Colombia

Traveling

Entry requirements

Passport and visa service

Diplomatic representations

Organizing your trip

Means of transport recommended in town

Maps of urban networks

Maporama
UT Library on line
Mapblast

Means of transport recommended in the rest of the country

Rail companies

Airlines

Traveling by yourself

Recommendation

It is advised to drive carefully (or, even better, to hire a chauffeur). The highway code being not fully respected, the rule of the strongest prevails. It is strongly recommanded not to drive at night. An international driving license is required.

Road maps

Find an itinerary

Visiting

Different forms of tourism

Historical

-Museum of Gold in Bogota
-The Caribbean Sea coasts and San Andres y Providenzia Islands, off Nicaragua

Tourism organizations

Tourism Board

Living conditions

Health and safety

For further information on sanitary conditions

For further information on safety conditions

Emergency numbers

Time difference and climate

Time and time difference

It is %T:%M %A in Bogotá (GMT-5 )

Summer time period

Map of the time zone

Type of climate

For further information

Average annual temperatures and rainfall

Eating

Culinary specialties

The Colombian food is very similar to the Spanish food.
Ajiaco: dish based of marinaded chicken and potatoes.

Drinks

Dietary taboos

There are no food taboos in Colombia.

Paying

Domestic currency

Colombian Peso

ISO Code

COP

To obtain domestic currency

The currency is the Colombian peso, divided into 100 centavos (cents). It is issued in bills of 1,000, 2,000, 5,000 and 10,000 pesos and in coins of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 pesos.

Possible means of payment

Speaking

Official language

Castilian or Spanish.

Other languages spoken

There are still about 70 native languages in Columbia for about 445,000 persons (Paez, wayuu, etc.). Indeed, Columbia is far more interested in Spanish than by retaining other native languages. The legislation of the country wants to increase the value of Spanish and to limit the use of English.

Business language

Spanish, English.

Getting some knowledge

Free translation tools

Babel Fish - Free English-Spanish-English traduction of texts and web pages
Systran - Free French-Spanish-French traduction of texts and web pages
Dictionarios.com - Free Spanish-Catalan-English-French Dictionary

Useful resources

To find an accommodation

To find an apartment

To find a job

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