A few weeks after my arrival to Bogota we took our first trip to Villa de Leyva to celebrate the New Year.
Here in Bogota it’s incredibly common for people to travel outside of the city whenever they get the chance. People often say that the best part about living in Bogota is actually the towns surrounding Bogota. (and I’m beginning to see why)
We went to Villa de Leyva with Rafa’s whole family to celebrate the new year. Here in Colombia it is very common to celebrate the new year with your family (quite different from how we celebrate in the United States).. a tradition that I found to be really nice.
It’s about 3 hours away from Bogota, the only way to get there is by car or bus, but going on a road trip at Colombia turned out to be one of the best experiences. The mountains, the landscape, it was just so beautiful and breath-taking.
In the center of Villa de Leyva you find the enormous Plaza Principal, one of the largest squares in Colombia and all of South America. It is even more impressive if you consider Villa de Leyva’s rather small size with of 16,000 citizens.
Villa de Leyva is filled with so much nature and beauty. When visiting this beautiful town you feel like you’ve taken a step back in time…. but i’ll let the pictures speak for themself .
Pozos Azules:
Vineyard el Marquéz de la Villa
Villa de Leyva:
beautiful shots!
Your pictures are stunning! Colombia looks like a very beautiful place. I hope I can visit one day.
Beautiful trip!
Looks like an amazing trip!
Beautiful photos!
It looks like a lovely place to visit!
your pictures are just gorgeous – they really capture the beauty
You look as if you had a wonderful time here. Columbia is once place I haven’t even thought of ever visiting but it looks lovely so I’ve put it on my bucket list. The countryside looks beautiful and lush over there and it all looks really pretty. I enjoyed reading your blog as I would like to travel more myself so I’m staying tuned to your blog. Thanks for your interesting article.
A beautiful country. I have several Colombian friends who are so friendly. I like to think that every would be like that if I were to visit.
Colombia sounds like a beautiful country. There is so much to see! and your pictures only give a small hint about that!
Looks like a beautiful destination choice. Having spent 6 weeks in Bogota last year I can definitely agree to the statement that the small, warm surrounding towns are the best part of its location.
I love ancient buildings and its architecture you surely had a good time there . The picture of greenery looks really beautiful
Lovely clicks. I love your post
what a lovely little place to spend a weekend! Looks like you had a lot of fun. I would love to go there sometime.
Beautiful! My girlfriend and I are looking for an interesting place to travel this summer and this might actually make the list. Sending to her now to see what she thinks 🙂
Wonderful pictures especially the buildings and the environment. Actually I love all of these. Villa de leyva looks worth visiting. Thanks for sharing it.
I love to visit countries that have such amazing architecture. These buildings are exactly what I would enjoy seeing and exploring.
So there is no national railroad in Colombia?
No there isn’t! So to travel you have to go by car or bus!
Looks like a beautiful destination choice. Having traveled 35 countries, I believe the statement that the small, warm surrounding towns can be the best part of its location.
The mountains, the landscape and the ancient buildings seem to be really beautiful from the pictures
I simply love the architecture of that building. These are beautiful photographs that you took!
Because of your tour to the vineyard, i am convinced that Colombia is worth checking in. I am learning the passion in wine and this would be a good place to visit as well.
So beautiful!
Lovely clicks