martes, 2 de diciembre de 2008

Bogota Capital city of Colombia

Bogotá is the capital city of Colombia, for that reason it is the most important in many outstanding aspects.
Bogotá is an important tourist destination because it has places of amusement, culture, music, history and other typical places that the tourists never forget.
also, Bogotá attracts many foreign people because it reflects all the traditions that Colombia has with its food, plates, celebrations, the music and the folklore in general that represents our culture.
The people can getting around in the different areas of Bogotá, for example you can visitLa Candelaria in the downtown, because is the oldest district of Bogota, here, the residential area is famous for its colonial style houses museums and very important places worth visiting such as San Carlos Palace the Luis Angel Arango Public Library, the Cristobal Colon Theater, the Silva's Poetry House, the Museum of Numismatics, the Marques de San Jorge House, the Quinta de Bolívar, the Fundación Alzate Avendaño and La Candelaria, San Ignacio and Nuestra Señora del Carmen churches.In other hand you will find the most important square of Bogota called La Plaza De Bolivar. It is surrounded by The Capitolio Nacional, the City Hall of Bogotá, the Law Courts, the Museum "20 de Julio", the Main Cathedral of Colombia, and the Nariño Palace (Presidential Palace). others areas how El Parque de la 93 is one of the most exclusive sectors in Bogota Some of the best hotels, restaurants, nightclubs and bars are located in this area, This area is one of the most popular for shopping, eating and clubbing.
In general Bogota has many touristic places; there are many places to visit while in Bogota. Excellent hotels, restaurants, museums, art galleries, concert halls, nightclubs, pubs, bars, amusement parks, sport clubs, stadiums and arenas, ancient churches, and many other very interesting places.
In the topic of the transport, Public transport in Bogota has improved considerably over recent years. Transmilenio is a system of mass transportation that came into operation for thousands of people all over the city. These buses have terminals where people arrive through side bus services called alimentadores. Besides that, there are many other bus services, busetas, colectivos, and taxis. The use of bicycles has been promoted in the last years as an alternative way of transportation. There are many pathways for bicycles within the city.To enter and exit the city there is very good bus service called flotas. Flota provides services to many cities and towns in Colombia. There is also a good train service, but air connections remain the main way to travel. El Dorado International Airport is the most important airport in Bogota and in Colombia. However the transportation in Bogota is perhaps crower than other cities how Cali or Medellin and in the last days this it has been suffering the phenomenon of the insecurity, and the pollution for the garbage and smoke.