problem with the videos though, the managers and the people who work at the cinemas told us the we could not take videos of the cinemas, we told them that it was for a school proyect but they said those were the rules and that if we wanted to stay in the icnema we must follow them. They are completely right becaouse there are some people that illegally take the videos of the movies and sell them for lower prices. Thank you for your comprehension and understanding, as soon as we take some videos or some information we will post it right here. 

 

Article 2 Cinemas

We already introduce the basic information about the cinemas, now in this article we will mention some examples of different cinemas around Bogota that you will enjoy alot.

Maloka: It is like a thematic park with a wonderfull cinema and we wrote because one of the main atractions is the cinema that is called Cinedomo, here is some information about the CINE DOMO: It is a dome in which very interesting an amazing movies are played,the price is a little bit higher but it totally worth it. It is one of the most amazing cinema places around Bogota, it is very unique and we guarantee that you will have an amazing time with your friends and your family.


My experience:

I have been there a couple of times, I realy enjoy it and you don't only have fun but you learn alot depending on which movie or which activity are going to do. I realy recommend you to visit Maloka and specially the CINE DOMO because you will have a great time and you will remember this experience for a long time.

VIDEOS!!

Here is one that basically is explaning the process in which the movies are played in the cinema of Maloka, we hope you enjoy it alot! Ww took this video from youtube in which they were basically explaining all about the CINEDOMO and how it works around there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vZ5N1Dt5_k

Where you can go?

LOCATIONS!!!!

ARTICLE 1:

There are many places in Bogota that you can visit and enjoy, here we will mention some specific places that when you visit our lovely Bogota you will enjoy it a lot and have an amazing time we hope you enjoy and take good advantage of  the information we will give you.

Usaquen: 

There is the main church that is just next to the main square in which the main events happen, for example in Christmas time there are all the lights and the decoration over there, that's why on special times on the year people go there have dinner, take pictures of the gorgeous lights and enjoy with their families and their friends.

My personal experience about his place is a good one, when I first visited was in christmas time and it was beautiful as the picture of the top shows it. It was gorgeous, all the lights, the little houses, the restaurants, the park, all was amazing and I would totally go back there. 

Here is a link that belongs to a very useful video in which basically explains what a weekend in Bogota is like, taking into account the location we already mention.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsEvnW7v2sE 

ARTICLE 2:

Monserrate

                                  

Monserrate is kind of a hill which is near Bogota's downtown, in front of Guadalupe, the Hill of Guadalupe. It is 3.152 meters high; up there you can find a chuch, some delicious restaurants with some typical food from Bogota and in general from Colombia, bathrooms, a viewer and from there you can see from another point the whole city. There are some stairs, you can go up walking if you prefer, you will get very tired but is a good physical exercice or you can go by the TELEFERICO, which is like a little car but with our wheels and is hanging from a very strong and well made robe that is made of metal I think.


We couldn't upload the videos but obviously we will give you a very important link which belongs to Monserrate's Official web page in which you will find lots of information, the prices, the transportation, restaurants, history, the church, the viewer etc.
http://www.cerromonserrate.com/index.html 

My experience: I've been there with my family laike 3 or 4 times, we went up by the TELEFERICO but we went stairs down, walking all the way, we got very tired but we could see who the view was changing and we did a lot of exercice. We really hope you go meanwhile you are in Bogota, you enjoy the view and have a great time.

Article 3:

 La calera:

This is a very popular place placed around Bogota, is located on a hill, from there you can watch the whole city, is more common that people go there at night because in that way they can go to bars located there, restaurants and the more beautiful: the amazing veiw of our large amazing city. Who enjoy the most this place are the adults but kids also can watch the city and have fun.

Some of the activities you can do there are: Go to the Calera Viewer or Gazebo, which is one of the main reasons to go there, there-as I told you- you can watch the whole city. Another activity which I like a lot re the Hot Springs called : Aguas Termales de la Calera, which is like a pool but the water is mixed with some minerals, salt and mercury which helps to get a better skin, helps to clean it and to relax every muscle of your body. 

We really hope you enjoy this enformation and this section and that you use this information in order to have fun and have an amazing time while you are in Bogota, there are many options and activities and you really should try at least one of all the activities, events and `places around the city!  

Here is a link in which you will find gorgeous pictures and some information about the locations and activities you can do and find in Bogota:

http://www.palmont-ltda.com/fotos/panoramicas/panoramicas.htm 

BOGOTA'S HISTORY

Bogota was build in Bacata that was the center of tribut of the Chibchas that was in a big part of Bogota, Bacata was conquisted by Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada and this man fundate the city on august 6 of 1538.


In this year the city was denominated Bogota. This city was part of the country Nueva Granada, Simon Bolivar took power of the country and he gave the name to the country La Gran Colombia what is now a days Colombia, Ecuador Panama and Venezuela.


