Essential Free Tour Bogotá: Historic Center + Graffiti Tour
2:30 hrs.
The best Free Walking Tour in Bogotá, Colombia. Discover La Candelaria & the historic center graffiti!
Free – Based on tips
Join this essential walking tour in Bogotá, as no other tour covers as many important landmarks of the capital of Colombia, from a TripAdvisor Travelers Choice Awards winner. La Candelaria is the historic district of Bogotá, and it is home to some of the city’s most important landmarks, including the National Capitol, the Gold Museum, and the Plaza de Bolívar. This free walking tour in Bogotá takes you through the heart of La Candelaria, and you’ll learn about the history, culture, architecture and urban art of this fascinating neighborhood.
On the Essential Free Tour Bogotá: Historic Center + Graffiti, you will learn about the political and historical perspective of our city. We begin at 9:30 a.m. our tour at the Plazoleta del Rosario and then walk along the strets of La Candelaria,one of the most colorful neighborhoods of the city. On this tour free tour in Bogotá, we will talk about the pre-Hispanic indigenous communities and discovery of Colombia, the conquest, colony and Independence Colombia, exploring the colombian conflict and and the phenomenon of the guerrillas and para-military groups. From there, the Graffiti and urban art will introduce us to the contemporary history of Bogotá and Colombia. We will finish this Free Tour in Bogotá in a local café with a coca tea tasting.
Important
The free tours do not have a fix price, instead, each person gives the tour guide the amount they consider appropriate at the end (usually amounts between $10 and $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).
Exclusions
- Pick-up & Drop-off.
- Tips.
Duration
2.5 hours.
Languages
English and spanish.
What to bring?
Sunscreen, weather appropriate clothes, water.
Tour highlights
Plaza Santander
San Francisco Church
Plazoleta del Rosario
Plaza de Bolívar
Colón Theather
Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria Church
Plaza de la Concordia
Urban art and Graffiti of Bogotá Downtown
Plazoleta del Rosario
We start this Free Walking Tour in Bogotá at “Plazoleta del Rosario” where we will give the introduction to the tour and some recommendations to keep in mind.
Santander´s Park
In this Free Tour in Bogotá we continue to the Santander´s Park, one of the most important of the city. Here we´ll have the Gold Museum as background to learn about the indigenous communities that inhabited this area of the country. We will also see important buildings like the “Edificio Avianca”.
San Francisco Church
Do you know how the process of conquest of America took place? Discover the history if the first spaniards who arrived to Bogotá, bringing with them the Catholicism.
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Memorial
After a quick look to the spanish colony at the Universidad del Rosario, in this Essential Free Tour in Bogotá we will jump to the independence of Colombia and the roots of the conflict that has accompanied the country for many years, intensifying with the assassination of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán.
Plaza de Bolívar
The marvelous “Plaza de Bolívar” shows us the most characteristic buildings of Bogotá, with its Spanish roots. Here we will see the Congress, the Presidential Palace, the Mayor’s Office, the Palace of Justice and the First Cathedral of Colombia. This beautiful setting accompanies us in this free tour in Bogotá to talk about the phenomena that marked the history of the country: the guerrillas and the paramilitary groups.
Colón Theather
Our history has been marked by conflict. Despite this, as a nation we have also been characterized by the search for peace. The Colón theater was the setting for an important peace milestone: the signing of the Peace Agreement between the FARC guerrillas and the national government.
La Candelaria Church
We link Plaza Bolívar with the hearth of La Candelaria. Here we will take a look to museums and restaurants recommendations!
Chorro de Quevedo
Graffiti and urban art are beginning to be the protagonists as a reflection of our cultural identity in this square, a meeting point for Bogotanos. Discover our traditions from graffiti on this walking tour in Bogotá.
Show location
La Concordia Plaza Graffiti
Colombia is a rural country and this “Plaza” decorated with urban art accompany us to see the agricultural face of the country.
Mr. Garek, Guache, J2, Bastardilla and Rodez Graffiti
The contemporary history of Colombia and Bogotá does not have buildings to show the problems we are experiencing today. Therefore, graffiti and urban art become the tool to tell them. We will see the murals of the most important urban artists of the city and the country.
Plazoleta del Rosario – Right in front to the Gold Museum public transport station
Plazoleta del Rosario, Ac. 13, Bogotá