| Route | First Bus | Last Bus | |
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| Bucaramanga (San) to Bogota (D.C) | 02:30 | 23:59 | BOOK NOW |
| Bucaramanga (San) to Medellin (Ant) | 00:31 | 23:45 | BOOK NOW |
| Bucaramanga (San) to Cucuta (N.San) | 00:30 | 23:59 | BOOK NOW |
| Bucaramanga (San) to Barrancabermeja (San) | 03:01 | 22:00 | BOOK NOW |
| Bucaramanga (San) to Santa Marta (Mag) | 04:00 | 23:59 | BOOK NOW |
| Route | First Bus | Last Bus | |
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| Bogota (D.C) to Bucaramanga (San) | 00:05 | 23:59 | BOOK NOW |
| Medellin (Ant) to Bucaramanga (San) | 04:30 | 23:30 | BOOK NOW |
| Barrancabermeja (San) to Bucaramanga (San) | 03:30 | 22:00 | BOOK NOW |
| Santa Marta (Mag) to Bucaramanga (San) | 07:00 | 22:00 | BOOK NOW |
| Barranquilla (Atl) to Bucaramanga (San) | 01:00 | 23:30 | BOOK NOW |
The best period to visit Bucaramanga is the season from December to March, the driest period on average.
Bucaramanga presents a tropical climate with a minimum temperature of 65,3 °F (18,5 °C) and a maximum of 82,4 °F (28 °C). The rains are present throughout the year, being January, July and December the months when the level of rains descends a little bit.
Bucaramanga, considered the most prosperous capital of Latin America, is known by locals and visitors as the "beautiful city" or "city of parks", due to the numerous parks and urban recreation areas. It was founded in 1622 and was converted, with the time, in the capital of the Santander department until today. The city has changeable climate conditions due to the diverse types of floor that Bucaramanga is divided in, which is also crossed by one of the most important rivers of the region, the Gold river. Bucaramanga stands out for its tourist potential, rich in adven... ture and eco-tourism activities, reason why the city was chosen as one of the 7 tourist destinations of Colombia. Among the famous parks we suggest El Parque Santander, Romero o Centenario and the recent ones, Parque del Agua and Parque Ecologico de la Flora. You could also join the locals on their celebrations and cultural events. Among them we recommend the Festival de Cuenteros Abrapalabra, which gathers narrators worldwide, the Festivalito Ruitoqueño and the Piano International Festival. Bucaramanga is waiting for you with its halo of prosperity and tourist parks.
View MoreLocation: Cr 33 # 37-45
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Enjoy pleasant moments with your friends or travel fellows at this interesting place, taste the variety of beers and cocktails while you enjoy the live music shows. The service is nice and respectful.
Location: Calle 38# 33-31.
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From 1994 this place has collection music for its distinguished clients. Ideal for listening to music of remember and keeping in mind the unforgettable moments drinking beer with friends.
Location: Cr. 33 # 37-34
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It's a bar with more than 34 years of history with a Mexican theme, where you will listen to music from the North, rancheras, among others. Have a different evening listening to live shows of mariachis and enjoy the delicious mexican food.
Location: Carrera 33 # 33-30
Hours: 9:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday
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It's a bar for the gay community that welcomes everyone who respects their thought. It's an interesting place to spend a night of reggaeton, dance and electronic music. Besides that, there are frequent events with diverse themes and entertaining shows
Location: Cra. 35 # 48-84
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Rate: 8000 to 70000 COP
Inviting restaurant of care presentation where the clients will be at ease when arriving. The service is fast, nice and respectful, they have a variety of dishes and you can book tables in advance if you need it. They have delivery service.
Location: Carrera 28 # 54-21
Hours: 12:00 p.m. to 16:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Tuesday to Saturday / 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Sundays.
Rate: an average of 26900 COP the main dishes.
Restaurant of more than 50 years of experience serving their dinners, taste the incomparable grills, salads and pastas. The inside tables have a beautiful presentation with warm colors, that help to have a nice atmosphere to enjoy at lunch time.
Location: Cra. 27 # 42-27
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There are different rooms in the restaurant: La Cava is inspired in a wine cellar, where you can listen to music and see live shows; El Cobertizo is a freedom area where you can share the sofas with your family; La Tasca has a colonial decoration where you can taste a delicious coffee or cocktails and La Pampa, the ideal place to make diverse events.
