Off2 Colombia Blog - Colombia Travel Guide and Tips

Sometimes living in the city can feel like hard work enough. Clinging on for dear life while trying to maintain your balance on the Transmilenio sure does feel like a work-out, but if you’re taking advantage of the food in Colombia and the nightlife, you’ll want to supplement that with some actual healthy living. Fortunately when you're in Bogota you’ll find plenty of options. Here’s a pick of 5: Ciclovia Ciclovia, Bogota Every Sunday the main roads in Bogota shut down...

Medellin is, without question, one of the most rapidly improving (and improved) cities in South America. Once synonymous with violence, drugs and Pablo Escobar, it's rapidly gained a reputation as one of the most desirable places for an expat to live in Latin America, as well as a must visit city on any itinerary. This post takes you through two days in the 'City of Eternal Spring', though I've no doubt you'll want to stay more. Day 1 Start out your...

Castillo de San Felipe As Colombia's tourism capital, Cartagena has remained one of the safest places in the country for decades. As such, the tourism infrastructure is far more developed, prices are higher and touts are more annoying (and more bilingual). Nonetheless, it's difficult not to be enchanted by the city that plays more like an open-air museum than somewhere people actually live. History surrounds you at every corner. Even as you nestle inside a small cafe to take a break...

Colombia’s culinary scene is rapidly growing and maturing. While basic restaurants still have to raise their game, the mid-to-top end of the scale is emerging onto the international scene with ambition and pride. With growing food scenes, of course, comes restaurants that are just as much about the experience as the food, and there’s nothing quite like the combination of eating and entertainment. Here’s our top 5 picks for unusual restaurants in Colombia: El Cielo, Medellín Shrouded in secrecy, El Cielo...

Finding the best of the LGBT-nightlife in any city can be difficult, but when the city is as big and bustling as Bogota it can get nigh on impossible. I've had many friends complain to me that, on a fleeting visit, they only end up visiting the same old places and don't get to see what the city really has to offer. But, however limited the resources might be online, the gay community in Bogotá is well catered for. From trendy...