Free walking tours in Bogotá
The best free walking tours in Bogotá with local guides
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La Candelaria on a free walking tour in Bogotá
Nobody asks for money when you sign up for a free walking tour in Bogotá: booking a place on GuruWalk costs nothing and needs no credit card, and the guide is paid at the end with whatever you think the walk deserved.
La Candelaria, the historic centre, is where many of these walks go, from Santander Park and the Chorro de Quevedo to Plaza de Bolívar, on a typical route of about five kilometres. Others pick a theme instead: the Gold Museum, the street art, Chapinero, or Colombia's armed conflict and its peace process. 17 local guides run them, an average tour lasts just over two and a half hours, and Bogotá's free tours carry an average of 4.8 out of 5 from more than 6,729 reviews.
What Bogotá's free tours are about, from La Candelaria to the armed conflict
Inside the Gold Museum and the National Museum of Colombia
Bogotá's museum tours take the walk indoors. The Gold Museum is covered floor by floor, through the pre-Hispanic world its collection shows, while the National Museum of Colombia comes with the history of the country, tales of the Panopticon and its spirits.
La Candelaria's historic centre, the essential walk
The essential tours of Bogotá stay in La Candelaria, the historic heart of the city, and they are the group walkers have reviewed most, 5,130 times for an average of 4.8 out of 5. Several pass the Chorro de Quevedo, the Botero Museum and Plaza de Bolívar, and some add the La Concordia market square, Santander Park or the Gold Museum.
The Bogotazo and the Palace of Justice: recent history on foot
The Bogotazo, the taking of the Palace of Justice, the armed conflict and the peace process are the subjects of Bogotá's history tours. Several pass Santander Park and Plaza de Bolívar, and other stops include the Palace of Justice, the memorial to Jorge Eliécer Gaitán and the Fragments counter-monument, and some walks read downtown from a feminist point of view.
Neighbourhood walks, from La Candelaria to Chapinero
District by district is how the neighbourhood tours approach Bogotá. In La Candelaria that means the Chorro de Quevedo, the Pola House, the San Carlos Palace and the Gabriel García Márquez Cultural Center. In Chapinero, a neighbourhood of contrasts that keeps going late, it means the Teatro Libre and the Basílica Menor Nuestra Señora de Lourdes.
Graffiti tours of Bogotá's walls
Graffiti is the whole point of Bogotá's street art tours: the city's walls are the attraction, and the guide leads you from one piece to the next, a format walkers rate 4.8 out of 5 in 461 reviews. The booking page shows where each street-art walk begins.
War, peace and bikes: alternative ways to see Bogotá
By bike or on foot, the alternative tours step away from the classic Candelaria loop in Bogotá. The walking ones follow Colombia's armed conflict, drug trafficking and peace process, from Jiménez Avenue and the Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Museum to the Palace of Justice and the Liévano Palace. The others are bike rides.
Chorro de Quevedo, Santander Park and Plaza de Bolívar in one Candelaria walk
On a walk through Bogotá's centre, the Chorro de Quevedo and Santander Park tend to come early and Plaza de Bolívar later. A typical route in Bogotá covers about five kilometres, and the walks last anything from an hour and a half to four hours. Only these three stops turn up often enough to call them a common route:
- Chorro de Quevedo, in La Candelaria, usually early in the walk.
- Santander Park, usually reached early on.
- Plaza de Bolívar, where many walks stop later in the route.
Around them, some Candelaria walks take in the Gold Museum, the Bank of the Republic, Rosario Square, the La Concordia market square, Funnel Street, the Church of Our Lady of Candelaria, the Botero Museum and the Colón Theatre.
Walks about the armed conflict and the Bogotazo lean towards the Palace of Justice, the Murillo Toro building and the Colegio San Bartolomé. Routes vary from tour to tour, and the booking page confirms the meeting point, time and language.
Bogotá walkers' questions, from tipping to the Gold Museum meeting point
What tip is fair after a walk through La Candelaria?
Free tours in Bogotá don't have a fixed price. At the end, each person contributes to the guide the amount they consider fair based on their satisfaction. As a guideline, GuruWalk recommends between €15 and €50 per participant.
How much of your day goes on a guided walk from the Chorro de Quevedo to Plaza de Bolívar?
Expect just over two and a half hours for a free tour in Bogotá, with some as short as an hour and a half and others stretching to four hours.
Which language, and what time of day, for a Bogotá free tour?
In November, Bogotá's free tours start at 9:00 AM and the last one sets off at 4:30 PM, most of them in Spanish or English. The two languages are almost level in Bogotá, with 20 free tours in Spanish, 19 in English and one in German. The booking page shows each tour's language and times.
Do Bogotá tours meet at the Chorro de Quevedo or the Gold Museum?
Both, depending on the guide. Some Bogotá walks gather at the Chorro de Quevedo in La Candelaria, others by Santander Park, the Gold Museum or the Plazoleta del Rosario, and your booking names the exact spot.
Can you see Plaza de Bolívar and the Palace of Justice without a guide?
Yes, you can walk to Plaza de Bolívar and the Palace of Justice in Bogotá on your own. What a local guide adds is the history behind Plaza de Bolívar, the Palace of Justice and the Bogotazo, and booking one is free. Groups are capped, so reserve a place ahead.
A quick local snapshot of Bogotá
For extra context before your walk, our walkers can pair their route with tips from GuruWalk guides in this Bogotá guide and plan their time efficiently.
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