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BOGOTÁ INFORMATION
WEATHER
Savannah has an average temperature of 14 ° C , which can range from 9 to 22 ° C. The dry and rainy seasons alternate throughout the year.
The driest months are December, January , February and March ; the wettest April, May , September, October and November. June and July are usually of little rain and August sun and strong winds.
The regularity of these conditions is highly variable due to El Niño and La Niña , which occur in the Pacific Rim and produce very strong climate changes.
TRANSPORTATION
Bogota has two air terminals : El Dorado International Airport , for domestic and international traffic , served by two passenger terminals and two cargo , and the Private Guaymaral Airport , which serves small aircraft. For mass transit has the TransMilenio system : a network of articulated buses with dozens of stations along six major routes . In their portals or terminal stations hundreds of feeder buses arrive from areas far from the main roads.
Similarly, both in commercial and central areas , and the periphery , several thousand buses, vans , buses and taxis complete the offer mass transit.
Much of intercity buses and taxis depart from Bogota Transportation Terminal , strategically located in the center - west of the city.
The entrance to the city is by the El Dorado International Airport , where 65 % of the operations of the country is concentrated . There approaches , connections, arrivals, transit flights and all procedures related to entering and leaving the country are made. The modules for office to passengers on domestic and international flights are on the first floor . There are also counters purchasing tickets, reservations , check-in, immigration and customs. On the second floor are information services , screens arrival and departure of flights, waiting rooms , travel agencies , drug stores , restaurants and cafes , bookshops and crafts . Telecom has an office where you can make national and international calls and also offers fax and Internet . Public telephones , ATMs and several Duty Free where you can purchase a variety of duty-free.
Both in the arrival of passengers on domestic and international flights , visitors can find tourist information and hotel reservations, taxis and offices where the jerk can request the ticket containing the equivalent fee to travel to perform.
Phone. 425 1000
Airlift Bogota
It is an air terminal adjacent to El Dorado International Airport with spacious roads, where domestic flights of Alianza Summa ( Avianca and Sam) operating in six ( 6) destinations and as many origins , namely : Cali Medellin, Barranquilla , Cartagena, Pereira and Barrancabermeja.
Provides complementary services such as:
• Service telephone booths with local, national and international calls
• Dispenser cards of different denominations for cell phone
• Service Taxi Cabs
• Parking boxes of internal payment
• Lounges
• Equipajeros
• ATH ATMs and SERVIBANCA ( accept international credit and debit cards )
• Fast food restaurants
• Gift Shop
• library
Phone. 425 1000 ext. 3218
Website: www.eldorado.aero
LAND TRANSPORT TERMINAL
It is located to the west of the city, near Ciudad Salitre and is the point from where everything comes from and where transport routes of national land and buses that lead to different destinations in South America arrives. Five different colored modules organize the service by destination.
Modules
•No. 1 Yellow: South of the country.
•No. 2 Blue: East and West.
•No. 3 Red: Pathways to the north and destinations to South America.
•No. 4 Green: Service interdepartmental taxis.
•No. 5 Purple: Arrival of passengers and boarding of taxis and urban service vehicles . This module offices receiving and sending of packages are located in all cities of the country.
It is recommended to locate at this exit the taxi office where you can request a ticket that specifies the value of the service , according to the route made by the visitor. Inside the terminal there are a variety of restaurants, cafes, tobacco shops , drug stores and ATMs. There are offices from where you can make national and international calls and also features fax and Internet . The tour desk is located in Module 5 , Local 127. There can also make your hotel reservations.
