SIGHTS OF BOYACA

THERMALS PAIPA

Hot baths is one of the great attractions of the city. Besides being a source of entertainment, provide great health benefits. 

Coming to   aquatic complex is reached by the road that passes in front of Lake Sochagota and  around Pantano de Vargas, just 5 minutes from the main Paipa park.

VILLA DE LEIVA 

It is a clear example of the preservation of colonial architecture in the country. It was founded by Don Andrés Díaz Venero de Leyva and declared a National Monument in 1959. 

Population peaceful and serene, home of the first President of the New Kingdom of Granada, which later became recreational site viceroys and presidents. 

Currently visitors can scroll through the main square and cobbled streets, visit the Cloister of the Discalced Carmelite Sisters, Cathedral, Casa de Nariño Antonio, Casa de Juan de Castellanos and the Museo del Carmen, one of the art museums Colombia's most prestigious religious and also enjoy the richest embroidery around or acquire and own handmade crafts of the region as the ceramic Ráquira and points of Boyacá and country candy. 

Main Plaza: 
The center of the village, fully paved, with 14,000 square meters is considered the country's largest. A source that supplied drinking water to the population for many years is in the center. 

Vargas Vila House: 
The famous journalist, critic and novelist José María Vargas Vila moved to Villa de Leyva in 1885, putting the teaching in public schools. The house is located on the main square in front of the church. 

Museo del Maestro Luis Alberto Acuña: 
In the main square museum featuring acrylic and oil paintings, charcoal drawings, sculptures in concrete, acrylic murals, etc. is It is located next to the house of Vargas Vila. 

Los Portales: 
The elegant romantic architecture that adorns the northeastern side of the square was built by Don Juan de Castellanos. Upstairs some restaurants mayor and works on the ground floor. Don Juan de Castellanos wrote 150,000 verses, stanzas, the story related to the struggles of conquest with the Indians. 

Casa del Cabildo: 
On the south side of the square, is the home of the council, one of the historical relics of the village. 

Casa de Nariño: 
In this house died precursor Antonio Nariño independence on 13 December 1823 The house is located between the terminal and the main square. 

Ricaurte Birthplace: 
It is a tribute of admiration and affection for the Hero of San Mateo. The FAC (Colombian Air Force) acquired the property in 1970 and installed him as a military museum in honor of his patron who believes. 

Paleontological Museum: 
Leaving the town, on the road to Arcabuco, is the oldest mill wheat Colombia. Today is a museum which displays fossils from 120 million years. 

House of General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla: 
In the south eastern corner of the Plaza del Carmen house he lived former President General Rojas Pinilla is. On one of his visits, the General issued and signed, along with all of his ministers, on December 17, 1954, Decree N. 3841, by which he declared to Villa de Leyva as a National Monument. 

Museo del Carmen: 
Works of religious art from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries are exhibited. It was founded in 1971 by the PP. Carmelites, who pulled out of the privacy of the convent cloisters these treasures are a historical record of the life and culture of their Order. 

Fossil: 
A fossil impressive 20 meters of a quensladicus kronosaurus with about 120 million years. On the way to St. Sophia 5 ½ Km. 

Parish Church: 
Symbol and Villa de Leyva Boyaca Shield this population. It is located in the main square. He rose in the first half of the seventeenth century personal expense of the King of Spain and the residents of the town. 

Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel: 
Built in 1850, is an authentically Andalusian cross of two chapels. The smaller the primitive and is dedicated to the Virgen del Carmen. Most popularly known as "Mama Linda Church". 

Ecce Homo: 
Convent founded on March 14, 1620 by the Dominicans PP as a center of evangelization in this region, then heavily populated by indigenous peoples. With stunning architecture, is currently under renovation. On the way to Santa Sofia 14 km of Villa de Leyva. 

Convento de la Candelaria: 
From Ráquira is 7 Km. Religious is the first monastery in America, founded in 1604 by the Augustinian Matthew P. Delgado in gathering together the hermits living in caves scattered around. In the cloister paintings, artwork, antiques, etc. are displayed 

The Infiernito: 
Muiscas Astronomical Center, where you can see fragments of the observatory and phallic monoliths as a symbol of fertility. On the way to St. Sophia 8 ½ Km. 

Cave Factory: 
Natural cave formed by an underground river. Ideal for caving site. Being slightly damp but not many stalactites are in certain places. It is inhabited by small bats. On the way to St. Sophia at 20km. 

The Hayal: 
A spectacle of nature, a giant cave (150m high) with water drops over 25 meters. It has a small cave. By way of St. Sophia Moniquirá 6 km. Hagia Sophia. 

Waterfall Periquera: 
Natural wonder, with a fall of 15m. Following the course you can visit other equally wonderful waterfalls. On the way to Gachantivá 14 km. 

Iguaque: 
In the Sanctuary of Flora and Fauna, the cradle of humanity as Muiscas, you can hike to the lagoon where Bachué became a serpent. With heights ranging between 2400 and 3600 meters you get on the road to Arcabuco to 12 Km. 

Desert Villa de Leyva: 
Villa de Leyva entering the left side of the desert Villa de Leyva, where motocross practiced contemplated, mountaineering and cycling where you can still find fossils. 

Cave Paintings: 
On the right bank of the river Sáchica is one of the largest collections of Indian painting registered Chibcha territory.