Bogota

Museo del oro

Welcome to the Banco de la República and its Bogotá Gold Museum. The exhibitions were
completely renovated in 2008, in an enlarged building with magnificent architecture. The Gold
Museum's permanent exhibition invites you to discover the history of how gold and other metals
were used by the pre-Hispanic societies who lived in the land today known as Colombia. It is
displayed in four exhibition galleries and an exploration area, all of which you can visit in whatever
order you prefer:

•The Working of Metals describes the mining and manufacturing techniques employed by the
ancient metallurgists.

• People and Gold in Pre-Hispanic Colombia reveals how and in what contexts people used metals
as part of their political and religious organisation.

• Cosmology and Symbolism explores mythical subjects, shamanism, and the symbology of metals.

• The Offering immerses the visitor in the world of ceremonies at which offerings were made.

• The Exploratorium encourages interactivity and reflection on the diversity and meaning of the
heritage that is preserved in the Museum.

Museo de Arte Miguel Urrutia (MAMU)

The Museum of Art of the Banco of the Republic is a building with two big rooms, each one of 500
square meters, to shelter temporary exhibitions of international height. The complex, in addition,
there includes the small square Gregorio Vásquez of Maple, a zone of infantile workshops, and an
audience with capacity for 160 persons. The construction of three floors, inaugurated in 2004, was
designed by the of Bogotá architect Enrique Triana Uribe who, for this project, received the
National Prize of Architecture 2006. Rooms of temporary exhibitions The museum possesses two
rooms of temporary exhibitions.

El Museo de Arte del Banco de la República es un edificio con dos grandes salas, cada una de 500
metros cuadrados, para albergar exposiciones temporales de talla internacional. El complejo,
además, abarca la plazoleta Gregorio Vásquez de Arce, una zona de talleres infantiles, y un
auditorio con capacidad para 160 personas. La construcción de tres pisos, inaugurada en 2004, fue
diseñada por el arquitecto bogotano Enrique Triana Uribe quien, por este proyecto, recibió el
Premio Nacional de Arquitectura 2006. Salas de exposiciones temporales El museo cuenta con dos
salas de exposiciones temporales.

Museo Casa de Moneda

The Numismatical Collection of the Banco of the Republic opened the public in December, 1996 in
the colonial cloister of the Museum House of Currency of Bogota, place where the first coins of
gold were coined in America in 1622. Across his rooms a tour is done by the history of Colombia,
highlighting relevant facts of the national life, the history of the building and the processes
inherent in the production of coins and inserted tickets in the historical context in which they
circulated. The exhibition seeks to wake the interest of the public up, creating a modern and
didactic exhibition illustrated with graphs and objects that show the technical processes used in
the production of coins and tickets, and likewise they allow to visualize the architectural changes
that the House had up to finishing the 20th century.
La Colección Numismática del Banco de la República se abrió al público en diciembre de 1996 en
el claustro colonial del Museo Casa de Moneda de Bogotá, lugar en donde se acuñaron las
primeras monedas de oro en América en 1622. A través de sus salas se hace un recorrido por la
historia de Colombia, resaltando hechos relevantes de la vida nacional, la historia del inmueble y
los procesos inherentes a la producción de monedas y billetes insertos en el contexto histórico en
que circularon. La exposición busca despertar el interés del público, creando una exhibición
moderna y didáctica, ilustrada con gráficas y objetos que muestran los procesos técnicos utilizados
en la producción de monedas y billetes, y así mismo permiten visualizar los cambios
arquitectónicos que tuvo la Casa hasta finalizar el siglo XX.

Monserrate

Lookout

The view of Bogota enjoyed from Monserrate, the faith that evokes its Sanctuary and every stone
that was put in place for that purpose, its pilgrims, gardens, fountains, gastronomy, cloud forests,
sunsets, starry nights and majestic moon make the experience of visiting Monserrate unique.

Church

Monserrate is the Colombian’s capital symbol par excellence, not only as a natural effigy, but
because of its religious character whose Sanctuary has been visited by millions of pilgrims since its
founding in 1640.

San Isidro House

Located in a colonial building whose decoration evokes the solemn, tranquil and loving city of half
of the XIX century offers to its visitors a select French menu in a romantic and cozy atmosphere. It
has been famous for the last 35 years because of its annual gastronomic seasons.

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Located in the top of the Monserrate Hill with the beautiful city of Bogota like main landscape, this
restaurant offers its visitors the opportunity to taste Colombian plates. Another one of the
enchantments of this restaurant is that it works in a beautiful house constructed in 1924 in the
town of Usaquén, and transferred to the Monserrate Hill in 1979.
San Andrés

Jardín Botánico de San Andrés

In a space of eight hectares in the center of the island, in which he reigns the fresh and pure air,
there is the Botanical Garden in which it is possible to observe the flora that has survived from the
age of the dinosaurs, up to the most evolved plants that have seat in this piece of the Antilles. This
garden, which belongs to the National University of Colombia, possesses the additional attraction
of a viewing-point of 12 meters of high place, 360 degrees of sight, from where it can appreciate
great part of the forest with which it counts the island and oriental margen of the Caribbean sea.

