La Candelaria Tour: Explore Bogotá's Colonial Gem

Explore Bogotá’s colonial heart with an expert guide. Discover La Candelaria’s history and the Gold Museum’s treasures. Book your unique cultural journey now.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) - Featuring a collection of 59,479 pre-Colombian indigenous gold artifacts, jewelry, crafts, ceramics, and more, the Gold Museum is a top indigenous museum in Bogotá. This offers a remarkable and distinctive experience where a social scientist guides visitors through the museum’s various rooms, explaining the symbolism…
What's Included
  • Gold Museum Entrances
  • Tea and coffee
What's Not Included
  • Private transportation
  • Lunch
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

La Candelaria is the most attractive and unique colonial neighborhood in Bogotá. Since 1538, it has been a place of gorgeous colonial architecture and the center of the country’s government. During this experience, one of our anthropologists, historians, or social scientists will guide you through the history of Bogotá, using the buildings, culture, and…

Location
Gold Museum
Carrera 6
Go to the Gold Museum's main entrance and look for a tour guide with a white umbrella.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Michael
Feb 2, 2025
Excellent Tour Guide - Oscar Diaz is an amazing knowledgeable guide with a great personality. He's an Anthropologist and college professor, so his insights incredibly informative. The Gold Museum exhibits are a special expertise of his, and that tour blew us away! Highly recommend!
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Mzapatah
Dec 23, 2024
Amazing Tour of La Candelaria - I’m originally from Bogota, but I lived outside of Colombia for many years and I wanted to get re-acquainted with the center, so I did this tour and it blew my mind. I thought I knew this area and its history well, but Oscar took me to landmarks I had passed by a million times but never really seen or paid attention to. I learned so much on this tour, and was incredibly impressed with how knowledgeable Oscar is that I now recommend Lateral to all my foreign friends who come to visit. I’ve since done a Paloquemao tour, coffee tasting tour, and rum tasting tour with the company, and those were also 10/10.
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Nanine2022
Dec 18, 2024
Best way to learn about Colombia’s history! - This activity was way more than we expected. Oscar, our guide, was not only a very knowledgeable Anthropologist, but also a great Colombian with an eye for detail. He honed into our individual stories and catered to our needs both (his)story-wise as well as gastronomical. We enjoyed simply walking and learning, but also the food was great! The very specific historical facts (based on our questions) and his willingness to converse on the relationship between Colombia and former colonizer (Spain) was just a fantastic added bonus. We understand that Oscar might not always be the guide for this tour, but given he is main curator, I am sure you will not be disappointed eitherway. We wish Oscar all the best in future endeavors.
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539nardas
Dec 15, 2024
Private Walking Tour & Coffee Tasting! - If you do any tour in Bogota do this one! Oscar is a professor of anthropology and a professional coffee taster. In addition to him giving us curated tours of the colonial part of town, the Gold Museum and the Botero Museum, he took us to a boutique cafe where they roast their own coffee from their farm. He taught us all about coffee tasting - delicious. Charming and fluent in English, Oscar is a delight! Next time I'll take his food tour too! A++++ Recommendation!
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Colin3030
Sep 30, 2024
Best tour ever! Super authentic and fun! highly recommend for solo travelers and groups alike. - Oscar is the most amazing tour guide I have ever had. Normally I do not like guided experiences, and choose to explore cities on my own. But this is not to be missed. His knowledge of Colombian history and Bogota itself is unparalleled. It was so much fun to explore the city and see parts of it that I would not be able to find out about or access easily as a solo traveler. In the evening we met up with friends and went to the most amazing rum bar, and Oscar led us through regional varieties. I never knew I liked rum, but it truly was so special and tasty and just an awesome bar/restaurant. This would have been impossible to find without his care and expertise. I would come back to Bogota just to hang out with Oscar more - he is truly super friendly and fun to be around and also cares deeply about the tour experience and the culture and history of Bogota. All of these come together to make an incredible experience.
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688catalinag
Sep 19, 2024
Extraordinary Tour! - It was an extraordinary tour of the historic center of Bogotá. The Guide was very friendly and attentive. He spoke about several historical and contemporary themes of the city and the country. He gave us excellent food recommendations. The best thing was to have entered the Gold Museum with an anthropologist, definitely another experience to appreciate all the pre-Columbian wealth. Highly recommended!
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535olgapatriciad
Sep 14, 2024
Tour of Candelaria - Very pleasant experience, friendly and Pro staff. Recommended 💯. It was interesting to know about the history and places of the area.
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567yesikap
Sep 14, 2024
Wonderful experience - My family and I were very happy to live this great experience! The information very complete the answers very timely and clear! I highly recommend this company, they have very complete plans and at a good price! When I return I would definitely use this service again!!
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Y8142eijairog
Sep 13, 2024
Exceptional - I recently had the pleasure of exploring Bogota with Lateral experiences , and I can’t recommend their services highly enough. From start to finish, the experience was nothing short of exceptional.
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Ohdcocuy
Aug 29, 2024
Very good plan with Lateral - Excellent plan, thanks to Lateral for the experience and professionalism of the Guide. Very interesting explanations and knowledge of the city.
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From $51
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).