Location: Crossing point of Carrera 19 and Calle 36, close to the Parque Santander.
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Price: free entrance.
The construction of this amazing cathedral started in 1985, when the land to build was bought. It's known that the parishioners financed the construction due to the humility of the starting agents and the poverty that left the One Thousand Days War. It's an artwork.
Location: Via Bucaramanga - San Gil, municipality of Zapatoca
Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Wednesday to Friday/ 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
Price: From 25000 COP for children, from 50000 COP for adults
It's a natural park of Colombia that allows the visitors to practice diverse ecotourism activities. It's built on the Chicamocha canyon and take up a large territory. It propose activities as paragliding, rappel, buggies drive, cinema, ice skating, among others.
Location: Carrera 4#30 - 01
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Placed close to the Colegio San Pedro, this impressive temple welcomes the traveler with its particular red color and a beautiful image of an upper Christ. It's a must-see for all the believers.
Location: Diagonal 32 #30A-51, Bucaramanga
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It's a place where you can relax for a while with family or friends and you will admire fountains and some animals as birds and fishes. Most of the tourists coincide that the decoration in December is spectacular.
Location: Carrera 30, close to the restaurant La Puerta del Sol
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It's a recreation place that has some sculptures with the shape of ants (hormigas in Spanish). It's a relaxing place to spend the afternoon and some interesting places around.
Location: Cra. 33 #45
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It's a crowded place specially in the weekend, by families that look for being together surrounded by nature. In the park you can find a statue of the enigmatic painter Fernando Botero, besides areas for the children amusement.
Location: Parque Nacional de Chicamocha
Board on an all-wheel car and go across one kilometer of this park admiring natural landscapes while the adrenalin goes through your body and you feel the excitement of the potholes of the road.
Location: Parque Nacional de Chicamocha
Contemplate from the sky the Chicamocha canyon while you feel the excitement at 1000 meters of height. Feel the freedom of floating in the air without ties, a unique and unforgettable experience.
Location: Parque Nacional de Chicamocha.
You have the chance of looking from close the cycle of life of the world's biggest non flying bird. See how are born chicks of ostrich, pheasant and goose, thanks to the incubator of the park.
You will feel as floating on air while you are comfortably seated, hanging in the air going through a cable 450 meters long. You will feel fear and excitement while crossing the air. The park also has a similar activity for children.
It's a delicious dish that has a variety of ingredients with a unique and special flavor. Pork, cow, manioc, parsley, potato, beans, onion, tomato, all of them mixed in a soup that captures all the visitors of the city.
It's a dish made of rice and billy goat, egg, diverse spices and centers of bread. This dish has an Spanish origin and it's served in a tortilla and served with strong dishes.
Probably you have sometime wondered about eating some kind of insect. When you have the dish in front of you, you hesitate and then you take the first bite of a queen ant. It's a unique and delicious dish, similar to nuts and with aphrodisiac effects (it's told).
You can find it in a rectangular or cylindrical shape, and it's made mainly of pelao kind of corn. You will taste the flavor of onion, sweet pepper, parsley, cilantro among the other ingredients, specially the delicious meat of creole hen, pork or turkey.
We don't have to forget this really typical dish of Santander, so common but delicious. Fried, grilled or in sudado preparations, but with potato, manioc and Santander arepas (a kind of bread with chicharron, some lettuce and tomato with some lemon.
| Ferias Bonitas de Bucaramanga | September | Celebration with more that 66 years of history, where all kind of artists take the streets and exhibit cultural and art events really appealing and for free. The enterprising people of Bucaramanga have always had this art calling, reason why you can enjoy dance, music and story tellers events. |
| Semana Nacional del Tiple | November | It's an event that stand out the folcklore Colombian, Andean music. Artists are presented to the event and the best are priced. Orlando Serrano Giraldo founded this event and looks for preserving the particular rhythms of the region of Colombia. |
| Festival Internacional de Santander de la UIS | August | It's a big event that join Colombian pianists and from abroad. At the beginning it was just welcomed by students of the Universidad Industrial de Santander, but then it was spread to the municipality of Barrancabermeja and nowadays has concerts in diverse stages of the town. Each year is more popular and the number of presentations grows. |