Teusaquillo
Teusaquillo is the 13th locality of Bogotá, capital of Colombia.
Teusaquillo is the 13th locality of Bogotá, capital of Colombia. It is located in the geographic center of the city, to the northwest of downtown Bogotá. This district is inhabited by middle and upper class residents. It is an urbanized locality with several green zones as parks, avenues, and the campus of the National University of Colombia. Most of the heritage buildings and houses of Bogotá are in this locality. It is located on the former site of an indigenous resguardo known as Pueblo Viejo, which existed until the main urbanization phase of the 20th century.
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Worth seeing in and around Teusaquillo
10 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.
- 01Estadio El Campín
The Estadio Nemesio Camacho El Campín, commonly known as El Campín, is the main stadium of Bogotá, Colombia. It was inaugurated on 10 August 1938 and has a capacity of 39,512 spectators.
3.2 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02Abou Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque
The Abou Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque is a mosque in Bogotá, Colombia.
2.9 km · mosque in Bogotá, Colombia · Wikipedia - 03Bogotá Botanical Garden
The José Celestino Mutis botanical garden is Colombia's biggest botanical garden. It serves both as a recreation and research center with an emphasis on Andean and Páramo ecosystems.
800 m · botanical garden · Wikipedia - 04Children's Museum of Bogotá
The Children's Museum of Bogotá was a privately managed museum foundation in Bogotá, Colombia's capital city, founded in 1986 and opened to the public in 1987. It aimed at teaching children about science, technology, culture and arts.
1.1 km · museum in Colombia · Wikipedia - 05Biblioteca Pública Virgilio Barco
Virgilio Barco Public Library is a Public library in the western sector of Bogotá, Colombia. It is a part of BibloRed, the District's Public Library Network.
1.7 km · Public library in Bogotá, Colombia · Wikipedia - 06Simon Bolivar Park
The Simón Bolívar Metropolitan Park, best known as the Simón Bolívar Park, is a greenspace and entertainment and sports complex located in the middle of the city of Bogotá, Colombia. It is one of the largest urban parks in the world with over 1000 acres of green spaces, bicycle paths, parks, sports complexes, a public library and the Bogota Botanical Gardens.
1.4 km · park in Bogotá · Wikipedia - 07Geographic Institute Agustín Codazzi
The Geographic Institute Agustín Codazzi is the entity of the Government of Colombia responsible for producing the official maps and basic cartography of Colombia, and managing the national cadastral infrastructure and the national soil survey. It is also charged with advancing geographic investigations for the development of the country, and educating and training professionals in the geographic information technologies.
3.8 km · Colombian cartographic institute · Wikipedia - 08Movistar Arena Bogotá
Movistar Arena, previously known as Coliseo Cubierto El Campín, is an indoor sporting arena located in Bogotá, Colombia. It was built in 1973 and renovated in 2018.
2.9 km · Bogotá's Stadium · Wikipedia - 09Catedral San Juan Bautista de la Estrada
The St. John the Baptist Cathedral, also known as Engativá Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Catholic Church in the Engativá locality of Bogotá, Colombia.
1 km · church in Engativá, Colombia · Wikipedia - 10Museum of Contemporary Art of Bogotá
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Bogotá, also known by the acronym MAC, is an art museum located Engativá, Bogota. It is considered one of the most important museums in Bogotá.
3.1 km · contemporary art museum in Bogotá · Wikipedia
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Getting to Teusaquillo
- Airports
- El Dorado (BOG), 7 km · Jose Maria Córdova (MDE), 222 km · Alfonso Bonilla Aragon (CLO), 283 km
- Stations
- Virrey, 3.9 km · San Martín, 3 km
- Medellín → Teusaquillo244 km · quickest by road, 9h 16m · COL$68,700–91,650
- Cali → Teusaquillo302 km · quickest by air, 4h 39m · COL$238,520–370,070
- Cartagena → Teusaquillo660 km · quickest by air, 4h 23m · COL$282,570–438,210
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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 Teusaquillo
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 Teusaquillo. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThe TransMiCable inaugurated in 2018 is a gondola lift that takes passengers from the TransMilenio stop to in the Ciudad Bolivar district.
- Get aroundColectivos cover practically every major route of the city, and can generally be flagged down at any point on a main road.
- Go nextYou'll need a 4x4 vehicle or go by a tour.
From Wikivoyage: Bogotá, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Teusaquillo
Teusaquillo is 7 km from Bogotá, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Barrios Unidoslocality of the Capital District of Bogotá, Colombia1.8 km
- National University of Colombia at Bogotácampus of a Colombian academic institution in the capital city of the country3.8 km
- Modelianeighborhood located in Bogotá2.8 km
- Ciudad Salitrehuman settlement in Colombia2.8 km