Carrera 7 and 19th Avenue form two important street axles downtown Bogotá. The first comprised between Calles 6 and 26, extending south to north. Starting at Nariño Palace, the home of Colombian Presidents, in which premises the Astronomic Observatory built during the Botanic Expedition is located. On Calle 7th San Agustín church, famous for its important historical and religious wealth.

A few steps ahead Bolívar Plaza: Primate Cathedral Sagrario Chapel and 20th of July Museum sight are interesting. Liévano Palace, located on the western Plaza border and Mayor of Bogotá Township, the National Congress to the south and the Palace of Justice to the north surround the plaza. To the north, buildings erected during the second half of the XX century arise. Murillo Toro building on Carrera 7 between Calles 12 and 13, is the National Telecommunications and Postal Museum site. Precious gem stores and jewelries crowd the sector concentrating on Calles 11 and 12 and Carrera 6.

Avianca building right after crossing the Environmental Axle. Four blocks further always going north you reach 19th Avenue, an important downtown commercial sector. Then Las Nieves church and the small square of the same name. 200 meters away Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Theatre, art nouveau style scenario and a few feet away Pasteur Terrace mall. Walking up Calle 24 you reach the Modern Art Museum of Bogotá and the National Library. Along the promenade, particularly between Calles 12 and 26, you will find garment shops, specialized libraries, record stores, jewelries, restaurants and fast food places. Crossing Calle 26 you will reach the International Center.

The second axle of tourist interest is formed by 19th Avenue between Carrera 3 and Caracas Avenue. Characterized by active commerce where you may find a variety of products easy to buy. Some malls, garment stores, boutiques, leather articles and jewelries outstand. You will find hotels, travel agencies, restaurants and banking and financial services.

(Jiménez de Quesada Boulevard )
Extending for 2,8 kilometers, is one of the most important urban rehabilitation and reanimation works in past years. Jimenez avenue construction required recovering and articulating substantial public space comprised between Funicular station (Carrera 2 East and Calle 21) and La Sabana Station (Calle 13 and Carrera 18). The environment provided by the complex integrally recovers Historical Downtown, enhancing architectural and urban richness located along the Axle, while generating the necessary conditions for environmental reviving. The Axle includes a wide pedestrian promenade and a corridor for exclusive use of Transmilenio public transportation service, which runs in this sector from Jimenez Avenue (Calle 13) and goes up to Carrera 3 to take a “u” turn at calle 19 level and go back down the same Jimenez Avenue to Caracas Avenue.

Environmental Jimenez Avenue Axle becomes the most important public space downtown and the place citizens and visitors must visit. We suggest starting the tour at the Funicular Station in Monserrate skirts and walking west to appreciate numerous attractions concentrating along the route.

Funicular Station
Colonial style building located at Carrera 2 East and Calle 21. There you take mechanical access leaving to Monserrate mountain.

Boyacá Bridge
Important archeological finding discovered while developing Environmental Axle works. A bridge finished late in 1905 used as historical piece to generate a small plaza. Located a few steps away from Las Aguas church.

La Pola Monument
Carrera 3 calle 18, Las Aguas
Statue representing a sitting woman with her hands tied below her waist. Made of bronze, approximately 2 meters high standing on nearly 2.50 meter high stone pedestal. The plate reads: “Policarpa Salavarrieta Ríos. La Pola was born January 16, 1975, executed by shooting against the wall November 14, 1817”. Antonio Ricaurte Military School Homage. Another plate reads: “Although a young woman I am courageous in excess to suffer this and one thousand more deaths, long live freedom. Before dying indolent people, other would be your destiny if you knew the price of freedom”.

Colombian Academy of the Language
Facing “La Pola” monument this building arises as a replica of the Royal Spanish Academy. The public room shows a mural by master Luis Alberto Acuña representing notable Hispano-American literature people together with a series of universal thinkers and writers.

Journalists Park
Located a few steps away from the Colombian Academy of the Language. A Republican style monument rises known as Bolívar Shrine, built in 1884 by Italian architect Pietro Cantini. Shelters a statue of the Liberator known as “Bolívar orator”.

Santander Park
Facing El Rosario small square, across the Environmental Axle, this historical public space of the city is found, known in older times as Plaza de ha Hierbas (Plaza of Herbs). Buildings representing all historical Bogotá construction periods are assembled in one place.

· Quinta de Bolívar
· Las Aguas Church and Convent · 
· El Rosario small square
· Gold Museum
· San Francisco church
· San Francisco Palace
· La Sabana Station

Extending from Calle 24 to Calle 32, between Carreras 5 and 14, and built as the first financial sector of the city. The zone is very rich in historical, cultural, recreational and natural values. Recoleta de San Diego, Franciscan church at Carrera 7 and Calle 26, is the symbol around which one of the most singular architectural groups of Bogotá stands. On the other side of the street you will find a commercial, financial and tourist services complex.

Several International Center buildings were declared National Monument – Recoleta de San Diego mentioned above, the National Museum of Colombia (Carrera 7 and Calle 28), ancient penitentiary housing the most complete collection of pieces synthesizing Colombian history, Towers of the Park (Calle 27 and Carrera 5), residential condominium, deserving international acknowledgment for its design, Santamaría Bull Fighting Room and Tequendama Hotel.

Other sector attractions:

La Rebeca Place
Carrera 13 calle 25, San Diego
La Rebeca is a full scale figurative sculpture by Roberto Henao Buriticá, inaugurated in 1926. Represents a half naked woman bending over a fountain and collecting water. In white marble. Centenary Park was located at calle 25 and carrera 7th but when carrera 10th was torn down and 26 street bridges were built the park was reduced to a tiny brick section, keeping the fountain and Rebeca in the middle. Fountain area is less than 40 meters diameter.

· District Planetarium
· Independence Park
· Modern Art Museum
· National Library
· Bavaria Central Park
· Colpatria Tower

The Avenue inaugurated in 1961 is one of the most important traffic axles of Bogotá, starting at carrera 3rd and running west to end at El Dorado airport. Has become a great institutional and entrepreneurial corridor, which projection into the future provides the city high competitiveness level.

On Calle 26 you will find Renaissance Ecologic Park, National University of Colombia Campus, the Governor of Cundinamarca, offices, the National Prosecutor of the Nation offices, National Police Direction quarters, National Radio and Television Institute - INRAVISIÓN, the United States Embassy, El Tiempo newspaper, Colombian Agricultural-Livestock Institute - ICA, National Tax and Customs Direction - DIAN, National Administrative Center – CAN, the Air Bridge and El Dorado International Airport.