Bogota had a slow development because Bogota citizens wanted to conservate the historical part of the city.


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the history of bogota refers tothe history of the are surrounding the colombisn capital city of bogota. the area of modern bogota was first populated by groups of indegenous people that migrated to mesoamerica. among these grouos were the muiscas that settled inwhat is now mainly cundinamarca and boyaca. with the arrival of the spanish colonizers te area became a major settlement, funded by gonzalo jimenez de quesada and later capitak of the spanish provinces. with independence bogota became capital of the gran colombia.

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european setlement of bogota began when gonzalo jimenez de quesada, the knight of el dorado, conquered bacata, the capital of the chibcha indians. on the site he founded the settlement of danta fe de bacata. the spanish settlers soon corrupted the name to bogota. an audenciawas established to rule teh new colony of new granada. the audencia was a tribunal that had both administrative and judicial powers over the colony , but was subordiante to the vicerory of peru.

as the settlement grew over the years,it maintained a large degree of independence due to difficultes of travel between lima an d bogota, in order to influence more control over the colony, spain established  a new viceroyalty, new granada, and bogota became the capital.

Which cinema places can I go in Bogota?

Article 1:

There are many entertainment places around Bogota. For example you can visit and watch an amazing movies in the different cinema places, you will enjoy it alot. In this article we basically mention and explain how the different cinema places work in Bogota, which cinema places you can visit an enjoy, etc.

For example, in Bogota there is a thematic park called Maloka, it is located in Salitre. There is a dome in which the movies are played.

There are cinemas in Iserra, Santafe and many important malls in which there are the most important cinema places. Actually in most of the malls you will find a cinema place so if you are looking for enternainment cinemas and malls are perfect for you, you can watch a movie, then maybe go to a good restaurant, and enjoy your time in Bogota.








MY EXPERIENCE: I go to the different cinemas very often, I like to watch movies alot, and in Bogota there are amazing cinema places in which you can go very easy and often, there are cinemas in almost all the malls and in each important places, zones, avenues, neighborhoods, etc there are malls and with the malls there come the cinema places

Neighborhoods

To begin knowing our beautiful city Bogota, we have to know more about it's neighborhoods.

In each neigborhood we will show you , you are going to see, how Bogota, has evolutioned and you are going to began knowing a little bit about the people, living in our beautiful city... BOGOTA.

In this section we are going to cover:

• La Candelaria.
• El Campin.
• La Calera.
• La Zona Rosa..
• Parque de la 93.

La Candelaria:

La candelaria is the oldest neighborhood of Bogota. It can be called the historical center of Bogota. La Candelaria is located between Calle 7 and Avenida Jimenez de Quesada, and between Carreras 1 and 15. You have to be really careful with everything, as it is a historical place everything is very important and beautiful in this place... La candelaria is very famous because of its colonial houses, This area contains many places worth visiting, including Casa de Poesía Silva , the Palacio de San Carlos , the Casa del Marques de San Jorge , the Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango , the Teatro Colón , and the churches La Candelaria , San Ignacio and Nuestra Señora del Carmen . When you visit this place you would feel like you were in the epoch of the colony, because, some of the streets in la Candelaria are made of rocks, like in the old times, and the houses look really beautiful because they are colonial houses.
Some people say that this houses might have some spirits in them, because they are really old and many different families from different epochs have lived in them. So don`t think it twice and if you visit Bogota don't forget to visit this beautiful and important neighborhood that with it's streets, houses can tell you lots of things about our beautiful city.

El Campin:

El Campin is situated in Avenida Ciudad de Quito, between Calles 53 and 63, This neighborhood receives it's name because of the Campin stadium and coliseum. El campin is a very important neighborhood from Bogota, because, here is situated the stadium "El Campin" which is the biggest stadium in Bogota, here occur the most important soccer matches between different teams. In the coliseum happen many of the most important concerts here in Bogota, In the coliseum have been Demi Lovato, Korn, Gustavo Cerati, Limp Bizkit, among others... Enjoy from different concerts and soccer matches in our coliseum and stadium, we're waiting for you...

La Calera:

This beautiful neighborhood Has the most beautiful discotheques, and restaurants,peolpe like to visit this place, most of the "chivas" go to celebrate in this beautiful neighborhood... From La Calera you can see some spectacular views of Bogota, by day and also by night... If you want to  do exercise and you like to ride a bike you can go on the weekends uphill in La Calera.

La Zona Rosa:

La Zona Rosa is mostly known because of it's nightlife, By the day many people like to shop in the malls that are in La Zona Rosa... some of them could be, Andino, El retiro, Atlantis... People also like to go to the restaurants situated in this neighborhood,It is one of the most expensice neighborhoods in Bogota, It can be called like the high class of Bogota.

Videos and Links (:

In this article of the magazine, we are going to expose you all the beauty of some theaters, libraries and museums of bogota. Here you will find interesting videos and some other links about those wonderfull places.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tw_RrjOClo 

This is a video about the museums, you will enjoy watching it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68phMu3Z-hk

This is a video about the beautiful libraries in bogota.

