Villavicencio
Villavicencio is a city and municipality in Colombia.
Villavicencio is a city and municipality in Colombia. The capital of Meta Department, it was founded on April 6, 1840. The municipality had a population of 531,275 in 2018. The city is located at 4°08'N, 73°40'W, 75 km southeast of the Colombian capital city of Bogotá (DC) by the Guatiquía River. It is the most important commercial center in the Llanos Orientales of Colombia.
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Worth seeing in and around Villavicencio
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Bioparque Los Ocarros
Bioparque Los Ocarros or Los Ocarros is a zoo park located in the city of Villavicencio in Colombia. The biopark houses animals of the region and works closely with the environmental authorities to preserve the local fauna.
4.8 km · Colombia biological park · Wikipedia - 02Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral, Villavicencio
The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral Also Villavicencio Cathedral Is a cathedral of the Catholic church located in the Colombian city of Villavicencio, capital of the department of Meta. The temple is dedicated to the Virgin Mary under the invocation of the Virgin of Mount Carmel.
600 m · church in Villavicencio, Colombia · Wikipedia - 03University of the Llanos
The University of the Llanos, also known as Unillanos, is a national public university based in the city of Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia.
9.9 km · public university in Villavicencio, Colombia · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Bioparque Los
- 02Parque Los
- 03Cerro Cristo Rey
- 04Parque Las Malokas
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Things to do
Dancing:There is a town called "7 de Agosto", famous for the variety of dancing clubs along its main street. Also, the club "Capachos" known to be one of the best dancing clubs for people in their 20s to late 30s.
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Where to eat
Along the Calle 15 in the west of the intercity bus station "Terminal de Transporte" there is street-food in the evening.
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Getting to Villavicencio
- Airports
- El Dorado (BOG), 84 km · Jose Maria Córdova (MDE), 299 km
- Stations
- La Vanguardia Airport, 2.9 km
- Bogota → Villavicencio73 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · COL$19,050–25,400
- Medellín → Villavicencio319 km · quickest by road, 10h 56m · COL$88,450–118,000
- Cali → Villavicencio330 km · quickest by air, 8h 6m · COL$339,420–521,020
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Villavicencio
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Villavicencio. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundFrequent minibuses go through the city for COP$2.400 (July 2023).
- Get aroundAsk the minibus driver for the specific time.
- Get aroundAfter sunset some of the minibuses are fancy illuminated.
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