Hotel Aragon (Bogotá, Colombia)

About Hotel Aragon

Hotel Aragon is a comfortable hotel located in the center of the city of Bogotá. The hotel has a kitchen where travelers can prepare their own recipes, a comfortable living room with Direct TV and free Wi-Fi. There you can share wonderful experiences with other guests. The bathrooms are spacious, clean and with hot water. The hotel offers a 24-hour reception. The walls of the Aragón hotel have witnessed many distinguished guests, such as Isabel Martínez de Perón (President of Argentina, 1974-76, third wife of Juan Domingo Perón). Isabel Martínez de Perón lived in this hotel in the fifties, at that time was a dancer. And Fidel Castro himself, when he was 21 years old, came to Bogotá in April 1948 to attend the Youth Congress of Latin America, and he was here just during El Bogotazo. An uprising of people after Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (the presidential candidate was shot in the street). In those days the name of the hotel was 'Crillon'. Hotel Aragon is located in the historic and cultural center of Bogotá, in the old colonial center known as the Candelaria District. This exceptional location allows tourists to reach on foot the main museums and points of reference of the city, such as the Gold, Colonial Arts, Botero and Independence museums; the Casa del Dinero, the Church of the Santa Clara Museum, the Luis Ángel Arango Library, the Gabriel García Márquez Cultural Center, the Candelaria Theater, the mountain top of the Monserrate hills that offers the best panoramic view of Bogotá and the Plaza de Quevedo and the House where Bogotá was founded, among others. The hotel is also very close to universities such as Andes, Externado and many others. In addition, Hotel Aragon is located in Zone C, well known for its restaurants, which offer local and international cuisine. Hotel Aragon offers a wide range of accommodation for everyone. The property has single, double, double and triple rooms, all with shared bathroom (bath, shower, hot water, toilet). All rooms are comfortable, bright, decorated with classic furniture and have a panoramic view of Monserrate.