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You're likely to arrive in Bogota by air (it's not too safe to drive around Colombia great distances) at El Dorado International Airport, which is on the western edge of the city around 30 minutes from the northern part of the city where most visitors will stay. When you leave the country, there is a departure tax as well that must be paid in cash.
To get into town, I recommend taking a taxi and buying your ticket from the official taxi stand just outside the main entrance of the airport and to the right. A ride into downtown cost me about 10 USD (paid in Colombian Pesos, of course).
The national airline is Avianca and it's been flying as such since 1919, making it the second oldest airline in the world behind KLM. The main operations are held out of El Dorado, so making travel arrangements from here is easy, but there are many tour operators in the city if you prefer to do it there.
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 El Dorado by nhoolb
Check my Colombia travel page, transportation by airplane, for latest info. Updated January 2009. Theme: Airplane
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Airlines serving El Dorado International Airport are:
-Avianca and ACES (Colombia) -
-Aerolineas Argentinas (Argentina) -
-Aeropostal (Venezuela) -
-Air France (France) -
-Alitalia (Italy) -
-American Airlines (USA) -
-Aserca (Venezuela) -
-British Airways (UK) -
-Continental Airlines (USA) -
-Copa (Panama) -
-Iberia (Spain) -
-Lufthansa (Germany) -
-Varig (Brasil) -
Even from other cities in Colombia you should take the plane to avoid the hazardous roads.
Colombia has several airlines like Avianca, ACES, Aerorepública,...
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Also Bogota is conected to the main roads which are in very good shaped. Theme: Airplane
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El Dorado is Colombia's main international airport and if you are flying into the country, chances are, this is where you will land. Ther are direct flights to several European, Canadian and United States destinations, as well as direct flights to other Central & South American coutnries.
El Dorado is a modern well run airport (from my experience anyways). It has all the usual facilities an airport is expected to have, such as duty free stuff, restaurants, cafes and money changers & ATM's.
To get to the airport from downtown, catch a colectivo labelled 'Aeropuerto', in the opposite direction catch one labelled 'Germania'. Alternately a taxi to/from downtown should not be more than about 16,000-18,000pesos. The airport runs a service where you go tell them your destination, and they will give you a printout of the price you should pay. You then hand this printout to a taxi and it will take you there, in this way, you do not get ripped off. Leave a Comment Theme: AirplanePhone: 413-9053
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 Avianca plane by mircaskirca
At Bogotá's airport Donna's father was waiting for us with the car. Though not on the direction to their home, he kindly offered to drive me to Candelaria. We were stuck in a traffic jam so it took us quite a while to get there. With all my luggage, I was really glad to be delivered right to the door of Platypus hostel where I was staying.
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 Street in Bogota by MalenaN
As I entered the terminal in Tunja and asked for a bus to Bogotá a man took me to a bus that was soon leaving. He said the ticket was 10 000 pesos, but when I was going to pay on the bus it was 13 000 pesos (other people around me paid the same price). The bus was a big air-conditioned bus (not very cold) with comfortable seats. To the bus terminal in Bogota it took over 3 hours (there were some road constructions along the way). Many people went of at Portal del Norte and that’s what I would do another time, to take the TransMilenio bus to the city centre.
On the same bus as me was a Canadian woman and she was also going to Platypus so we decided to share a taxi. At the terminal you can take a safe taxi. By the exit you can buy a ticket for the taxi. You say your name and where you are going and you will get a ticket with the price, the number of the taxi and a telephone number to call if you have complains. To Platypus (in Candelaria) the taxi was 7400 pesos. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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 Calle 18, Bogotá by mircaskirca
I took Pasajes Verdes bus at 09:30pm and payed 40.000 COP (December 2008). It seems this was a good price as all the other people I talked to payed from 45.000 to 48.000 COP. The bus was quite comfortable, with a toilet and TV showing movies. And I was relieved they did not put the air conditioning to the extreme cold temperatures as they usually do in Colombian night buses.
The bus ride took a little more than 10 hours. On arrival I took a car to El Maco and payed 5.000 COP. Theme: Bus
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