The best time to visit Cucuta is from january to march because the weather is warmer and there is less precipitation. Also, in march they celebrate the most important festivity, the San Jose's day.
The weather in the urban zone is warm, the average temperature is 81.68°F (27.6°C). The highest temperatures oscillate between 95°F (35°C) and 100.4°F (38°C), and the lowest oscillate between 62.6°F (17°C) and 68°F (20°C). The annual precipitation is moderate and the windy season is between june and september.
| Route | First Bus | Last Bus | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cucuta (N.San) to Bogota (D.C) | 07:00 | 22:00 | BOOK NOW |
| Cucuta (N.San) to Bucaramanga (San) | 04:00 | 23:00 | BOOK NOW |
| Cucuta (N.San) to Medellin (Ant) | 11:30 | 20:30 | BOOK NOW |
| Cucuta (N.San) to Cali (Vac) | 08:00 | 20:00 | BOOK NOW |
| Cucuta (N.San) to Barranquilla (Atl) | 14:00 | 22:30 | BOOK NOW |
| Route | First Bus | Last Bus | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bogota (D.C) to Cucuta (N.San) | 00:44 | 23:59 | BOOK NOW |
| Medellin (Ant) to Cucuta (N.San) | 08:00 | 23:30 | BOOK NOW |
| Bucaramanga (San) to Cucuta (N.San) | 00:30 | 23:59 | BOOK NOW |
| Cali (Vac) to Cucuta (N.San) | 03:01 | 23:31 | BOOK NOW |
| Barranquilla (Atl) to Cucuta (N.San) | 08:30 | 23:15 | BOOK NOW |
Modern Museum that hosts the history of the country's Marines Modern... o Museo que alberga la historia de la infantería de marina del país.
View MoreLocation: 0 Avenue #9a-1 a 9a-71, Cúcuta
Horario: unknown
Precio: unknown
Club located at Tonchala Hotel. It has a large and cozy space where you can dance trending music. Also, they organize events with several electronic music Dj's.
Location: Libertadores Avenue #0E-60, Barrio Blanco, Cúcuta
Hours: unknown
Precio: unknown
Restaurant recommended by locals for their fantastic meats, like churrasco and ribs. ALso, they offer desserts, wines and drinks.
Location: Between 7 Street and Libertadores Avenue
Hours: 11:30am- 2:00am
Price: Desde 8.00 to 11.500 COP
Typical Cucuta restaurant that offers traditional food like empanadas, soups, patacones and other meals on the grill. In addition, since 8:00pm they have music shows. It's a perfect place for tourits because there you can learn about Cucuta's traditional food and culture.
Location: Km. 6 of the Panamericana highway
Houra: 8:00am- 6:00pm
Price: unknown
Historic and touristic place where is located Santander's house, it's now a museum that shows the belongings of the general and the belongings of the politics that participated in the independence of Colombia. Also, there is located the historic temple, where was performed the Cucuta's congress and where was written the 1821 Constitution. Besides, there is the Bagatela's house, the goverment house where the Gran Colombia executive's worked in 1821.
Location: 5.ª and 6.ª Avenue, 10 and 11 Streets
Hours: All day
Price: Free entrance
In this park is located the old center square of San José de Guasimales, place where occured important historic and public events. In addition to its attractive layout, this park is famous because there are pigeons walking all the time.
Location: Between Gran Colombia Av. and Guaimaral Av., Barrio Colsag
Hours: All day
Price: Free entrance
Beautiful park where you can go with your family to enjoy nature because it has several kinds of trees and animals (like parrots, iguanas and hawks). In the center, it has a bronze estatue of the liberator Simon Bolivar, that was e,laborated as a copy of the one that was built at Roma.
Location: #15- a, 4th Avenue #15125, Cúcuta
Hours: unknown
Price: unknown
Old colonial house built in 1893. At first it worked as a branch of the commercial society Andresen Möller and Ltda company, and then it was the residence of the danish merchant Andresen Möller and wife, the cucuteña Maria Teresa Briceño. In the XX and part of the XXI centuries it worked as the Sagrado Corazon de Jesus School. In 1996, it was declared a nation's cultural property. It's a beautiful architectural work that has been restored and is preserved by the nation for its historical value.
Location: 10 Street N° 0E-100, Cúcuta center
Hours: 7.00am- 12:00pm y 2:00pm- 6:00pm
Price: unknown
It shows old pieces of art of the Cucuta culture. Also, it organizes cultural activities that includes exhibitions of local artist's works.
Traditional meal elaborated with boiled eggs, sabanera potatoe, cheese, onion, tomatoe, bell pepper, parsley, celery, hogao, milk, cream, black sauce, pepper, and in some cases, sausages marinated with beer.
Traditional soup elaborated with pork meat, corn, potatoe and chickpeas. It's usually served with rice, chickpea pie and yucca pie.
| Anniversary of the foundation | March 19th | Commemorating event of the city's foundation,is the most important celebration because is the San Jose's day (official name of the city and of the diocese). |
| Battle of Cucuta | Febrary 28th | Commemorating event of the Cucuta's historic battle in the Bolivar's hill. The participants are usually the settlers and tourists. |
Here are some of the most popular dropping points in Cucuta (N.San). Please note that these locations generally differ with each bus operator. The bus dropping points in Cucuta (N.San) are as follows: