markets

7 great markets in Bogotá [Updated 2025]

July 23, 2016 // 12 Comments

There are a number of markets in Bogotá which are worth visiting. If you’re staying in Bogotá for a while, you–or your family and friends who are visiting–will want to do some souvenir shopping at some point. Or you might have developed an obsession with Wayuu mochilas and regularly scout the markets for the prettiest new designs.. (ahem.. 🙂 ). Before [more]

How to survive the Colombian markets – shopping tips

January 1, 2014 // 0 Comments

In Colombian markets, whether these be indoors, outdoors or people selling on the street, mastering the art of negotiation is essential if you want to pay a fair (or perhaps less unfair) price for goods. A typical market stall in Bogota First things first: you either need to learn the numbers from 1 – 1000 in Spanish (not as difficult as it sounds) so that [more]