Cerros de Monserrate

28 December 2013

After the graffiti tour I decided to go see the church on the cerro (hill) of Monserrate. You can walk up, but since it's about a 700 metre climb, I decided to take the cable car. It was COP7.900 one way, double that to get back. The line was really long, and they could only fit about 15-20 people in each car, so I waited for half an hour to get up.

The view was spectacular. Up the top there is a panorama of all of Bogotá. The church itself is quite pretty from the outside, but nothing special inside. But it was rigged up with lights everywhere, as were all the tres and statues, so at night the whole cerro lights up like a Christmas tree.