Bogota City Tour with Gold Museum and Zipaquira Salt Cathedral

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About this activity

Get a full day of experiences getting to know Bogotá and visiting the Zipaquirá Salt Cathedral. This combo tour will show you the most characteristic Bogotá scene, and then take you to a town nearby to an underground Cathedral full of history

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At a glance

Duration: 12 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: English, Spanish
Operated by: Impulse Travel

Ages: Children (2–12 years) · Adults (13–90 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Private transportation from and to your hotel in the Bogota area
Included: Expert guide in the language of your preference (Spanish, English, Portuguese, French, German)
Included: Entry Tickets to attractions visited

Not included

Not included: Optional tips and gratuities
Not included: Aditional unspecified activities
Not included: Lunch

Itinerary

Mount Monserrate

one hour Admission included

Your day will start when your driver picks you up from your hotel, to take you to your first stop: the Monserrate Sanctuary, located within the imposing Eastern Hills of the city, at an altitude of 3150MASL. Ascending to the top of the mountain on a cable car, you will reach the most famous pilgrimage point of the city, and perhaps the most incredible lookout spot in the capital. This is the best spot to grasp the historical and spatial contextualization of the city.
Barrio La Candelaria

30 min

To finalize the city tour, you will cross La Candelaria’s border to become immersed in the most impressive collection of indigenous gold artifacts at the Gold Museum. As you leave, you'll have the chance to go shopping at the handicrafts market at Parque Santander.
Plaza de Bolivar de Bogota

20 min

After the walking tour in La Candelaria, you will reach Plaza de Bolívar. It is here where administrative and governmental buildings - that have been icons of the historical processes carried out in our country - surround the main square of the Plaza.
Museo del Oro

45 min Admission included

To finalize the city tour, you will cross La Candelaria’s border to become immersed in the most impressive collection of indigenous gold artifacts at the Gold Museum. As you leave, you'll have the chance to go shopping at the handicrafts market at Parque Santander.
Catedral De Sal

one hour Admission included

As soon as the city tour is over, you will be taken to the charming town of Zipaquirá where you will visit the Zipaquirá Salt Cathedral. This is a place where the mysticism of Muiscas (indigenous culture), Catholic symbolism, and contemporary engineering, came together to take visitors on a magical tour through tunnels and vaults of impressive sizes.

On this tour, you will enter an old salt mine that was adapted to become a cathedral. Here, artists and sculptors have manipulated the materials found underground to create original representations of Catholic symbols. Learn from an expert guide about this process and the meanings behind the artworks you will see on tour.
Stop 6

one hour

Then, you will head to the colonial village of Zipaquirá, where you’ll walk through the main square that is surrounded by several buildings that have been declared national monuments. Here, you will taste some delicious baked foods of the region and check out the local handicraft market. Lastly, you will head back to Bogotá where you will be driven to your hotel.

Meeting point and pickup

The operator picks every participant up from their accommodation or the points below.

Pickup points

Macarena Hostal San Gil
Pristime International Holiday Hotel
Hotel oasis home
VOU Suites
Hotel y Restaurante Casa Medina
H C De Quevedo
Hotel Platinum Suite
Hotel Torre Central
Mercure Bogota BH Zona Financiera
Hotel Lido
Ibis Bogota Museo
Hotel Embajada Bogota Dc

and 671 more pickup points

Pick up service from Bogotá Hotels /Accommodations. Please enter your pick up details.

Note: pick-up from other towns have an additional cost (including but not limited to Chía, Cota, Funza, Mosquera, La Calera). Please contact us to arrange it.

Using your ticket

Note: Please email Impulse Travel at [email protected] to confirm your pickup time and location.
The Gold Museum closes on Mondays and the Botero Museum closes on Tuesday

The price you paid for the service does not include 19% V.A.T. This benefit only applies to foreigners entering as tourists, so it is necessary that you send us as proof a copy of your passport and the photo of the entry stamp to the country. As required by the national tax authority.

Cancellation

Free cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

If you cancel	You get back
At least one day before	100%
Less than a day before	0%

Good to know

Service animals allowed
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
The order of the tour can be modified due to weather conditions.
We recommend wearing comfortable clothes and shoes.
We recommend taking a rain jacket in case you experience a rainy day.
PLEASE NOTE: The Gold Museum is closed on Monday; however, we can change it for another museum according to group's interests.
If there is another place of interest you'd like to include in the tour, please let us know in advance and we will be glad to include it for you.