Hotel Del Salto (Colombia, El Hotel del Salto) is one of the most amazing and mysterious attractions in South America, causing conflicting feelings. On the one hand, the building, built in the French style, captivates with the grace and elegance of its lines, on the other hand, the devastation and dilapidation inherent in a building abandoned by people gives it a gloomy and eerie shade. The hotel is located several tens of kilometers southwest of the Colombian capital Bogota. The building was built fantastically beautiful place- on the edge of a steep cliff, surrounded by mountains shrouded in misty haze, opposite the thundering Tequendama waterfall.
Historical facts
Construction of the hotel began at the beginning of the 20th century, in 1920, by the then famous architect Carlos Arturo Tapia. The location chosen for the construction was very picturesque - not far from the stormy Tequiendama waterfall, located in the territory of the municipality of San Antonio del Tequiendama (in the Colombian department of Cundinomarco). The building was originally built as the country residence of Pedro Nel Ospina Vasquis, who ruled from 1922 to 1926. In 1923, the construction of the mansion was completed, and its opening took place only in 1927.
In the early 50s of the 20th century, the building was gradually rebuilt into a hotel, which is known today as the Hotel Del Salto (Colombia), by Bogotá specialists Gabriel Largach and Dominic Parmo. The updated building had 6 floors: 4 floors were above the ground, and 2 floors were located underground. The basements contained laundry, utility and storage areas. The hotel had 18 luxurious rooms, each of which had a private bathroom and fireplace; the building also had a restaurant with a cozy terrace, which offered an amazing panorama of the waterfall and mountains. Hotel guests who stayed here noted the special spiritual atmosphere of this unique place, excellent living conditions and excellent service.
This place was very popular among the local rich and wealthy foreigners.
The Prosperity and Decline of the Hotel Del Salto
The hotel flourished until the 70s. Hotel "Del Salto" (Colombia) had a fairly high rating at that time. According to reviews from tourists, everyone was attracted by its mysterious and enigmatic appearance, the luxury that reigned in it. But in the next decade, as travelers note, the hotel gradually began to decline. Official version The explanation for this fact was that industrial waste and sewage water began to be discharged into local rivers. Because of this, Tekviendama began to become shallow and emit unpleasant odors. Naturally, as tourists note, they couldn’t like it. The flow of people wishing to relax in this hotel has dried up.
In the late 70s, Roberto Arias became the new owner of the mansion. He converted the hotel into a restaurant, which operated for about 7 years. After that, Arias left Colombia and the restaurant closed.
Rumors and legends
The 140-meter Tekviendama waterfall and its surroundings have been considered strange and mysterious place. Translated from the ancient Indian language, its name means “open door.” The Muisca Indians (or, as they were also called Chibcha), who lived here in the 12th-16th centuries, believed that here was a door to the other world, near which lived spirits accompanying the dead on their way to eternal refuge. For this reason, they preferred to bypass Tekviendama by the tenth road.
According to one legend, the waterfall was created by the Mui god Bochika, using his staff to break a huge stone that blocked the water on the way to the savannah.
Another myth says that when the Spanish conquistadors came to South American lands, the local freedom-loving residents did not want to submit to the conquerors and rushed down the cliff, and their souls turned into eagles, fiercely defending their homeland.
Mecca for suicides
In the 90s, when the Hotel Del Salto (Colombia), the photo of which you see in the article, became abandoned and uninhabited, this place mysteriously began to attract those wishing to commit suicide. The mystical atmosphere literally drove people crazy, and they jumped off the cliff. The local population believes that they are taken to the other world by spirits who live near the waterfall and guard the “open door” from overly noisy and curious onlookers. There are also rumors about numerous ghosts living in the former hotel building.
New life of the Hotel Del Salto
At the beginning of this century, the abandoned Hotel Del Salto (Colombia), whose address today is Santa Marta, r. Bogota, the Colombian government noted, the building was given the status of the country's architectural heritage and allocated a lot of money for restoration and restoration work. In 2011, the former hotel became the property of the Institute of Natural Sciences, a foundation responsible for the environment, and the National Colombian University. These organizations rebuilt the hotel and made it the Museum of Biodiversity and Culture of the Tequendama Falls (Musee de la biodiversite et de la culture des chutes de Tequendama). The European Union has allocated about 310 thousand euros (more than 400 thousand US dollars) to restore and improve the structure and its surrounding area.
Museum
The Institute of Natural Sciences, with the support of the National Institute, carried out a tremendous amount of work purifying the water in the rivers that feed the ill-fated waterfall.
At the end of 2009, the renovated architectural monument, which became a museum, hosted the first exhibition telling about the numerous inhabitants of ecological systems located underground. In the summer of 2013, there was an anatomical exhibition featuring sketches and sketches by Dr. François Antomarca, and in the fall of the same year, a museum exhibition dedicated to the biological diversity of the Tatacoa Desert.
