Villa de Leyva Full Day Private or Shared Tour
- 12 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Take a break from the hustle and bustle of the big city and come with us to Villa de Leyva: this beautiful old town on the outskirts of Bogotá. Visit the Sisga dam and Raquira town of pottery crafters on the way to Villa de Leyva and once there enjoy a full-day around its main spots: Pozos Azules (Blue Wells), the Paleontological Museum and more. Discover its treasures by walking through its cobblestoned streets and live a day of contrasts. This tour also has a shared option that includes round-trip transportation from Bogotá, a 3-hour guided walking tour in Villa de Leyva, 2 hours of free time to have lunch and explore, and all-risk insurance. • A full-day adventure outside Bogota city • Stopping at the Sisga Dam and Raquira town of crafts • Visiting the top landmarks: Paleontological museum and Pozos Azules (private tour) • A traditional lunch and dinner with the views of the cobblestoned streets (private tour) • The amazing scenery of place frozen in time
Inclusions
What's included
- Entrance Fee to Pozos Azules (private tour)
- All Risk Insurance
- Entrace fee to Museo Paleontologico de Villa de Leyva (private tour)
- Sisga Dam and Raquira town of crafts (private tour)
- Breakfast and Lunch (private tour)
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
What's not
- Extra purchases
Itinerary
Villa de Leyva has always been very popular among tourists. Not only it has some of the most well-preserved colonial architecture in the country, but the city is rich in history, archeology, and surrounded by striking natural beauty.
Guided visit at Raquira Town of pottery crafters
These mineral-rich pools reflect a blue-green sky on a clear day: a wonderful contrast to the surrounding semi-desert and pine-forests. These artificial water-reservoirs are too mineral-rich to bathe in or drink, but beautiful to contemplate.
You will get to the Paleontological Museums, as the valley where Villa de Leyva is located is rich in fossils from the Cretaceous era. The story goes that a kid digging in his backyard tumbled into the first fossils.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Pickup
- Pickup is included for everyone.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Gran Colombia Tours
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please keep in mind most of this tour requires walking and operates in all weather conditions.
- This tour also has a shared option that includes round-trip transportation from Bogotá, a 3-hour guided walking tour in Villa de Leyva, 2 hours of free time to have lunch and explore, and all-risk insurance.
- For the shared tour, a minimum of 2 people is required for the tour to operate. If only one person books and the minimum is not met, the customer will be offered either a change of date or a 100% refund.
How it compares in Bogotá
- Its from-price is 10% below the median of the 187 day trips we list in Bogotá.
- It is longer than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 43 of 187.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Bogotá
Bogotá, Colombia's capital, sits high in the Andes at around 2,600 metres, with a colonial old quarter, a famed gold museum and a hilltop church.
La Candelaria, the old quarter, lies at the foot of the eastern hills, with streets of colonial houses, galleries and murals around Plaza de Bolívar and its cathedral. The Gold Museum holds thousands of pre-Hispanic gold objects, and the Botero Museum shows the plump figures of Fernando Botero, who gave the city his collection. Above town, a funicular and cable car rise to Monserrate, a white church at over 3,100 metres.
Top-ranked sights in Bogotá: Plaza de Bolivar, Botero Museum (Museo Botero), Gold Museum (Museo del Oro).
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