El Metropolitano Simón Bolívar
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Simón Bolívar Park: Rock al Parque, a Lake and a PopeAudio guide
Told byBogotoursI’ll tell you the secrets of El Metropolitano Simón Bolívar. I guide you here with the map, or you can listen from home. What you see is not what you think, and knowing it is worth it. Some narrations are AI voices and others are real people.
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How it works
- Go there
the app walks you there from wherever you are. - Listen there or from home
it plays by itself when you arrive, or press play from wherever you are. In your language if it was recorded in it. - Keep discovering
the Bogota map has more gems like this one, and you can put them together in a tour.
Story
113 hectares of green in a city short on public space: the largest park in Bogotá. Its design, its concerts and the man it is named after.
Frequently asked questions
How big is Simón Bolívar Park?
One hundred and thirteen hectares. Central Park in New York covers three hundred and forty-one; in a city as short of public space as Bogotá, this is close to a miracle. LightUp tells you how it came to be.
Which is bigger, Simón Bolívar Park or Central Park?
Central Park: 341 hectares against 113. Even so, it is the largest open-air concert venue in Colombia.
What concerts are held in Simón Bolívar Park?
It hosts Rock al Parque, founded in 1995, the largest open-air rock festival in Latin America. LightUp tells you the park's other sides, from the lake to Pope Paul VI's Mass.
Is there an audio guide for Simón Bolívar Park?
Yes. With LightUp you can listen as you walk or at home, in 7 languages: the park, the lake, the concerts and the man it is named after.
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