Informaticion:
www.terminaldetransporte.gov.co
TURISTREN
Savannah Tourist Train A tourist train with an old steam locomotive flows through the savanna populations weekends . Information and reservations: 6 17 03 00 - 3 75 05 57 y 3 75 05 58
TAXI SERVICE
In Bogota taxis tourism and urban, intermunicipal and interdepartmental public service. The cost of the service within the city is very affordable and of good quality. The cab can also be hired for hours. It is preferable to take taxis serving the hotels or request the service by phone . It is advisable not to take taxis on the street, particularly at night . Inside the taxi, in a visible place for the passenger , should be an identification of both the vehicle and the driver and a chart indicating the rates by dialing meter units with its respective equivalent in pesos ( $) . Transfers to and from the airport, the services provided during the night and holidays and those requested by phone , have a surcharge . Travel outside the city limits are an authorized charge.
RENT A CAR
In the city you can be found through the phone book several car rental agencies . To access this service you must carry an international license , passport and credit card.
CYCLE ROUTES
On Sundays and holidays, between 7:00 am and 2:00 pm, 121 kilometers of the main roads of Bogota become bikeways, walkways where only circulate bikes, skates or just people in walkers, is a model program South America.
The cycle path has become the most important recreational activity and sport recreation of the inhabitants of Bogota, to gather on Sundays and holidays between two and three million citizens.
The program uses major road axes of the city, making it possible through it completely from north to south and from east to west. It aims to promote coexistence, integration and proper use of public space, as well as sensitize the inhabitants of Bogotá regarding the use of leisure time, generate values of healthy living and create ownership of the city without any discrimination religious, racial, social or cultural. As a complement to program multiple activities recreational, cultural and sporting interest are developed.
His travels include parks, public spaces and historical and environmental value tourist sites. The system seeks to spread the use of bicycles as an alternative means of transport contribute to road congestion, integrating the use of the mass transit system Transmilenio and connecting areas of labor, academic, cultural and recreational activity. Complementing includes signage programs, information, education and consultation with the community.
For more information see page www.idrd.gov.co
TRANSMILENIO Y SITP
The Transmilenio is a mass transit system that was implemented in Bogotá in early January 2001 , the system began running red articulated buses consisting of two bodies connected by a bellows.
For its mobilization have lanes through the city with 80 routes down the street , the trunk of Caracas and Autopista del Norte Avenue Suba, NQS (Avenida Carrera 30 ) and Avenue of the Americas There are three types of stations : Stations portals Header , located at the beginning and end of the routes. Intermediate stations at major intersections . Simple stations approximately every 500 m along the routes. Capacity: 180 passengers ( 46 seated and 114 standing).
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To use a card system where you can recharge your passages with the corresponding value in Colombian pesos as when handled ; either peak or off-peak time . more information in:
SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS
Bogota is a very safe city , but as in any big city has places where a tourist should take precautions ; therefore we suggest you follow these recommendations . If you'll take a taxi of preference by phone with emperesas that provide this service or through virtual platform applications such as Easy Taxi ; (see) www.easytaxi.com.com or Uber, (see) https://www.uber.com/es/cities/bogota
Which they have contact details of drivers providing more security and reliability to tourists.
Please wear your document and passport iodentificación always and everywhere which can be in a laminated copy so that it does not deteriorate easily. Leave the original in a safe place or safe Hiotel where you stay .
Preferably pay with your credit card commercial estableciomientos Dondee aeptn them. In Bogota and Colombia there any odds restriction to carry cash.
If you need to change money from their original Colombian peso coin , you can go to the houses of ubicads change in shopping centers. If you need further guidance please contact us to orient in the respective process .
If you have a security problem you can contact the No 112 or 195 which are of immediate response to the bench of the National Police of Colombia.
All members of the police people , tourists and guidance to users of the mass transit system are properly identified ; we invite you to consult the following website to learn how to recognize them.
We invite you to consult the following PDF document issued by the Mayor of Bogota ity.
http://www.bogotaturismo.gov.co/sites/default/files/guia_de_seguridad.pdf
Before traveling to Bogota ( Colombia ) , from your city or country of origin; first consult online all the data required according to your travel plan . If you need our collaboration; We are very happy ready to provide the relevant assistance to provide peace and security in their stay or residence in Colombia.
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