How to get to La Candelaria neighborhood: What to do, museums, restaurants, hours, and parking

To get to the neighborhood you must go to town number 17, with an address on Calle 10 # 0 15 Arriving by ring road in the center-east area of the city of Bogotá. To guide you better, near La Candelaria are the Plaza de Bolívar, the Chorro de Quevedo, the hill of Monserrate, and the Guadalupe Viewpoint. If you are going to get to La Candelaria by taxi or Uber, a ride from the transport terminal on Diagonal 23 can cost you 13,000 Colombian pesos (it would be about 3 dollars). If you are going to choose a taxi from the Bogotá terminal, preferably one that is assigned from the terminal windows

If you want to arrive using the fast Transmilenio bus system, you must go to the Museo de Oro and Las Aguas stations, which are the closest, it is only a 9-minute walk away. If you want to arrive by car, the best route is to take Avenida El Dorado until you meet Carrera 3 to turn south

In addition to visiting the colonial streets of the La Candelaria neighborhood, the following attractions can be highlighted in this landmark of the city:

• The Historic Center
• Gabriel García Márquez Cultural Center
• Odeon Space
• Graffiti Tour
• The Silva Poetry House
• Mint House
• Colombian Military Museum
• Botero Museum
• Gold Museum
• Museum of Independence
• Plaza Bolívar
• The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
• The Colon Theater
• The Quinta de Bolívar museum
• El Chorro de Quevedo
• The Chicha Museum
• The hills of Monserrate
• Guadalupe Hill

The authorized hours of the museums at La Candelaria are from Monday to Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Sundays and holidays: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. . To visit and explore the entire site, you must have at least 2 hours to explore the streets of the historic center and one morning if you want to enter the museums or visit the hills of your time. The best days to go are all mornings except Tuesdays since many sites and museums are closed. The hours of most restaurants and bars are from Monday to Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. Sundays and holidays: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.

Regarding values to visit La Candelaria, these are some rates that you should take into account before going:

• There is free admission to the Botero Museum, the Casa de la Moneda, the Military Museum of Colombia, and the Museum of Independence
• It is free to enter the Historic Center although there are tours from COP$90,000 per person (18 dollars)
• The entrance to the Gold Museum costs COP 4,000 (1 dollar)

If you go by car, the parking lots of La Candelaria are located on Calle 14 and Calle 12. They are open from 6:00 am to 8:30 pm and on Saturdays until 5:00 pm, although the “Parqueadero De la Doce” is 24 hours and the rate has a cost of COP 3,000 per hour.

If you are going to do the whole tour, there is also an area of restaurants with typical Colombian flavors, Italian food, Mexican food, Cuban food, and grill with average prices from 25,000 pesos to $200,000 (5 dollars to 40 dollars) per person and Some dishes that we recommend you to eat are hot chocolate with cheese, mojarra bathed in encocado sauce, chicken breast marinated in herbs on a bed of rice, pork ribs cooked in their juices and smoked with guava wood or hearts of palm from Putumayo. Some of the restaurants you can find in La Candelaria are:

• La Puerta Falsa
• Pizza Candelaria
• El Aquelarre
• Prudencia restaurante
• Enchiladas La Candelaria
• La Malcriada
• Quinua Y Amaranto
• Capital Cocina y Café
• Kukama Restaurante Bar
• El son de los grillos
• Restaurante Babou
• Restaurante T-Bone
• Restaurante La Bruja
• El Gato Gris
• Origen bistró