The lovely town of Cartagena on Colombian's Caribbean coast hosts the country's annual National Beauty Contest, or Reinado Nacional de Belleza de Colombia.

Bogotá shimmies and sways to the sweet sounds of jazz at the annual Jazz al Parque festival in Parque de los Novios. Two days of free open-air jazz concerts have taken place every year since 1996.

Hip-Hop al Parque (Hip-Hop in the Park) is Bogotá's festival of beats and rhymes and takes place each year in the city's Parque Simón Bolivar.

San Agustín is a pre-Columbian ceremonial centre with hundreds of carved stone statues, one of the most important archaeological sites in South America.

Cartagena, on the northern coast of Colombia, was the first Spanish port on the Caribbean and has a beautiful old town that makes it one of the country's most popular destinations.

Parque Tayrona, on Colombia's Caribbean coast close to Santa Marta, is a National Park with pristine sandy white beaches and a lush mountain landscape.

Bogotá's Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) houses the finest collection of pre-Columbian gold on the continent, boasting 33,000 individual pieces, from simple earrings to some of the most…

The Parque Nacional del Café in Colombia's Zona Cafetera is a theme park with a difference. As well as a cable car and a variety of rides and shows, a fascinating exhibition looks at the…

Colombia's rugged and green Zona Cafetera is the country's principal coffee-growing area, providing half of the total national coffee production. Amongst the coffee plantations, there are many…