Parque de los Periodistas

What to expect

Officially renamed Parque Gabriel García Márquez, the park was built between 1882 and 1886 and later became a meeting place for Bogotá’s journalists, poets and writers. Its centrepiece is the Templete del Libertador, a domed monument to Simón Bolívar inspired by Rome’s Temple of Vesta. The small triangular green space follows a curve in Avenida Jiménez, on the Eje Ambiental above the former San Francisco river course. It sits within walking distance of Plaza de Bolívar, the Gold Museum and Museo Botero.