Theatres in bogota!! (:

Have you been in Cristóbal Colón Theater?

Lets talk about this wonderful place. Cristóbal Colón Theater , it  is a place for art and musical presentations. It is one of the most beautiful theatres in bogota an  in our continent. Many cultural activities are done here .

 Its name is in honor to Cristobal Colon because of the discovery of America. After visiting this place I could see that is was really amazing, You just need to get into it and see all the wonderful things it has for you. This theatre is not only one of the oldest of Bogota, But it is really elegant and many important events were done here. Its rooms have a really colonial style, and it is a huge prove of our culture and architectonic labor.

 Lets go to the Faenza theatre! :)

When I visited this wonderful pace I learned that It is the oldest theatre of films showing in Bogotá. It got its name because it was built inside a factory installations (called Faenza). I could see that the building has a beautiful  influence, of XIX century.

It was inaugurated in 1924, and then it turned into an important cultural place of the capital. Later it was declared National Monument. I agree this is not only a simple theatre, this is sincerely one of the most beautiful and colonial buildings I've ever seen. You must visit it and enjoy! 

Visit the Camarín del Carmen Theater!

Lets learn about this beautiful piece of Bogotá. It is in the centre of Bogotá.I learned, by visitng it that It was built in 1655 and it is a building that had different functions, nowadays the Camarín is used as theater room. It is really big and nice. The perfomances done there are really special, because its rooms are just beautiful, I had a great experience visiting it and I enjoyed it a lot!

There are many places in the city where you could have a very pleasant and quite evening.
If you enjoy theater, shows, ballet, opera, classical music or if you want to watch a good movie, this is a guide of the main places you would like to attend. Visit this wonderful theatres :)

Libraries!! (:

Visit The Luis Angel Arango's Library (:

In this article we are going to talk about the Luis Ángel Arango Library, A nice place to visit, in which you can enjoy reading, watching the museum paintings and eating at its wonderful cafeteria, between other things.  When I was there I learned that It is a public library located in This big city,Bogotá. It was founded in 1923. it has come to be considered to be the most important public library in Latin America.  In addition, there is a Concert Hall, reprography service, a cafeteria and parking lot. If you go there you must visit the The Botero Museum that is part of the library. The main entrance has  really beautiful statue.

There is also a bookstore in the first floor of the library.

You must visit this wonderful place, it is perfect if you want to know information about bogotá. 

 

 

 Lets take a look to Virgilio's Barco Library!

Have you ever seen a library like this one?, I don’t think so, you must know about it. When I went there I could notice that This library is located at the centre of Bogotá, Its strange but really amazing architecture  makes the library does not need artificial light during the day.
The main room has three levels, one for reading, reading rooms, video library, sound library, digital catalogs, Internet and multimedia. Its rooms are just so nice, and it also has An auditorium, music room, exhibition and information on Bogotá. I enjoyed being at the children's room, That has a toy library and workshops, puppet theater.

Besides all of that also it has an outside caffe with an spectacular water mirror, Its food and caffe is really delicious. I spend time in the green zones to relax, Its offer a very interesting option for visitors, because count with full equipment of books and Cumputers.

This library is gorgeous; you must visit it if you come to Bogotá!

Have you ever visited The Julio Mario Santo Domingo Library? :) 

 

Lets talk in this article a little be about this wonderful place. Visiting this library was just amazing, I learned that The Julio Mario Santo Domingo Library, is located in The Parque San José de Bavaria, is not only one of the largest and most modern of the network of libraries of Bogotá, but also of Latin America. It is really close to the school, and it makes the neighbour hood look really  elegant. Its emphasis is in art, books, music and audiovisual material. 

This library offers IT possibilities for people with auditive and visual disabilities, besides that it is really huge, I enjoyed so much visiting it, and it is so full of history and information I was happy to lern. If you come to this wonderful city, you must visit it and ejoy like me.

Backstage!

In this section we will explain you the process that we passed through to make this blog. We went to all the places that you saw on the different articles. We couldn't upload videos because in the computer we were using it was not possible to download videos but here we will write above  a link in which you can find interesting videos about Bogota. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BmsJ2uE7Bo

On the other hand we could go to the different restaurants and take different pictures that show the variety of restaurants, museums, monuments, malls, and different places we went!

Hope you enjoy it alot!

Links

All along the blog we have been writing about Bogota, all of Bogota's aspects. We dont mean to bore you so that's why we did not wrote that much, but you can search for more information in the safe links and webpages we will write above:

http://wikitravel.org/en/Bogot%C3%A1

http://pages.infinit.net/colombia/bogota/

http://www.ladatco.com/COL%20Bogota.htm

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/interesting-facts-about-colombia.html
http://www.unicentrobogota.com/