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Sogamoso is a city in the department of Boyacá in Colombia. It s located at 2492 m above sea level and the population is around 130 000 inhabitants.

Get in

• From Bogotá : catch a bus at the Portal Norte, 4h30 (22,000 COP)
• From Tunja : frequent buses

Get around

See

• San Martin Cathedral

• Archaeological Park

• El Templo del Sol (Sun Temple)
• La Pilita de la Unión
• La Casona de Pie de Cuesta (Big house)
• Sacred Fountain of Conchuda
• El Oratorio (Chapel)
• El Arco De Monquirá (Arch)

• Hill and Chapel of Santa Barbara

Do

• Thermal Pools in Iza

Buy

Eat

Drink

• Refajo : a mix of beer, apple soda and malt.

Sleep

• Finca San Pedro.

Contact

Get out

• Tibasosa : Famous as the world capital of the feijoa fruit. Well conserved main plaza surrounded by shops selling feijoa derived products : sweets, ice cream, liquor, arequipe... (Bus : 1,000 COP)
• Monguí : Beautiful colonial village set in the hills that celebrated its 400 years in 2001. Access to the Páramo de Ocetá. (Bus : 3,000 COP)