Free Historical Centre Tour of Bogota
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When: Tue, Thu & Sun
Language: English & Spanish
Duration: 2,5 hours
Price: Free
All tours are suspended until further notice due to government’s regulations
Explore the old town of Colombia’s beating heart, the third biggest city in America, guarded by the Andes and often overlooked, which leaves no visitor indifferent: Bogotá.
Walk through La Candelaria, where in 1538 Capitan Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada arrived searching for “El Dorado“. Enjoy the colonial architecture which remains intact, and understand its unique urban development, decisive in establishing the new city as the capital of the Viceroyalty of New Granada.
Learn how Simón Bolivar imposed a regime expressed physically in the neoclassical architecture, such as the Colon Theater, former San Carlos Palace, and first residence of Bolivar president of the newly formed republic.
On our Historical Center Tour of Bogota you will discover a stoic city which has survived nine national wars throughout, two provincial wars, four great fires, and despite it all, it still managed to reinvent itself as one of the cultural capitals of America. Walk through a unique old town and find up to five different universities where students talk about poetry as they drink chicha at the Chorro de Quevedo, and where storytellers speak tales in which reality and magic are so intertwined, it’s almost impossible to tell them apart.
Free Historical Centre Tour of Bogota Highlights
- Marvel at the Hispanic heritage expressed in stunning colonial buildings which have survived over five centuries.
- Learn the fascinating biography of Simón Bolivar, the father of the American emancipation, “El Libertador”.
- Discover the relevance of Bogota in universal culture thanks to the contribution of writers such as Gabriel Garcia Márquez or artists like Fernando Botero.
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Plazoleta del Rosario 
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