Urban Travel Blog

Author: Francisco Goncalves

If you’re wandering through the streets of any Catalan city or town and you suddenly hear loud explosions and see incandescent, spitting flames you could either run for your life… or stay and enjoy the Correfocs! Correfocs literally means “fire runs”, and it’s a fairly apt description. People, dressed up…

Words and photos by Francisco Goncalves Zipaquirá is a small city, one and a half hour by car or bus from Colombia’s capital Bogotá, where you can find grand buildings in the Spanish colonial style, including a rich historical centre and beautiful palm-tree-decorated square. Despite these handsome monuments – and…