Weaving Peace: Taste and understand what is happening in Colombia

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1

  This cafe is the first stop and meeting point

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 2

  After the market, you will walk towards Avenida Jimenez and 7th Avenue, where you will start to get a clear idea of the initiation of the political conflict and learned what happened during the riots of Bogotazo in 1948. You will visit Santander Plaza, the San Francisco church, Jorge Eliecer Gaitan´s memorial and view the eclectic architecture of the city center. Walking along 7th Avenue towards Plaza Bolivar as you get a better understanding about Colombia´s troublesome history.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 3

  Next, you will head to visit the "counter-monument" Fragmentos built by the artist Doris Salcedo and a group of women who were victims of Colombia's armed conflict.(Gallery closed on Mondays) This artwork was built using the melted rifles of FARC ex-members as raw material and will stay on display during the same amount of years that the armed conflict lasted. Contrary to a common monument this artwork has a very distinctive approach to what a monument should be, represent and feel like.

  1 hour • Admission ticket free
• 4

  From Fragmentos you will go back on a short walk towards Selva Nevada, a company dedicated to preserve biodiverse crops throughout Colombia working hand in hand with conflict-vulnerable farmer communities through fair trade and association. The ice-cream here is full of exotic options as well as the traditional flavors. It´s simply delightful.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 5
  Plaza de Bolivar de Bogota

  Once you arrive to Colombia´s main Plaza, it’s time for a Q&A session. So many things have happened in this location, including the siege of the Palacio de Justicia in 1985, one of the most remembered and bloody episodes of the country. Also, endless number of demonstrations in favor and against the Peace Agreement signing in 2016 and many other events that have marked the current situation of the country.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 6

  (Only Included in the 6 hour tour) La Casa de la Paz, (the House of Peace) is an open for dialogue space owned by former FARC militants who today are members of society. Here, you will also have a chance to meet people from different parts of the country who have been directly affected by conflict, and today they are leaders, artists and owners of different entrepreneurships and you will have the chance to contribute by visiting their craft shop. This stop is where you will have a taste at one of the best craft beers in Colombia, La Trocha ale porter, and as you have your drink you will be able to meet the people in the space, buy souvenirs and walk around the brewery.

  1 hour 15 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 7

  (Only included in the 6 hour tour) We finish off with a lunch at a farm-to-table restaurant Salvo Patria that makes contributions to peacebuilding communities though their unique and delicious food.

  1 hour • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Wheelchair accessible
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• The itinerary and activities are design to last 7 hours, but customers can choose to spend more time in different stops, as long the total duration is not exceeded.
• On Sundays, we will have our lunch at Canasto if Salvo Patria is not available.

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