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Monserrate, Bogotá
A mountaintop church and shrine at 3,152 meters offering sweeping views over Bogotá, reachable by funicular, cable car, or a steep pilgrim trail.
3 km · about 5 min drive
South AmericaColombiaBogota D.C.
Bogotá
Bogota D.C., Colombia · South America
About Bogotá
Bogotá is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Kennedy, 53km from Lake Guatavita.
Bogotá is in Bogota D.C., Colombia, with about 7.7 million people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Kennedy, about 7 km away.
The Bogotá La Sabana railway station (in Spanish: Estación de la Sabana) is a neoclassical building in Bogotá (Colombia), home to the central station of the Bogotá Savannah Railway and the National Railways of Colombia (Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Colombia, FNC). Inaugurated on 20 July 1917, this construction replacedRead more
the old station built at the end of the 1880s.
It is located on the locality of Los Mártires, near the downtown of the city. During the first half of the 20th century it was an important pole of development towards the west of the city. Due to the deterioration of the sector and the decline of the railroad, the building has suffered a whole series of damages. At present, although it does not fulfill its role as the railway's central transportation hub (being used for the Tourist train of the Savannah of Bogotá), the recovery of the building is included in the sector's urban renewal plan.
The building was declared a national monument in 1984, due to its historical and cultural importance.
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What is there to see near Bogotá?
Within an hour or so of Bogotá: Monserrate, Bogotá (3 km), Andres Carne de Res (27 km), Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá (46 km), Lake Guatavita (53 km).
Where is Bogotá?
Bogotá is in Bogota D.C., Colombia, about 7 km from Kennedy.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 7,674,366
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Colombia
- Region
- Bogota D.C.
- Timezone
- America/Bogota
- Coordinates
- 4.6097, -74.0817
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Worth the detour from Bogotá
4 notable places within an hour's drive.
restaurant
Andres Carne de Res
A vast, chaotic parrilla-nightclub in Chia north of Bogota, packed floor to ceiling with scrap-metal art and trinkets, where the menu runs to dozens of pages and dinner turns into dancing.
27 km · about 30 min drive
cathedral
Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá
A unique underground Roman Catholic church built within the tunnels of a salt mine 200 meters below the surface.
46 km · about 55 min drive
natural wonder
Lake Guatavita
A near-perfect circular crater lake in the Andes above Bogota, the Muisca ritual site that gave rise to the El Dorado legend where chiefs were gilded and offerings thrown into the water.
53 km · about 60 min drive
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- Right hereMonserrate, BogotáA mountaintop church and shrine at 3,152 meters offering sweeping views over Bogotá, reachable by funicular, cable car, or a steep pilgrim trail.
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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