Barichara is a village in the Santander department of Eastern Andino. It is widely acknowledged as one of the best preserved and most beautiful colonial villages in Colombia.

Get in

Buses depart every 20-30 minutes from San Gil local terminal between 6:15 AM and 8:30 PM (COP$6,500, 45 min, as of Mar 2023). The buses from Barichara to San Gil leave every 20-30 minutes from 5:00 AM and 7:10 PM.

See

People are just dying to get a place in the Cementerio de Barichara

• Barichara's downtown
• 1 San Antonio's Chapel (Capilla San Antonio). (updated Jul 2023)
• 2 Santa Barbará's Chapel (Capilla de Santa Bárbara). (updated Jul 2023)
• 3 Templo Parroquial de la Inmaculada Concepción (Church of the Immaculate Conception). (updated Jul 2023)
• 4 Cementerio de Barichara (Cemetary). (updated Jul 2023)

Do

You can walk 2 hr from Cabrera to Barichara and from Barichara to Guane (3 hr). For more details see Trekking Section of San Gil.

Eat

• The Hormigas Culonas, a kind of big flying ant, is the local speciality. They can be bought at the main plaza and at other plazas in the city.
• Arepa Santandereana
• Carne Oreada
• Carne Seca
• Cabro
• Mute
• Changua
• Yuca

Sleep

• Los Tiestecitos, Cra 6 No 4-57, ☏ +57 7 726-7224. Cheapest of the town. 
• 1 Tinto Hostel, CALLE 6 # 2=61 Bloque E casa 1, ☏ +57 7 7267725, +57 3102800218, tinto-hostel@hotmail.com. Check-in: noon, check-out: 12:30PM. A beautiful clean and tidy hostel, offers dorms and private rooms, very good prices one of the cheapest hostels in Colombia, capacity 20 people and has 5 bathrooms, Barichara is one of the 3 most charming places in Colombia, you can take a walk down to Guane (90 minutes) a pretty village. try steak with ants sauces or the traditional goat. COP$15,000. 

Go next

• San Gil