Bogotá
Zona Rosa / Chicó
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Bogotá's upscale northern district — international restaurants, boutique shopping, and the safest area in the city.
The Zona Rosa (centred on the "Zona T" T-shaped pedestrian street at Carrera 13 and Calle 82) and the adjacent Chicó neighbourhood form Bogotá's international quarter: the area where most embassies, international businesses, and the majority of upper-middle-class Colombian families live. The Parque de la 93 — a beautifully maintained public square surrounded by restaurants, cafés, and bars — is the social centre of the district and is one of the finest urban squares in Colombia. The neighbourhood is served by three TransMilenio rapid bus stations and holds the highest concentration of international hotel chains in the city.
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What you gain
- ↑The safest neighbourhood in Bogotá for international visitors — the concentration of embassies, upscale residential buildings, and the local police presence makes the Zona Rosa and Chicó significantly safer than the Candelaria or south of the city. Street crime is rare and Grab/Uber are widely available.
- ↑The Parque de la 93 restaurant circuit is excellent for quality dining without the formality of the most celebrated establishments: Criterión (French-Colombian, one of the most respected fine dining rooms in Bogotá), Andrés DC (the famous Andrés Carne de Res city branch, with its extraordinary multi-storey party restaurant format), and a dozen excellent independent places.
- ↑The W Hotel Bogotá in Chicó has the finest rooftop bar in the city — the WET bar at the top of the tower offers 360-degree views of Bogotá's vast horizontal scale and the eastern Andes, best at sunset on a clear dry-season evening.
What you sacrifice
- ↓The Zona Rosa lacks the cultural and historical depth of the Candelaria — it is a thoroughly modern, international district with limited local character. The shopping is the same international chains that appear in any global city and the atmosphere is less distinctly Colombian than the neighbourhoods south of Calle 72.
- ↓The most expensive accommodation in Bogotá: the international hotel chains (Marriott, Hilton, NH Collection) in the Zona Rosa and Chicó charge rates that reflect the neighbourhood's premium positioning.
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