Villa de Leyva.

Villa de Leyva. 

Villa de Leyva is a wonderful place where you can drive from Bogotá. Then you can take the road to Tunja. Hiking to the Iguaque lagoon is a healthy contact with nature. It is recommended to bring clothes for the cold weather, rubber boots and snacks for the road. If you want to be closer to nature you could go to the Animal Farm where children can interact with some animals. If you are a religious person then you will attend a Mass in the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, where you will meet many people from different departments. 

In Villa de Leyva you could stay in a very important hotels and cabins. From the hammock of the outside terrace of your hotel or cabin you can look at the details of the garden, such as butterflies, caterpillars, beetles and other kind of insects. The Anaka cabin offers a wonderful atmosphere where guests can breathe fresh air in a very pleasant climate. But if tourists want more comfort then they will rent a room at the Getsemani Hotel and Spa.

If you want an excellent meal you will have to pay a lot in the best restaurants in Villa de Leyva. In the Gourmet Corner of the Villa you can enjoy the bass with a crust of cheese, accompanied by a leek fondue as a base, artichokes, radishes and cherry tomatoes. In the San Pedro house restaurant you could eat fried artichokes with Iberian ham sauce; mushroom lasagna; exquisite crab tartar or pork and shrimp jowl rice that you always have to go back to. You should visit the municipal market to eat prawns and shrimp in citrus, with a black bisque and creamy cilantro rice; or the duck with chorizo glazed in blackberries. But if you want something international, the Turkish restaurant can offer grains of wheat with chicken and consommé slices, lentil rice, with a skewer of meat, sea bass bathed in tahini sauce, almonds and fried onions.

Villa de Leyva could be the most beautiful town Boyacá and it has many pleasant places to see or visit, sites worthy of interest for visitors, imposing monuments and the history of Villa de Leyva. You can visit the streets, the square and the churches of the historic center and appreciate the colonial houses with their balconies. You should visit the Antonio Nariño Museum and know a little about the history of Colombia. But if you want more excitement then you will go to Terracota house.

El lomito del altiplano is the best dish in the region. In Villa de Leyva you can taste snacks like almojábanas and pandeyucas; the mute of cheese and the changua, which is prepared with milk, eggs, cilantro and onion. The soup of tripe is made from the stomach of the cow and is a delicacy for tourists. In Villa de Leyva you can taste a cup of chocolate with cheese. Come and enjoy the typical foods of this heavenly place.