Museo Arquidiocesano de Arte Religioso
Boyacá, Santander & Norte de Santander
Features religious art comprising paintings, statues and altarpieces collected from the region. There is an especially impressive silver collection.
Must-see attractions in Boyacá, Santander & Norte de Santander
Villa de Leyva
This church is currently in religious service and has interesting paintings in the chancel and on the wooden structure supporting the roof.
Barichara
This humble pale-yellow chapel has a fine baroque mahogany altarpiece. The original bell tower was damaged by lightning but has since been restored. Do…
Boyacá, Santander & Norte de Santander
Located about 10km southeast of Cúcuta on the road to the Venezuelan border in the sedate suburb of Villa del Rosario is the Parque de la Gran Colombia…
Boyacá
Accessible by the nerve-racking Paso de Angel path outside the small town of Santa Sofía, this pretty 80m waterfall empties into a fine pool. The final…
Villa de Leyva
Antonio Nariño was known as the forefather of Colombia's independence and Casa Museo de Antonio Nariño is the house where he spent the last two months of…
Villa de Leyva
Apparently one of best museums of religious art in the country, the Museo del Carmen is housed in the convent of the same name. The fairly average…
Casa Museo de Antonio Ricaurte
Villa de Leyva
Antonio Ricaurte fought under Bolívar and is remembered for his act of self-sacrifice in the battle of San Mateo (near Caracas in Venezuela) in 1814…
Boyacá
This thematic village was constructed to give visitors a taste of Boyacá's different villages in one place, with each block representing one of seven…
Casa Cultural Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Boyacá
This small but lovely colonial home was the birthplace of Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, who became president of Colombia in a 1953 military coup with promises of…
San Gil
The tree-lined plaza of Parque La Libertad, also called Parque Principal, is San Gil's most visible landmark and the heart of its social life. The…
Boyacá, Santander & Norte de Santander
The 17th-century Catedral was badly damaged during the earthquake of 1875 and altered in the reconstruction. The five-nave interior (two outer aisles were…
Santander
A popular large swimming hole fed by a small slanted waterfall. Surrounded by lush farmland, it gets up to almost 3m deep in places and is ideal for a…
Casa del Primer Congreso de las Provincias Unidas
Villa de Leyva
On October 4, 1812, legislators met here to install the First Congress of the short-lived United Provinces of New Granada and elect its first president,…
Bucaramanga
In Parque García Rovira, this diminutive chapel is Bucaramanga's oldest surviving church; it was erected in stone from 1748 to 1750. Its simple…
Catedral de la Sagrada Familia
Bucaramanga
Facing Parque Santander is Buca's most substantial piece of religious architecture. Constructed over nearly a century (1770–1865), it's a massive,…
Bucaramanga
One of Bucaramanga's best preserved colonial mansions, the Casa de la Cultura is currently occupied by an educational institution, but visitors are free…
Bucaramanga
Buca's colorful, well-organized central market is worth a stroll, especially for its 4th-floor food court with all manner of local eats and mountain…
Museo de Arte Moderno de Bucaramanga
Bucaramanga
A bright little museum with two exhibition rooms with rotating exhibits of modern paintings and sculptures. There's also a garden with sculptures and a…
Boyacá, Santander & Norte de Santander
For a bird's-eye view of the pueblo and surrounding rock formations, head up to this lookout point above town, a straight 15-minute ascent east on Calle 4.
Boyacá, Santander & Norte de Santander
One of the oldest churches in the city, the Iglesia de Santo Domingo once served as Pamplona's cathedral.
Bucaramanga
This twin-towered, pale-yellow, colonial-period church dominates the east side of Parque García Rovira.
Villa de Leyva
Casa Quintero is a fully restored colonial mansion and gourmet food court just off Plaza Mayor.
San Gil
A handsome 18th-century stone church, Catedral Santa Cruz is located on San Gil's main plaza.
Villa de Leyva
A fine restored colonial mansion just off the plaza that now contains a variety of shops.
Boyacá, Santander & Norte de Santander
A small but attractive whitewashed colonial church standing guard over the cemetery.
Boyacá, Santander & Norte de Santander
This fine restored colonial church is open for Mass at 3pm, 5pm and 6pm.
Boyacá, Santander & Norte de Santander
Has a nice clock tower and sometimes hosts temporary art exhibits.
Barichara
Capilla de San Antonio is the youngest of the town’s churches, dating from 1831.
Boyacá, Santander & Norte de Santander
This 19th-century market building is just off the main square.
Boyacá, Santander & Norte de Santander
One of Pamplona's more simply decorated colonial churches.
Boyacá, Santander & Norte de Santander
One of the many churches in the center of the city.
