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Bogotá: Monserrate, La Candelaria and City Walking Tour

4.9 / 5

169 reviews

Activity provider: Gran Colombia Tours
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    Bogotá: Monserrate, La Candelaria and City Walking Tour

    Activity provider: Gran Colombia Tours

    4.9

    169 reviews

    From US$ 68.92 per person

    Discover the wonders of Bogotá on a sightseeing tour. With an expert guide, explore the vibrant downtown area, visit the fascinating Gold Museum, learn about the region’s gang history, taste local beverages, and ride the cable car to Monserrate.

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    Duration 5 - 7 hours
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    Live tour guide
    English, Spanish
    Pickup included
    Pickup is available from anywhere within Bogotá city - hotels, hostels, Airbnb, vacation rentals, points of interest.
    Private group

    Experience

    Highlights
    • Visit the most iconic and historical landmarks in the downtown area
    • Learn about local Indigenous history and see Indigenous jewelry at the Gold Museum
    • Taste a traditional alcoholic beverage known as chicha
    • Admire the eclectic array of architecture including Baroque and Art Deco
    • Uncover the history of the national drug trade through street art
    Full description

    Dive into Bogotá’s diversity by joining a city tour. Start by meeting your local guide at your hotel. Proceed first towards the viewpoints of Monserrate. Take the cable car up the mountain to enjoy the most breathtaking views of this city: the whole length of the valley from the best vantage point.

    After making your way back down La Candelaria, you will walk its cobblestoned streets, surrounded by colonial architecture to the spectacular Gold Museum. Learn about the region's ancestors through their remains of metalwork made before the arrival of the Spanish.

    Your guide will retell the transition from indigenous to Spanish colonization at the foundational square of Chorro de Quevedo. Taste some chicha, an ancestral corn-based fermented drink nearby, in addition to some juices and snacks.

    Visit Simón Bolívar Square and learn how politics and conflict relate to each other and its current challenges with a peace agreement already signed. Then, make your way to the Botero Museum and see some of the greatest works of Colombian modern painter, Fernando Botero.

    After a fulfilling day, finish by tasting a cup of Colombian coffee, at a place where local and friendly baristas will teach you the basics about one of Colombia's most famous exports.

    Choose for yourself the duration of the tour. It can be for 7 hours with Monserrate, Gold Museum and Botero Museum, or 5 hours with either Monserrate or museums.

    Includes
    • Hotel pickup and drop-off
    • Tour guide
    • Cable car two-way ticket to Monserrate (if chosen)
    • Entry to the Gold Museum and Botero Museum (if chosen)
    • Chicha and coffee tasting
    • Fruit and juice tasting
    • All-risks insurance
    • Lunch (you can choose from a selection of restaurants in the area)
    Not suitable for
    • People with mobility impairments
    • Wheelchair users

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    What to bring

    • Comfortable shoes

    Not allowed

    • Luggage or large bags

    Know before you go

    • This is a walking tour
    • The tour runs rain or shine
    • The Gold Museum is closed on Mondays; your guide will provide you with options for another museum
    • The Botero Museum is closed on Tuesdays; your guide will provide you with options for another museum
    • You’ll be able to choose the duration of the tour. It can be for 7 hours with Monserrate, Gold Museum and Botero Museum, or 5 hours with either Monserrate or museums.
    Customer reviews

    Overall rating

    4.9 /5

    based on 169 reviews

    Review summary

    • Guide
      5/5
    • Transportation
      4.8/5
    • Value for money
      4.7/5
    • Service
      4/5

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    An excellent tour if you have limited time and want to see the highlights of Bogota. The pace of the tour was perfect, with sufficient time at each location. The combination of sights was well thought out and while it was a long day for the full 7 hour tour, the walking was broken up into stages with rest stops and lunch along the way. My guide Korinth was fabulous. Knowledgeable, friendly and professional - she made it a wonderful tour.

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    The trip yesterday was fantastic with David. His English was incredibly good and he knows so much about Bogotà and the whole country! He even stayed longer with us to show us two other hotspots which were on our personal list. His tour in the two museums were so great because he made the perfect summarise of the most important things and this was exactly what we wanted to have. He showed us also a place how to prepare coffee the right way and some other local beverages with interesting stories behind. Choosing this trip was one of the best ideas we ever had and we wish David all the best and hope that others can have the same experiences like we did.

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    March 25, 2023

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    Monserrate Hill is beautiful and have amazing view of the city and the mountains, it is located more than 10,000 feet above sea level. Today we are so blessed with beautiful weather .. We took train car up and down the hill.♥️ . Thanks to our wonderful tour guide Nataly is an amazing and caring tour guide. We love her.. highly recommended hopefully you will have Nataly♥️

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