Exploring Chapinero, Bogota, Colombia

Chapinero is a neighborhood/district of Bogota and exploring Chapinero is a nice way to get out of the city bustle while still “keeping it urban”. It wasn’t really what I was expecting, but things usually aren’t.

Exploring Chapinero

I started of by catching the transmilenio to the Nuestra Senora de Lourdes cathedral. Mass was on at the time but you can still walk around and have a look.

Then I weaved my way through the streets headed north. There’s lots of apartment and office buildings along the quiet streets.

Eventually I got to Virrey park where you can walk along the stream.

Virrey park was nice to walk through. There was lots of people doing stuff – yoga, cross-fit, box-ercise, walking dogs, tai chi, etc. It was a Saturday morning which probably contributed to the abundance of activity.

Continuing on I made my way to Parque de la 93. I think the attraction of this place are the surrounding restaurants at night, but otherwise it was just a small park.

That was it. I caught a bus back to La Candelaria.

Other places of interest in Chapinero are the gay area and the big nightclub but it they were about 3 kilometers from my starting point. Also, I have no special interest in either so I decided to give them a miss.

Getting to Chapinero

I caught the transmilenio C19 towards Portal Suba and got off at Calle 63 which is only about a 2 minute walk from Nuestra Senora de Lourdes cathedral.

Have you been exploring Chapinero before? Share your thoughts in the comments