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Santa Fe, Bogotá — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Santa Fe is a locality of Bogotá, holding the Gold Museum and the hill of Monserrate.
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Where to stay in Santa Fe
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
Santa Fe, where Bogotá was founded, is a district of museums rather than a single hotel strip. Beds cluster where the city crowds in. Most visitors base themselves near the Gold Museum and the Colombian National Museum, then walk to the cable car that climbs the Monserrate Sanctuary above the district.
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Around the Gold Museum
The blocks between the Gold Museum and the Botero Museum, close to the galleries at the district's core.Find hotels in Around the Gold Museumearly climbers taking the funicular up Monserrate SanctuaryBelow Monserrate
The streets under the cable car and funicular that carry visitors up to the Monserrate Sanctuary on the ridge. Rooms are few around here — worth securing early.Find hotels in Below MonserrateHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Bogotá
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Museums & Galleries
7- Colombian National Museum Heritage
- Museo de la Independencia Casa del Florero Heritage
- Museo Casa de Moneda Heritage
- Museum of Colonial Art Heritage
- Claustro de San Agustín Heritage
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- Museo de Memoria de Colombia Heritage
- Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Heritage
Churches & Religious Sites
6- Primary Cathedral of Bogotá Heritage
- Church of San Francisco Heritage
- Church of Our Lady of Carmen, Bogota Heritage
- Iglesia San Ignacio - Bogotá Heritage
- Iglesia de Santa Bárbara Heritage
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- Capilla del Sagrario Heritage
Landmarks & Notable Places
1- Silva Poetry House Heritage
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About Santa Fe
What are the main landmarks in Santa Fe?
Museums crowd Santa Fe. The Gold Museum holds the district's best-known collection, and the Botero Museum, the Colombian National Museum, and the Museo Casa de Moneda stand within a short walk. Colonial churches mark the same streets.
The Church of San Francisco and the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves face the traffic below the Monserrate Sanctuary on its ridge.
What is the history of Santa Fe?
Santa Fe carries the old name of Bogotá in its own. The Church of San Francisco and the Capilla del Sagrario stand from the colonial city that grew below the Monserrate ridge, and later the Museo de la Independencia Casa del Florero fixed the district to the events that opened Colombia's break from Spain. Grand houses followed.
The Silva Poetry House keeps one such home, while the Museo de Memoria de Colombia marks the district's more recent reckoning within the wider city.
Where is Santa Fe?
Santa Fe, the third locality of Bogotá, is part of the traditional downtown where Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada founded the city in 1538.
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What is the best area to stay in Santa Fe?
Around the Gold Museum: walkers who want the Gold Museum and Botero Museum on foot. Below Monserrate: early climbers taking the funicular up Monserrate Sanctuary.
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Updated October 2026