Prados Zona de Camping

Exploring Villa de Leyva is a good start to your Colombian break, but there’s plenty more outside the town that’ll keep you around even longer: bring dino-obsessed kids to Gondava theme park, take a horseback tour of the area, or pay a visit to Casa Terracotta (hailed as the largest piece of pottery in the world) and poke around its rooms, all within 15 minutes’ drive of the site. Get a taste of the Colombia of the past with stops at Sol Muisca and the El Infiernito site, where you can learn about indigenous peoples and ancient cultures, or step back into the present with an afternoon at Viñedo Aim Karim and Viñedo Umaña Dajud vineyards for tours and tasty tipples. If you’re up for a longer jaunt, pile into the car for the three-hour drive from Villa de Leyva to the Colombian capital of Bogotá. Get images of Narcos out of your head right now – this is a fab modern city, home to the type of vibrant culture you only get from having millions of people in one place. Unsurprisingly, there’s plenty of history to explore, but there are also botanical gardens to stroll through, mountains to climb, street art to marvel at and delectable eats on every corner.