Local authorities actively encourage tourists not to be afraid of the bad reputation that has been inherent in the Hotel Del Salto for a long time, but to boldly visit these Amazing places, to leave unforgettable experience for life.
Hotel Del Salto (Colombia): how to get there
You can get to the museum complex and Tequiendama waterfall, located in the municipality of San Antonio del Tequiendama, from the Colombian capital of Bogota either independently - by bus or by personal transport, or as part of an excursion group.
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Abandoned Refugio El Salto hotel in Colombia
In 1924, in a picturesque location, 18 km southwest of Bogota, in the city of San Antonio del Tequendama, the luxurious Refugio El Salto hotel was built.
But in the early 90s of the last century, the hotel was closed due to increasing cases of suicide by drunken visitors to the establishment.
Currently, options are being considered to open a museum or a police station at the hotel, but, according to local residents, these are all rumors
And besides, at night, mysterious shadows were seen in the gloomy building, as evidenced by the residents of San Antonio del Tequendama, who say that a ghost has settled in the hotel.
edited news Fahrengeit - 4-04-2016, 16:01
The Hotel del Salto near Taquuendama Falls is one of the main attractions, which is located about 30 kilometers southwest of Bogota, the capital of Colombia. Thousands of tourists visit the area to admire the height of the 157-meter waterfall and the surrounding nature, stopping at one place where the abandoned Hotel De Salto stands. El Habara and Tequendams turned out to be the first settlements in Colombia. A river with riffles through a rocky gorge that narrows to 60 feet at the edge of the falls, the falls dry up completely in the month of December. The waterfall can be reached by car or bus along the road from Bogota.
According to Muisca legend, the waterfall was created by Bochica, who used his staff to break the stone and release the water, which spread from Bogota to the savannah.
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According to another legend, during the Spanish conquest in South America to avoid slavery indigenous people the regions turned into eagles and began to defend Salto Del Tequuendama just to achieve their freedom. In 1924, a luxury hotel overlooking the falls was opened, welcoming visiting wealthy tourists.
But in the early 90s the hotel was closed, believed to be due to contaminated river water. Later there were rumors that there were ghosts in the hotel, which began to attract more tourists. There was talk about reopening it and restoring it to its former glory, but that was just talk. There were stories about ghosts of different types, there were constant fights in the bar on the second floor and the sounds of fighting were heard, on the other hand, there are stories about those who sought to commit suicide by jumping from a cliff.
The last story seems more truthful to the population, since according to their beliefs, if you jump off a cliff, you will receive forgiveness from your entire sinful past. Del Salto Hotel with its ghosts has now been turned into a museum where you can listen to different stories and legends, as well as admire the beautiful nature and a magnificent waterfall.
Around this building, built at the beginning of the 20th century in picturesque place the town of San Antonio del Tequendama, legends have been circulating for many years. Otherwise, how else can we explain that a luxury hotel, several decades after its pompous opening, closed its doors to its guests forever. Tourists hope that the hotel will become a museum. But local residents are sure: the hotel has new owners, and they are by no means one of the people.
In Colombia, the Hotel was built in 1923, 30 km southwest of Bogota near the Tequendama Falls.
The name of the 137-meter waterfall translates as “ opened door" It was given by the Indians who then inhabited the river valley, but preferred to avoid this place. They believed that spirits lived in this place and helped them move to another world. However, the hotel developers mystical legends were only at hand. The flow of curious tourists did not dry out. This continued until the 1970s.
In the 1970s, interest in the hotel waned. This place literally drove people crazy. The visitors, one after another, began to take their own lives. Over the course of several years, the hotel became a place of pilgrimage for suicides. Local residents believed that spirits guarding the waterfall took people to another world. After all, according to legend, it was a transition to another world.
Once upon a time, Indians, pursued by conquistadors, threw entire families off the cliff at this place. Their bodies were carried away by the river, and their souls were reincarnated into eagles. But the souls of modern suicides have never found their refuge; the city elders are sure that ghosts wander restlessly through the hotel rooms.
The hotel's heyday occurred in the middle of the last century. At that time, El Hotel del Salto had 18 apartments with bathrooms and fireplaces, a restaurant with a terrace, as well as numerous basements. The building resembled a French castle in the Gothic style. Wealthy tourists loved to spend time here. The symbiosis of the beauty of nature, the power of the waterfall and modern hotel comfort attracted travelers from all over the world. This continued until mysterious deaths began to occur at the hotel.Historians do not believe in legends and attribute the decline in the hotel’s popularity to sewage pollution at the mouth of the Bogota River. Because of this, a foul odor appeared around the hotel. The river began to shallow, which could not affect the Takendama waterfall. Man destroyed the power and beauty of nature with his own hands. Now the Institute of Natural Sciences of the National University of Colombia is doing a lot of work to clean up Bogota and its tributaries. Authorities hope that El Hotel del Salto will once again attract tourists and find a second life. But what do ghosts think about this?!
Perhaps the mystical hotel will find a second life
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