10 Best Photo Spots in Bogotá
Bogotá rewards a camera in almost every direction, from colonial plazas to mountaintop views to a Sunday when the streets themselves become the subject. Here are ten spots worth planning around.
1. Plaza de Bolívar
The Cathedral Primada, the Capitolio Nacional, and the surrounding colonial facades make this the classic wide shot of Bogotá’s historic core, best in morning light before the plaza fills up.
2. Chorro de Quevedo and the graffiti tour route
The legendary founding spot of the city, this small plaza and the surrounding streets carry some of La Candelaria’s best street art, tolerated by the city since a 2011 policy shift.
3. Monserrate
At roughly 3,152 meters, the summit gives a full skyline view of Bogotá below, especially striking at sunrise or sunset when the light comes in low across the city.
4. Museo del Oro’s Muisca Raft
The votive gold raft behind the El Dorado legend is the single most photographed object inside the Gold Museum, though flash photography rules vary, so check before you shoot.
5. Museo Botero
Fernando Botero’s own donated collection, along with pieces by Picasso, Monet, and Dalí, fills a colonial-era building that’s free to enter most days.
6. Usaquén’s Sunday flea market
This northern village-turned-neighborhood fills with market stalls every Sunday, a good source of candid street and portrait shots alongside the produce and crafts.
7. Paloquemao Market
The color of Colombia’s exotic fruit lineup, lulo, feijoa, guanábana, granadilla, mangostino, and uchuva, makes this produce market one of the most visually rewarding stops in the city.
8. Ciclovía, Sunday morning
Every Sunday and holiday, roughly 120 km of streets close to cars from 7am to 2pm, turning normally busy avenues into open space for cyclists and walkers, a genuinely unique Bogotá scene.
9. Quinta de Bolívar
Simón Bolívar’s former residence at the foot of Monserrate has quiet colonial-era gardens and architecture, a calmer contrast to the busier plazas downtown.
10. Jardín Botánico José Celestino Mutis
The botanical garden’s Andean plant collection and quiet paths make for a slower, greener set of shots away from the city center.
A practical note across all of these: book transport through an app or have your hotel call a taxi, since none of these spots are worth reaching by flagging a cab off the street.
Read more: our Bogotá hidden gems guide covers quieter spots for photographers willing to go further off the main route.