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Museo del Oro (Gold Museum), Bogotá
The world's largest collection of pre-Columbian gold artifacts with over 55,000 pieces from Colombia's ancient civilizations.
20 km · about 25 min drive
South AmericaColombiaCundinamarca
Funza
Cundinamarca, Colombia · South America
About Funza
Funza is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Madrid, 56km from Lake Guatavita.
Funza is in Cundinamarca, Colombia, with about 120,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Madrid, about 6 km away.
Funza (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈfunsa]) is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Western Savanna Province, of the department of Cundinamarca. Funza is situated on the Bogotá savanna, the southwestern part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense with the urban centre at an altitude of 2,548 metres (8,360 ft). In Funza theRead more
La Florida wetland, part of the wetlands of Bogotá, a remnant of the Pleistocene Lake Humboldt, still exists. The town is part of the Metropolitan Area of Bogotá and borders Madrid and Tenjo in the north, Mosquera in the south, Madrid in the west and Cota and the locality Engativá of the capital Bogotá in the east. The eastern boundary is formed by the Bogotá River. Funza is the site of the former main settlement Bacatá of the Muisca Confederation. Modern Funza was founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada during the Spanish conquest of the Muisca on April 20, 1537.
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What is there to see near Funza?
Within an hour or so of Funza: Museo del Oro (Gold Museum), Bogotá (20 km), Monserrate, Bogotá (21 km), Andres Carne de Res (22 km), Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá (40 km).
Where is Funza?
Funza is in Cundinamarca, Colombia, about 6 km from Madrid.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 116,890
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Colombia
- Region
- Cundinamarca
- Timezone
- America/Bogota
- Coordinates
- 4.7164, -74.2120
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Worth the detour from Funza
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
scenic viewpoint
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.
21 km · about 25 min 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.
22 km · about 25 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.
40 km · about 45 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.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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- 21 kmMonserrate, 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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