What's new

New home: colombiaconversa.com

A new name and home for the academy, plus a big search and discovery upgrade.

• NewNew name and domain: the academy is now Colombia Conversa at colombiaconversa.com. Old links redirect automatically.
• ImprovedSearch ready: every public page now has a clean title, description, and structured data, plus a sitemap so all 164 Bogotá guide places and every course can be found.
• GuideEach Bogotá place page now carries map and venue details that search engines and AI assistants can read directly.
• NewA new blog with practical Colombian Spanish guides: usted vs tú vs vos, everyday slang, and a free beginner roadmap.

A bigger Bogotá guide, with real photos

More of the city, and every new card backed by a genuine photo of the place.

• GuideGrew the Bogotá guide to 164 places across food, culture, markets, and day trips.
• NewRestaurant reservation links: book a table straight from a place card.
• Guide43 new venue photos, each one checked to be a real photo of the place and not a logo or screenshot.

Free tier, learning paths, voice, and Premium

The biggest update yet: a true no-login free experience, guided learning paths, a voice tutor, and an optional Premium tier.

• NewNo-login free tier. Onboard, learn, and chat with Luz without ever creating an account.
• NewGuided onboarding that recommends several learning paths you can enroll in, not just one.
• NewSave your progress: sign up any time and your guest progress carries over automatically.
• NewVoice tutor. Speak to Luz and hear the reply (speech-to-text on OpenRouter, free in-browser playback).
• ImprovedSmarter, faster AI: a frontier multilingual model on the free tier, with prompt caching and guardrails.
• NewOptional Premium tier for the premium AI model and the voice tutor.
• ImprovedPricing page now reflects live checkout pricing instead of a static placeholder.

Progress emails and the legal pages

• NewOpt-in progress emails: a gentle weekly nudge you switch on in Settings, never sent unless you ask.
• NewPrivacy Policy and Terms pages.
• FixedProgress signals now read your real lesson activity rather than a placeholder.

The Bogotá guide, brand, and community

A wave of guide, brand identity, and community-contribution work.

• GuideExpanded the Bogotá restaurant guide with 52 verified spots.
• GuideAdded dozens of real venue photos through a new place-image fetcher.
• NewBrand identity: app icon, social share cards, and logo.
• New"Buy me a coffee" voluntary donation page (QR based, with no premium wall behind it).
• NewCommunity contributions: submit a place with photos, reviewed before it goes live.
• NewSpanish-native interactive practice components and scoped roleplay.
• ImprovedIn-app branding, navigation, and fuzzy Bogotá search.
• SecurityCross-vertical data isolation hardening.
• ImprovedPer-visitor rate limiting on the AI tutor to keep it responsive for everyone.

Colombia Conversa goes live

Free and open from day one, pairing structured Spanish courses with a living Bogotá city guide.

• NewFree, open access: courses and the Bogotá guide, with no login wall.
• NewAI tutor "Luz" for conversational Spanish practice.
• NewA unified homepage bringing Spanish lessons and the Bogotá guide together.
• NewBogotá place detail pages with category and neighborhood filters.
• NewCourse artwork and curriculum browsing.
• FixedStability fixes for place-detail rendering and lesson navigation.