Your Travel Experience with South American Tours DMC
Leave your hotel and drive to Bogotá´s city centre to visit the famous 'La Concordia' food market. Browse the rows and stalls filled with fruits, vegetables, herbs, fish, seafood, and meats. Try different fruits, fruit juice, or typical salty snacks like “tamal”, “lechona”, and “pan de bono con avena”. As you stroll around, discover traditional kitchenware like wooden spoons, “molinillos” (a wooden grinder), “pataconera” (a hand-operated machine to toast plantains), and “totumo” a container made with the jícaro fruit’s shell.
Continue your walking city tour in “La Candelaria”, a historical neighbourhood in downtown Bogotá. Walk along the cobblestone streets and enjoy the district’s blend of beautiful buildings, Spanish colonial architecture, and baroque churches that contrast with modern graffiti, cafés, and contemporary museums. In “Plaza Bolívar”, the main square, see the Cathedral and the Liévano Palace. Nearby, enter the Botero Museum and appreciate the work of the Colombian painter and sculptor who is famous for his oversized characters. End your tour with a visit at the popular Gold Museum. It contains over 34,000 gold pieces and countless bone, stone, ceramic, and textile artefacts that belonged to 13 pre-Hispanic societies.
Afterwards, take the cable car up the almost 3000-metre-high Monserrate Hill. An overwhelming view awaits you. **Remarks: The snacks and tastings at the market are included. The Fast-Pass cable car tickets are included.
The Gold Museum is closed on Mondays and Botero Museum is closed on Tuesdays. In total, you will walk approximately 5km. Due to traffic and weather conditions, the tour order might change.