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Arabic café/restaurant
Carrera 3 No. 13-55
La Candelaria

I’ve yet to eat here but hope that when I do the food is tasty…

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Carrera 3 No. 13-41
La Candelaria

I’ve not eaten here but it looks very cool inside – a large covered courtyard houses the main eating area on both ground floor and balconies, a separate café area offers a less formal setting for a quick snack.

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Guest house
Carrera 3 No.13-14
Private room COP 20,000

Lacks the atmosphere that one might seek in a hostel but is cheap. Ten percent discount offered for month-long stays. Has a communal kitchen but no wifi at time of this post.

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Ley/Exito
Carrera 7 No. 11-30, just north of Plaza de Bolívar

Olímpica
Av. Jiménez No. 4-74
La Candelaria

Olímpica is more expensive and smaller than Ley/Exito on Carrera 7 but more convenient for many hostels

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Carrefour

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Calle 7 No. 13-42
La Candelaria
Empanadas 1,300 COP

My favourite empanada shop based on the fact that they have mentally hot chilli sauces including guacamole ‘pa’ machos’ (for machos). The cheese empanadas, which are close to my heart and possibly heart attack in the future, are the best I’ve found in town. Also sells sandwiches, tacos, burritos etc.

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Money Museum
Calle 11 No. 4-93
La Candelaria
Free entry
Closed Tuesdays

Opening times:
Monday to Saturday 09:00 – 19:00
Sundays and festivals 10:00 – 17:00

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Vegetarian restaurant and products
Avenida Jiménez No. 4-64
La Candelaria
Set meals from 7,000 COP

Usually at least 2 set meals – 3 courses and juice. Also sell vegetarian sausages, burgers and tofu. The food is tasty filling and varies on a daily basis. . Service is fine, nothing special about the atmosphere – more functional that anything else. For a more homely ambience go to Quinua y Amaranto, about 7 blocks away

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Flea market
Carrera 4 with Jiménez
La Candelaria

Sundays and public holidays

From old phones that probably don’t work to billiard balls. There is so much stuff here that will never, ever, get sold. A friend of mine loves this place for clothes and it’s certainly work a look

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Central square of Bogotá’s old town

Plaza de Bolívar is surrounded by the cathedral, Palace of Justice, National Capitol and the Liévano building (the seat of Bogotá’s Mayor)

Free guided tours are given (in Spanish) by the tourist police at 10:00 and 14:00 daily

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Botero Museum
Calle 11 No. 4-41
La Candelaria
Entrance free
Closed Tuesdays

Opening times:
Monday – Saturday 09:00 – 19:00
Sunday and holidays 10:00 – 17:00

123 works of Fernando Botero as well as 85 of international artists including Corot, Renoir, Bonnard, Dalí, Chagall, Beckmann, Delvaux, Giacometti, Picasso, Miró, Bacon y Moore housed in a beautiful colonial building

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