Bucaramanga city - Santander
Distance from Bogotá: 379 Km.
This city is also known as “The Beautiful City”. It counts with museums and other tourist places like The Chapel of Los Dolores and The House of The Culture. The city is plenty of beautiful parks.
Bucaramanga is a comercial city, but there are other representative activities like the footwear manufacture, the rag trade, and the provided services. The economy is represented by the farming sector, the agriculture, the cattle farming and the poultry farming.
How to arrive to Bucaramanga
By plane, it is possible to arrive to The Airport of Palonegro that is placed in the region of Lebrija, 40 minutes from the city. By car, the city is conected to the other cities thanks to The Transport Terminal of Bucaramanga.
To complete the information, we present distances from Bucaramanga to the principal cities.
Bucaramanga - Barranquilla 569Km.
Bucaramanga - Cali 745 Km.
Bucaramanga - Cartagena 635 Km.
Bucaramanga - Cucuta 189 Km.
Bucaramanga - Medellín 374 Km.
Bucaramanga - Valledupar 435 Km.
Parks of Bucaramanga
Bucaramanga is also called the city of the parks because it counts with many nice parks such as:
García Rovira Park: It is one of the most visited parks, because surroundings there are main places as The Bucaramanga Mayor’s office, the parishes of San Laureano, Dolores chapel and Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento square. It was named in that way because of a city hero.
Antonia Santos Park: The beauty landscapes make the park a visited place; it owes his name to one of the fighter heroines because of Colombian Independence.
Santander Park: The most important park of the city because of its surrounding constructions: The Cathedral of The Sacred Family; The Hotel Bucarica, a national monument; The Club of The Commerce, an important piece of architecture with a neoclassical style; and The International Center of The Triada.
Bolívar Park: In the middle of the park, El Libertador statue is located. It was built by Carlos Gómez sculptor. It is located on street 37 between carreras 22 and 23.
Centenario Park: It was built in honor to Aquiles Parra, the only santandereano president. It is surrounded by two historic monuments: Nuestra Señora del Pilar former school and Santander Theater.
Children Park: It is one of the most traditional and recreational places of the city, is located on carrera 27, one of the main roads, has basketball courts and tennis court.
Parque Cultural del Oriente: The park is considered the lungs of the city, because there are a lot of trees and plants. It is the newest park of Bucaramanga, opens every day and offers cultural activities for the community.
Churches
Capilla de Los Dolores (chapel): It is the oldest temple of the city whose historic richness is due to the fact that it was the see of Nuestra Señora de Chiquinquirá and San Laureano. Recently, the chapel was declared national historic heritage.
Iglesia de la Sagrada Familia (church): It was built in 1887, is located in front of Santander Park, is a majestic work and one of the main constructions of XIX century.
San Laureano Church: It is one of the architectural values, situated on carrera 12 between street 37, has typical characteristics which dates from XX century.
Capilla de Las Nieves(chapel): It is situated near the main park of Girón. It is considered one of the oldest churches of Santander because of its colonial style. It is a tradition to have catholic weddings in this chapel because of its solemnity and romanticism.
Historic Attractions
Instituto municipal de Cultura(institution): It was the former Gabriel Turbay public library, and then it was transformed into an institute, in order to promote the culture in the metropolitan area.
It provides library services, art workshop, shows and cultural work of different neighborhoods; promote several activities and has a radio station, named Luis Galán Sarmiento.
Casa de Bolívar: It is an important tourist center, where the first seat in our city was. Inside Guane museum function, has important piece goods whose characteristics belong to the native tribe who lived long years ago.
Museums
Modern Art Museum: It is located on street 37 between carreras 26 and 27. In the museum, there are exhibitions of regional, national and international artists, and art appreciation courses.
Guane de Floridablanca Museum: The museum functions inside the “Piedra del Sol” cultural house, has artistic pieces and collections of native cultures.
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By: wikitravel.org |
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By: Steve Bickers |
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By: Steve Bickers |
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