Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Gold Museum (Museo del Oro), Carrera 6 No.15-88, Bogota 110321 Colombia
Once the group is complete, our guide will welcome and recommend the tour.
Our guide will start talking about Christopher Columbus, the discovery of America, the legend of El Dorado, the Muisca culture, the Gold Museum and its collection and the Guatavita Lagoon.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Santander Park, Cra. 7 #15, Bogotá, Colombia
We start the tour, right there in the centre of Santander Park, where we will address topics such as: the process of Independence, the territories of Colombia: La Gran Colombia. The place where we are: Plaza Santander, the regional market and the Crusades.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Plazoleta del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia
We will walk a few metres to find this square, where we can talk about Universidad del Rosario, which was the first to offer a law programme in Colombia. We can also remember who was Policarpa Salavarrieta (La Pola), in addition to talking about the icon of Colombia: the Esmeraldas and who was Víctor Carranza.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Jorge Eliecer Gaitan Monument, Carrera 7 and Ave. Jimenez, Bogota Colombia
Then, we start the tour in the seventh race, where we can see the monument to the Caudillo, where we can cover: Bogotá before the Bogotazo, who was Gaitán, the liberal force, the Bogotazo, Fidel Castro in Bogotá, the architecture change because of the Bogotazo , the Cold War, Socialism and the Age of Violence.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Plaza De La Concordia, Cl. 12c #1 40, Bogotá, Colombia
We will walk a few minutes to enter the heart of the historic centre of Bogotá, there we will have a panoramic view of Monserrate, we can talk about the graffiti culture of the city, we will see the Callejón del Embudo.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Plazoleta Chorro de Quevedo, Cl. 12b #22 2-98, Bogotá, Colombia
Then, our guide will show you the elements of our idiosyncrasy and indigenous legacy: drinks, traditions and the colonisation process. We will be able to talk about the founding of Bogotá, the contrasts of Bogotá, the cultural activities of El Chorro and the Statues of La Candelaria
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Facultad Ciencias Del Hábitat-Universidad De La Salle, Cra. 2 ##1070, Bogotá, Colombia
Moving a bit south, we can see the University of La Salle and at this point we can talk about public and private education in Colombia.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Museo Botero del Banco de la Republica, Calle 11 No. 4-41, Bogota 250051 Colombia
We are walking towards the administrative centre and we find the Botero Museum, here we will know the famous collection of Fernando Botero that shows the beauty of curvy people and interacts with the Colombian idiosyncrasy.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Coin and bill Production Museum, Cl. 11 #4-93, Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia
At this point, our guide will tell you about the style of the house and its coat of arms and the Casa de la Moneda collection.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Teatro Colón Bogotá, Cl. 10 ## 5-32, La Candelaria, Bogotá, Colombia
Moving forward a few more streets we find the Colón Theatre, the San Carlos Palace and we will talk about the September Night Plaque.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Plaza de Bolivar de Bogota, Plaza Alvarez, Bogota 111711 Colombia
We will arrive at the main square of Bogotá, where our guide will talk to you about the 3 powers in Colombia: the Nariño Palace, the Capitol and the Palace of Justice. We will also tell the storey of the Taking of the Palace in 1985 by one of the guerrillas: the M19.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: La Puerta Falsa, Cl. 11 #6-50, Bogotá, Colombia
Leaving the Plaza de Bolívar, we find the street of typical restaurants in Bogotá, we find this restaurant the most famous in Bogotá for the history of its name. Also our guide will tell you the storey of “Las Onces”.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Centro Cultural Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Calle 11 # 5-60, Bogota 250051 Colombia
Finally, our guide will tell you about Gabriel García Márquez and his contribution to Latin American literature, who was the winner of a Nobel Prize.
Duration: 15 minutes
