Chapinero Alto

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Chapinero Alto is a neighborhood in northern Bogotá, Colombia. The area was once one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in the Colombian capital but fell into urban decay over the last half of the 20th century. In the 90s, several Bohemian writers, artists, and gays and lesbians have moved into the neighborhood transforming it into an urban progressive enclave. The neighborhood has begun to turn around to become one of the more hip, trendy areas in Bogota. Gay bars and funky cafes have begun to sprout around in every corner in Chapinero Alto.

Chapinero Alto has become a mecca for Colombian gays and lesbians who now flock to the city and settle in the neighborbood from every region in Colombia forming a gay village that has started to become as famous as the gay villages in the other three premier gay meccas in South America, notably Buenos Aires in Argentina and São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.