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Trekki Says: Ráquira is know for it's pottery.So you can buy all kinds of pottery everywhere.However, also the whole town has little potteries here and there, sitting in gardens, on market places, on the sidewalk.
parador la candelaria: a peaceful place
cbeaujean Says: lovely,good rooms,flowering patio,quiet.restaurant
Very cheap lunch - comida corriente
MalenaN Says: Before walking around in Raquira we went to a restaurant to eat. It was a cheap eatery and we asked for the comida corriente, which is a set menu of the day. For 3500 pesos (July 2007) we first got a soup then a plate with a piece of meat or chicken (we were asked what we...
MalenaN Says: I visited Ráquira on a daytrip from Villa de Leyva.One of the days in Villa de Leyva I wanted to see several of the sites in the area: El Fósil, Estación Astronómica Muisca (El Infiernito), Convent del Santo Ecce Homo, La Candelaria and Ráquira. To see them all in a day you...
The whole town is a shopping mall
Trekki Says: The whole town of Raquíra is one big shopping center.It does not matter, which shop you choose, they all charge you more or less the same. Any kind of potteries, crude or painted.Wall hangings, mobiles (not the cell phones...) to hang all over your place, ash trays, vases,...
cbeaujean Says: shops where you can buy (and see) a great variety of pottery from kitchen ustensils to indigenous pots.official handicraft center in main square.
Church and main plaza in Raquíra
Trekki Says: The church and it's adjacent houses are colorfully painted, as nearly every building in Raquíra.
if you are tired from walking......
Trekki Says: ... there is almost everywhere a chair or bank or something to rest.Usually in a cute setting, such as here, where you can start conversation with Mr. Pottery :-)
cbeaujean Says: see on the hills a lot of potteries factories...
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Raquíra - where all the pottery is done
Raquíra is a small village, some 20 km north of Villa de Leyva, and it's nation wide known for its exquisite pottery. The whole town is more like a museum, as there are pottery decoration all and...
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known all over the country for its pottery
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