# Things to see in Bogotá (Colombia): 62 places and when to go

> Bogotá is a major city in Colombia with around 7,772,000 inhabitants, and this site lists 62 places in and around it, mainly Museums and art (26), Temples (14), Nature (8). The best known are Gold Museum, Bogotá, Primatial Cathedral of Bogotá and Monserrate. The best time to come is December to February and June to August; also possible: March to May and September to November. There are about 12 h 16 of daylight all year round: this close to the equator the days barely change. Here is what there is, when to go, how to get there and what else is nearby.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/bogota/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-08
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** Colombia · 4.5984, -74.0853
- **Population:** About 7,772,000
- **Places:** 62 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [Museums and art](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/museos/) (26) · [Temples](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/espiritual/) (14) · [Nature](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/naturaleza/) (8) · [With kids](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/familia/) (6) · [Food and drink](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/gastronomia/) (6) · [Wildlife](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/fauna/) (5)
- **Best time:** December to February and June to August.
- **Also possible:** March to May and September to November.
- **Nearest airport:** BOG Bogota, 13 km as the crow flies
- **Highest point:** Guadalupe Hill, at 3,317 m.

## What to see in Bogotá

The places in and around Bogotá, best known first, each with its own page: what it is, when to go and what is next to it. Distances are from the centre, as the crow flies.

- [Gold Museum, Bogotá](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/gold-museum/): Pre-Columbian archaeology museum in Bogota, Colombia · 1.5 km
- [Primatial Cathedral of Bogotá](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/cathedral-metropolitan-basilica-of-bogota-primate-of-colombi/): National monument of Colombia · 1.1 km
- [Monserrate](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/cerro-de-monserrate/): Mountain in Bogota, Colombia · 3.6 km
- [Tequendama Falls](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/salto-de-tequendama/): Nature · 23 km
- [National Museum of Colombia](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/national-museum-of-colombia/): National museum · 2.7 km
- [Museo Botero](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/botero-museum/): Museum in Bogota, Colombia · 1.4 km
- [Bogotá Museum of Modern Art](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/museo-de-arte-moderno-de-bogota/): Museum in Colombia · 2.2 km
- [Guadalupe Hill](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/cerro-de-guadalupe/): Nature · Mountains · 3.5 km
- [Bogotá Botanical Garden](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/jardin-botanico-jose-celestino-mutis/): Botanical garden · 7.9 km
- [Chingaza National Natural Park](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/parque-nacional-natural-chingaza/): National park in Colombia · 48 km
- [Museo Casa de Moneda](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/casa-de-la-moneda/): Colombian currency museum based in the city of Bogotá · 1.3 km
- [Monserrate Sanctuary](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/basilica-del-senor-de-monserrate/): Church · 3.4 km
- [Tequendama Falls Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/tequendama-falls-museum/): Museum in Colombia · 24 km
- [Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Bogotá](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/basilica-menor-del-sagrado-corazon-de-jesus/): Church building in Bogotá, Colombia · 543 m
- [Colonial Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/museo-de-arte-colonial/): Art museum in Bogota, Colombia · 1.1 km
- [Planetarium of Bogotá](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/planetario-de-bogota/): Science museum, Planetarium in Bogotá, Colombia · 2.4 km
- [St. James the Apostle Cathedral, Fontibón](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/iglesia-santiago-apostol/): Cathedral of Fontibon Diocese · 11 km
- [Maloka Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/maloka/): Interactive museum of sciences at Bogotá, Colombia · 6.9 km
- [Parque Mundo Aventura](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/mundo-aventura/): With kids · 6.2 km
- [Museo de la Independencia Casa del Florero](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/museo-casa-20-de-julio/): National monument of Colombia · 1.1 km
- [Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/nuestra-senora-de-lourdes/): Church building in Bogotá, Colombia · 6.2 km
- [Silva Poetry House](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/casa-de-poesia-silva/): National monument of Colombia · 1.6 km
- [Tibanica](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/humedal-tibanica/): Wetland in Bogotá, Colombia · 13 km
- [Iglesia San Ignacio - Bogotá](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/iglesia-de-san-ignacio/): National Monument of Colombia · 1.1 km

And the other 38, by what you come to do:

