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I spent a fascinating afternoon with an American girl l met in my Spanish class who was an emerald expert. We visited tons of shops where you could buy a simple emerald from 50 dollars to thousands of dollars. A lot of people come here only for the emeralds and coffee of course and take them back to the states or Europe to have them mounted in a ring. You do have the option to buy ready made rings. A good place to buy emeralds is the Tequendama Hotel where you are sure of a guarantee. Never every buy emeralds on the street. Leave a Comment Theme: Jewelry
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The best place to shop for typical Colombian crafts is in a mini mall across the street from the Gold Museum. Very good quality stuff at rather low prices. Typical items include replicas of 'chivas' - bright-painted Colombian rural buses, Indian pottery, models of patios of typical Colombian houses, figurines of donkeys with coffee bags (with or without Juan Valdes), shirts and sweaters, gourmet coffee, reproductions of gold artifacts, etc. In many places they give you as a gift a Colombian flag bracelet.
All of the above. Prices are really good - almost everything is under US$5.
really cheap considering the work that went into them. and they are actually Colombian, not made in China. Leave a Comment Theme: Local CraftAddress: Plaza SantanderDirections: across the street from the Gold Museum
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For souvenirs look for the shop El Zipa, in Unicentro (on 2nd floor). Very nice and not expensive. Replicas (gold) of "la balsa" the raft from the El Dorado legend, (Muisca culture), see Lago Guatavita. The original can be seen in the Gold Museum in Bogota. Hacienda Santa Barbara is also a nice shopping centre. Theme: Local Craft
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Centro Colombiano de Artesanias and Colombia Linda are shopping centers for souvenirs and any kind of artscraft you can imagine. Their small shops and stalls are packed with every kind of artesanias, clothes, hats, bags, jewelery, baskets, decorative articles, musical instruments, cheap CDs, paintings and a thousand more items to have a pick. I found a lot of small gifts for my friends. I even found a stall with clever educative games which I was looking for!
Prices are really good and quality is not bad.
Centro Colombiano de Artesanias is on Carrera 7 #22-66/67 tel: 3364709
Colombia Linda is on Carrera 7 # 23-49.
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Pasaje Rivas is not a modern shopping centre but consist of many small shops along narrow passageways. At this market you can find a lot of different things like souvenirs (for example hammocks for a good price) and a lot of handicraft, handmade furniture and things for the home. It is a nice place to walk around in for a while watching all the different things for sale and the people. Leave a Comment Theme: Local CraftDirections: Pasaje Rivas is situated in the corner of Carrera 10 and Calle 10.
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There are a few blocks around which are only shops selling emeralds and emerald jewelry (Colombia is famous for its emeralds). They are beautiful! Almost all of them have display cases right in the window as well as inside, and doors are open so it's easy to walk around the blocks and see lots.
There is one plaza somewhere in the core area as well, in which I was told people go to to specifically buy/sell/trade emerald gems.
Of course you can find emeralds in mall jewelers as well.
Emeralds if their your fancy!
Tip: I'm not sure if aaalll emeralds sold there are real and thus if there is a need to make sure they are not fake. Sorry, not sure how to do that.
I didn't really look at prices, but I believe they are very good! At a jeweler's in Hacienda Santa Barbara (a mall on the north side of Bogotá, I'd considered a gold cross pendant, the upright of the cross close to an inch in length, in the middle of the cross a square emerald; if I remember correctly the cost of that was about $50US --- and we're talking Colombian (what is it, 18 carat!?) gold and emerald here! The only reasons I did not purchase it was b/c it was early on in my trip & wanted to watch my spending, and also, I'm not a huge jewelry person.
I would not recommend buying them in a plaza; seeing you are a tourist, it's possible you could be quoted a higher price for a gem. Leave a Comment Theme: JewelryDirections: A few blocks from the Main Plaza, on & near La Séptima
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In La Candelaria, in the area with narrower alles I saw this place which is kinda sami-workshop of Artisans and could chose and place specialized order and get your own special souvenir. Leave a Comment Theme: Local Craft
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Close to the Gold Museum, there is this souvenir place where you get to see all traditional Czech souvenirs. English is not that much spoken. Leave a Comment Theme: Local Craft
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