{"id":31200,"date":"2017-03-12T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.besabine.com\/off-the-beaten-track-visit-colombias-safest-village\/"},"modified":"2023-06-08T13:23:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T18:23:24","slug":"off-the-beaten-track-visit-colombias-safest-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.besabine.com\/en\/off-the-beaten-track-visit-colombias-safest-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Off the beaten track: visit Colombia’s safest village"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my most beloved Colombian departments is Boyac\u00e1<\/strong><\/a>. It is simply stunningly beautiful there. Apart from the village Villa de Leyva<\/strong><\/a>, the rest of Boyac\u00e1 is often skipped by travelers. For those who love traveling off the beaten path, this is the perfect destination! In Boyac\u00e1 you will find Colombian life as it is, without hotels and tourists. Remote villages, many bad dirt roads full of potholes, no Internet coverage and abandoned farms. Its high mountain location makes it particularly beautiful, but also chilly and rainy often. Both in November and in December last year, I visited the village of Toca and its surroundings. Off the beaten track<\/em> in Boyac\u00e1: welcome to an area not yet discovered by tourists!<\/p>\n

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Toca: a hidden village with a beautiful church<\/h2>\n

Once upon a time, even before the Spanish conquest of the central highlands in the Colombian Andes, Toca and its surroundings were inhabited by the Muisca<\/strong><\/a>. In the year 1537, Spanish troops invaded the area. However, the year in which modern Toca was founded is not clear, but put at January 7, 1555. Toca is located at an altitude of 2810 meters, 27 kilometers from Tunja, the capital of Boyac\u00e1. Because of the altitude, the average temperature is 13 degrees. About 3,700 people live in the village, and over 10,000 in the community. The village has a particularly impressive church that can be seen from afar, cute little houses and good food.<\/p>\n\n\t\t