Here you have a Christmas tour of Bogotá with four key stops of the city center, which combine lights, festive atmosphere, culture and good fun. Ideal to visit with family or friends in December. You can adjust it as long as you have.
Living Christmas in Bogotá is going through a city that shines with its own light. During December, the streets of the center, parks and squares are transformed into scenarios full of color, music and tradition. This is a tour of emblematic places in the center of the capital, an invitation to discover its warmest and festive spirit.
Tour Bogotá in Christmas It is much more than seeing lights: it is to feel the spirit of a diverse, welcoming and vibrant city that proudly celebrates its culture and its people. Each corner of Plaza de Bolívar, each view of the Torre Colpaña and each sigh in Monserrate, offer a history, a different taste and emotion, in a unique destination to enjoy decembrine magic.
🗺️ Discover the route
Ο Plaza de Bolívar and historical center
- Address: Race 7 # 11-10
- Description: The historic heart of the city was a holiday in December: the Plaza de Bolívar and the surroundings offer an urban walk with illuminated buildings, cultural roots and a special year-end atmosphere.
Tip: Combine it with a typical dinner in the historic center and a coffee on a cobbled street. He arrives before night to have good photos with natural light and then see the illuminations.
Ο Torre Colpaña
- Address: Cra. 7 # 24-89
- Description: Every December, the Colpaña Tower becomes one of the brightest symbols of Christmas in Bogotá. Its imposing façade is transformed into a light screen that illuminates the capital sky with colors, figures and festive messages visible from different points of the city. The Christmas projections, accompanied by music and shows, make the tower a meeting point for Bogotans and visitors who meet to admire its glow.
Tip: To live to the maximum the Christmas magic of the Colpaña Tower, visit the place at nightfall - between 6: 30 and 8: 00 p.m. - when the lights reach their greatest intensity and the center of Bogotá comes to life.
Ο Cultural Plaza La Santamaría
- Address: Cra. 6 # 26-50
- Description: La Santamaría Cultural Square is transformed into a center of Christmas activities that combines mass shows with business fairs and artistic programming. In December, it usually presents large-format shows that mix dance, circus and music, with free entry and two daily performances at night.
Ο Monserrate
- Address: Cra. 2 East 21-48
- Description: At Christmas, the Monserrate hill becomes an indispensable destination to live the magic of Bogotá from the heights. His path and the sanctuary are illuminated by hundreds of lights that lead the way and create an atmosphere of peace and wonder. On reaching the top, the view of the glowing city is simply spectacular. To enjoy Monserrate at this time is to feel the Christmas spirit in its maximum expression: an experience of faith, light and beauty that connects heaven with the heart of the capital.
Tip: She wears warm clothes - it's cold at the top - and considers going up in cable or funicular at sunset to see the city from above when the lights have already turned on.
I want to go
The route is generally available from Monday to Sunday. If you want to do the full tour, you must have several hours. As for the Torre Colpaña, the lookout is open on Fridays and weekends between 6: 00 p.m. and 08: 30 p.m. In MonserrateThe pedestrian path is open from Wednesday to Monday, from 5: 00 a.m. to 1: 00 p.m. to go up and until 4: 00 p.m. to go down (closed on Tuesday). The funicular and cable operate from Monday to Saturday from 6: 30 a.m. to 10: 00 p.m., and on Sundays and holidays have special hours.
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