Bogota

In the Candelaria district, the Botero Museum Fernando Botero’s distinctive portraits of rotund figures, and the Gold Museum houses 30,000 pieces of pre-Hispanic gold. — Afar Magazine

The huge windows in the beautifully designed Museum of Modern Art create a marvelous sense of spaciousness. — Fodor's

Renovations in 1999 helped preserve this 17th-century Andalusian-style mansion, home of the Museum of Colonial Art. — Fodor's

Now run by the government as a museum... it is a stunner. — Lonely Planet

This large collection, in the same complex as the Museo Botero, is an overview of Colombian art from the colonial period to the present. — Fodor's

Many of El Libertador's personal belongings can be found here. — Frommer's

The museum houses a 6,500-piece collection of pre-Columbian gold coins and other works of art. — Travel + Leisure

Surrounded by stately structures, this square marks the spot where Bogotá was declared the seat of New Granada's colonial government. — Fodor's

This museum is housed in the expansive, Greek-cross-shaped building called El Panóptico (designed as a prison by English architect Thomas Reed in 1874). — Lonely Planet

Past a wall fountain and cafe. It shows changing exhibits, and its auditorium hosts many free events. — Lonely Planet

On the south side of Plaza de Bolívar, beyond the Capitolio Nacional and reached via Carreras 8 or 7, this is Colombia's neoclassical presidential building, where Colombia's leader lives and works. — Lonely Planet

Although dense smog often obscures the skyline, the view of chaotic Bogotá from Monserrate Hill is still breathtaking, and the sunsets are spectacular. — Fodor's

This is the pride and joy of Bogota. — Frommer's

Considered one of the oldest opera houses in the Americas, this masterpiece of baroque architecture...was designed by Italian architect Pietro Cantini and inaugurated in 1895. — Fodor's

Today it displays a large collection of pre-Columbian ceramics. — Fodor's