- **Temples**: [Iglesia de Santa Bárbara](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/iglesia-de-santa-barbara/), [Church of Our Lady of Carmen, Bogota](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/iglesia-nuestra-senora-del-carmen/), [Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, Bogotá](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/las-nieves/), [Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Bogotá](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/iglesia-de-la-candelaria/), [Iglesia de la Concepción (Bogotá)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/iglesia-de-la-concepcion/), [Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de las Aguas](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/iglesia-de-las-aguas/), [Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Egipto](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/iglesia-de-nuestra/), [Sinagoga Maguen Ovadí](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/sinagoga-maguen-ovadi/)
- **Museums and art**: [National Geological Museum José Royo Gómez](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/museo-geologico-nacional-jose-royo-y-gomez/), [Chicó Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/museo-del-chico/), [Santa Clara Church Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/museo-iglesia-santa-clara/), [Biblioteca Museo Carlos Lleras Restrepo, UJTL](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/biblioteca-museo-carlos-lleras-restrepo-ujtl/), [Jorge Eliecer Gaitan Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/casa-museo-jorge-eliecer-gaitan/), [CasaTinta](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/casatinta/), [Museo de Arte Contemporáneo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/museo-de-arte-contemporaneo/), [Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Museo de Arte](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/museo-de-arte-de-la-universidad-nacional-de-colombia/), [Museo de Artes Visuales](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/museo-de-artes-visuales/), [Museo de Bogotá - casa de siete balcones](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/museo-de-bogota-casa-de-siete-balcones/), [Museo de la esmeralda](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/museo-de-la-esmeralda/), [Museo de Trajes](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/museo-de-trajes/), [Museo del Mar Utadeo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/museo-del-mar-utadeo/), [Museo Edgar Negret](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/museo-edgar-negret/), [Museum of natural history](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/museum-of-natural-history/)
- **Food and drink**: [Angus Steak Beer House](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/angus-steak-beer-house/), [Cervecero](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/cervecero/), [Deposito de Cerveza](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/deposito-de-cerveza/), [La Bodega](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/la-bodega/), [La Cerveceria](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/la-cerveceria/), [WINE LOVERS](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/wine-lovers/)
- **Hiking**: [Camino real Bogotá - Choachí (T2)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/camino-real-bogota-choachi-t2/), [Camino real Bogotá - Villavicencio](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/camino-real-bogota-villavicencio/)
- **Nature**: [Club La Aguadora](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/club-la-aguadora/), [espacio.co](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/espacio-co/)
- **History**: [Sutagao people](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/monumento-al-indio-sutagao/)
- **With kids**: [Multiparque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/multiparque/), [Termales de Guasca](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/termales-de-guasca/), [Zoológico Santacruz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/zoologico-santacruz/)
- **Mountains**: [Piedras Gordas - PNN Chingaza](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/piedras-gordas-pnn-chingaza/)

## When to go to Bogotá

The best time to visit Bogotá is **December to February and June to August**; also possible: March to May and September to November. This comes from its own places: a month counts as the town's best time when it is the best time for half of what there is to see.

| Mes | Época | Hours of daylight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | Best time | 11 h 46 |
| February | Best time | 11 h 51 |
| March | Possible | 11 h 58 |
| April | Possible | 12 h 06 |
| May | Possible | 12 h 13 |
| June | Best time | 12 h 16 |
| July | Best time | 12 h 15 |
| August | Best time | 12 h 09 |
| September | Possible | 12 h 01 |
| October | Possible | 11 h 54 |
| November | Possible | 11 h 47 |
| December | Best time | 11 h 44 |

There are about 12 h 16 of daylight all year round: this close to the equator the days barely change. In January, 62 of the 62 places are at their best.

When to go to Colombia in general, with its festivals and peak seasons, is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/#cuando-ir).

## Getting to Bogotá

The nearest main airport is El Dorado International Airport (BOG, Bogota), 13 km as the crow flies. How to get around Colombia (train, car, bus) is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/#moverse), and what to sort out before you leave is in [its checklist](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/#antes-de-salir).

- [Where it is](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=4.5984%2C-74.0853)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=4.5984%2C-74.0853)

## Other towns nearby

- [Cajica](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/cajica/): 5 places · 37 km
- [Honda, Tolima](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/honda/): 7 places · 99 km
- [Ibagué](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/ibague/): 6 places · 129 km
- [Manizales](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/manizales/): 9 places · 167 km
- [Armenia, Colombia](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/armenia/): 6 places · 177 km
- [Pereira, Colombia](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/pereira/): 16 places · 178 km

And all of Colombia, in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is there to see in Bogotá?

The best known: [Gold Museum, Bogotá](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/gold-museum/), [Primatial Cathedral of Bogotá](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/cathedral-metropolitan-basilica-of-bogota-primate-of-colombi/), [Monserrate](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/cerro-de-monserrate/), [Tequendama Falls](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/salto-de-tequendama/), [National Museum of Colombia](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/colombia/national-museum-of-colombia/). In all, 62 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Bogotá?

December to February and June to August; also possible: March to May and September to November. There are about 12 h 16 of daylight all year round: this close to the equator the days barely change.

### How do you get to Bogotá?

The nearest main airport is El Dorado International Airport (BOG), 13 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=4.5984%2C-74.0853) opens the route on the map.

### How do I add it to my trip?

Create a trip with Bogotá as the destination and these 62 places are on your map, each with its category. The ones you like go into a day's plan with one tap, and Kokai reminds you when you pass nearby.

Data from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), licensed under the ODbL, from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0, cities from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) and airports from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/). Daylight hours are calculated from the latitude. More in [credits](https://kokai.app/en/aviso/#creditos).