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Municipality and city in Cundinamarca, Colombia
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Zipaquirá is a cute colonial town of some 70,000 people about an hour north of Bogotá in the Cundinamarca province. It is Colombia's salt mining capital and is famous for its Salt Cathedral, constructed almost entirely of salt within a defunct mine.
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Salt Cathedral
An impressive cathedral hewn out of a salt mine. Tour lasts 3+ hours.
Admire the church interior with red bricks and white lime stone laid out in checkerboard pattern.
By bus
From Bogota, take any "Transmilenio" bus bound for Portal Norte, the interchange between intra-city and inter-city buses.
If arriving by bus, get off on Carrera 15 then turn left at Calle 4. Walking up Calle 4, at first you will see a large green pasture to your right this is the Parque La Esperanza.
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