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LOST IN BOGOTA

Can anyone recommend any good guide books with city maps, or just plain city maps so I can navigate this city? Also, there has to be a better way of knowing which collectivos or busetas to take without having to ask randomn people all the time if they know exactly what the bus route is. Something like the NYC subway or bus map that shows point A to point B of every route imagineable, perhaps? Also, ideas on where to obtain them is helpful like the Panamericana in Chapinero, etc... because I have already checked book stores and not been successful. THANKS!

By raquelita714 on Oct 20, 2005, 13:25 in Friendly Talkzone.

webmanco says on Oct 20, 2005, 13:33:

Added by Mario Map of Bogotá It is still confusing, but it could help a little, you can slide the map around to see other areas.

and from Transmilenio

Mapa de rutas de Transmilenio

Viernes 21, Bogotá Lunabar

...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ...

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SirTropical says on Oct 20, 2005, 13:53:

city map here you go raquelita. I guessed they posted in the wrong place or . it just came what you were looking for.

http://www.maporama.com/share/Map.asp?MapID=6EB791A9-8111-4470-A82B-8D2D244425FD&language=En

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Rubiazo says on Oct 21, 2005, 00:25:

Those colectivos You just need to look carefully at the hand painted signs on them as they zoom by. They tell you exactly where they make ALL their turns on the route (for the most part) :))) If you are going all over the city into unknown neighborhoods it's probably not a bad idea to ask people and maybe even see if you can get someone to help flag the right one down for you.
On the bright side, you hardly ever have to transfer with those things. They generally go from anywhere to anywhere as long as you get on the right one. You can also ask a passenger inside or the driver :P
The Transmilenio of course is a different story.

As for maps, Mario's link is a Godsend. The map I actually bought in a map store sucks ass, it's physically the biggest map I have in my collection, but because Bogota is so vast and tehre are so many tiny little streets in it, it doesnt have room for all the streets' names.

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Rubiazo says on Oct 21, 2005, 00:33:

One thing all these online maps LACK is to show were the hell all the subway/train/metro/Transmilenio stops are. I have the same problem with NYC. None of these NYC maps show me which train line I need to take to get there!

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Gator says on Oct 21, 2005, 18:50:

The One We... recommend to friends is, strangely enough, called "BOGOTÁ." Most of the large bookstores have it. I buy mine at the Liberia National bookstores. In English and Spanish (each language duplicates the other.) Covers restaurants, hotels,food, shopping the TransMilenio, parks, a practical guide, and a great section called "Discovering Bogotá" which has suggested tours both inside and outside of Bogotá, Costs $25.000 cop. The one I visit is at Av Caracas and about say Cl. 67 or 68th. but they are pretty much everywhere.

"Credidi pretio parvo emere et magno vendere tibi in animo fuisse!" .

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Rubiazo says on Oct 21, 2005, 19:38:

Correction Mario's map actually DOES show NYC subway stops (SO COOL) but they still don't have the Trnasmilenio on there (come on guys!)
:)

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katinodenj says on Nov 12, 2005, 14:33:

Gracias SirTropical Thankyou very much for the information on http://www.maporama.com/ it helped me finf my way around bogota...

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