Inside this viewing-point also there are thematic murals that show how he is San Andrés, his flora
and his fauna, from the sea bed up to the clouds. There one understands, also, the geological
particularities of which this one is an island of coral and not volcanic, since they are the majority.

En un espacio de ocho hectáreas en el centro de la isla, en el que reina el aire fresco y puro, está el
Jardín Botánico en el que se puede observar la flora que ha sobrevivido desde la era de los
dinosaurios, hasta las plantas más evolucionadas que tienen asiento en este pedazo de las Antillas.

Este jardín, que pertenece a la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, cuenta con el atractivo adicional
de un mirador de 12 metros de alto, con 360 grados de vista, desde donde puede apreciarse gran
parte del bosque con que cuenta la isla y la margen oriental del mar Caribe.

En el interior de este mirador también hay murales temáticos que muestran cómo es San Andrés,
su flora y su fauna, desde el fondo del mar hasta las nubes. Allí uno entiende, también, las
particularidades geológicas de que ésta sea una isla de coral y no volcánica, como son la mayoría.

La Cueva de Morgan

Morgan's Cave is one a mysterious mouth that makes way for itself in a great formation of coral.
This one is a tourist attraction of the Island that marks the difference, since there you can
surround with nature, with thousand-year-old histories and with the legends on the ancestors of
pirates; on having entered to the Cave you are going to estimate the rocky formations that are the
whole work of art realized by the waves of the sea with the passage of time.

hiding there his exchequers - they say that still estan secret there what waits to look for them?
Another alternative is caretear, an attraction in which to submerge in the sea, only you need from
a mask or visor, an esnórquel and fins. The better thing is that podras to see fish of different colors
and to enjoy the magnificent wealths that exist in the depths.
How to come to Morgan's Cave? This appointment with the legends of the island you can find her
in in the Av. Circunvalar km 8. You do not have lose! You can come in the tours and excursions that
they programme to know the island or even better, can go for your own account in bicycle,
motorcycle or car and remain the time that you believe rightly.

La Cueva de Morgan es un una boca misteriosa que se abre paso en una gran formación de coral.
Ésta es una atracción turistica de la Isla que marca la diferencia, ya que allí te puedes rodear de
naturaleza, de historias milenarias y de las leyendas sobre los ancestros de piratas; al entrar a la
Cueva vas a apreciar las formaciones rocosas que son toda una obra de arte realizada por las olas
del mar con el paso del tiempo.

¿Qué hacer en La Cueva de Morgan?

Si deseas alejarte por un día de la playa, la Cueva de Morgan es la mejor opción porque la visita no
te tomará más de dos horas y además, es una parada obligada cuando estás dando la vuelta a la
isla.En el lugar verás la réplica del barco de Morgan y escucharás a los nativos contar historias que
te trasportarán muchos años atrás cuando los piratas recorrian dicha cueva; de hecho, este
místico personaje escondía allí sus tesoros – dicen que aún estan ocultos alli ¿qué esperas para
buscarlos?Otra alternativa es caretear, una atracción en la que para sumergirte en el mar, sólo
necesitas de una máscara o visor, un esnórquel y aletas. Lo mejor es que podras ver peces de
diferentes colores y disfrutar de las magnificas riquezas que hay en las profundidades. Cueva del
pirata morgan

¿Cómo llegar a La Cueva de Morgan?

Esta cita con las leyendas de la isla la puedes encontrar en en la Av. Circunvalar Km. 8. ¡no tienes
pierde! Puedes acudir en los tours y excursiones que programan para conocer la isla o aún mejor,
puedes ir por tu propia cuenta en bici, moto o carro y quedarte el tiempo que creas justo.

El Parque Regional de Mangle Old Point

It is a sanctuary of flora and fauna located in San Andrés's oriental side, Colombia, in the bays
Hooker and Haynes, closely together of the downtown. In this site the travelers can observe a
system of swamps in which they live mussels, crabs, iguanas and lizards, as endemic and migratory
birds.

Es un santuario de flora y fauna ubicado en el lado oriental de San Andrés, Colombia, en las bahías
Hooker y Haynes, muy cerca del centro de la ciudad. En este sitio los viajeros pueden observar un
sistema de manglares en el que habitan mejillones, cangrejos, iguanas y lagartos, al igual que aves
endémicas y migratorias.

El acuario

A site where it seems that to walk on the water was possible is the Aquarius, also called Rose Cay,
in that the depth of the water is near to a meter. There, on having looked at the sides, the persons
feel that they are on the open sea while they advance towards Haynes Cay. Certainly, also they
can cross from a key to other one swimming or doing snorkel between hundreds of goldfishes.
Un sitio donde parece que caminar sobre el agua fuera posible es el Acuario, también llamado
Rose Cay, en el que la profundidad del agua es cercana a un metro. Allí, al mirar hacia los lados, las
personas sienten que están en mar abierto mientras avanzan hacia Haynes Cay. Por supuesto,
también pueden cruzar de un cayo a otro nadando o haciendo snorkel entre cientos de peces de
colores.