Fernando Botero is famous for painting oversized people. In 2000, he gave Colombia something even bigger: 208 artworks, 123 of them his own and 85 from his private collection. He donated them to the people of Colombia, and the museum that holds them still charges nothing to walk in.
That museum is a colonial house in La Candelaria. It began in 1733 as the archbishop's palace and has been damaged by fire more than once. Picasso, Miró and Matisse now hang where bishops once lived, alongside Botero's own round, unhurried figures.
VoiceMap's Colonial Bogotá tour stops here on its downhill walk through La Candelaria. It introduces Botero's oversized characters, then points you next door to the Casa de la Moneda, where gold doblones were made after the Spanish king ordered it opened in 1621.