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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.
8 km · about 15 min drive
South AmericaColombiaBogota D.C.
Kennedy
Bogota D.C., Colombia · South America
About Kennedy
Kennedy is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Bogotá, 57km from Lake Guatavita.
Kennedy is in Bogota D.C., Colombia, with about 980,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Bogotá, about 7 km away.
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What is there to see near Kennedy?
Within an hour or so of Kennedy: Museo del Oro (Gold Museum), Bogotá (8 km), Monserrate, Bogotá (10 km), Andres Carne de Res (28 km), Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá (47 km).
Where is Kennedy?
Kennedy is in Bogota D.C., Colombia, about 7 km from Bogotá.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 979,914
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Colombia
- Region
- Bogota D.C.
- Timezone
- America/Bogota
- Coordinates
- 4.6165, -74.1460
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Worth the detour from Kennedy
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.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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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.
28 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.
47 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.
57 km · about 65 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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