Marly, Bogotá


Marly is a neighbourhood in the locality of Chapinero in Bogotá, Colombia

History

The Community of Marly was founded on the year of 1903, when a big house named Casaquinta de Marly was sold to a Doctor called Carlos Esguerra on the neighborhood of Chapinero, he transformed the Big House to a Clinic, one of first modern private Clinic of the City and Country, associating with the Doctors, Manuel M. Lobo, Manuel Cantillo, Rafael Ucrós, Luis Felipe Calderón, Miguel Rueda, Rafael Rocha, Juan David Herrera, José María Lombana Barreneche, Julio Z. Torres y Pompilio Martínez.
The area where the Clinic was became known as Marly, so the Mayor of Bogotá decided to formally name the barrio as Marly, and it became a Part of the Locality number 2 of the City of Bogotá.

Location

Marly is located in an amazing location of the City, it limits in the south to Bogotá's Downtown Centro Internacional de Bogotá and to the north with Central and North Chapinero, including Zona G, the Gourmet zone of the City where there's a big list of important and exclusive restaurants, including one of the bests in Latin America, Also the Zona T limits to the north with Marly, the zone it's the most important luxury commercial area of the Country including boutiques of Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Versace, Longchamp among others, also there are important bars and nightlife in the Zone, featuring Hard Rock Café and Armando
To the East Marly limits with the Cerros Orientales an important Natural area of the Andes, where the eco tourists can hike, camp, and do activities.
To the West the neighborhood limits with West Chapinero and Palermo, they are known for having the best sports and events stages, The Movistar Arena Bogotá that has hostes artists such as Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus and Paul McCartney, also there's the Estadio Nemesio Camacho an important Soccer Stadium, also have hosted shows of Lady Gaga, One Direction, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, U2, Justin Bieber and Bruno Mars.

Economy and Culture

Marly is known in Bogotá for having the most important Hospitals of The City, the "Clinica de Marly, but having the Hospital Militar as well.
Is a wealthy neighbourhood of the city, between the
Avenida Caracas and the Avenida Alberto Lleras Camargo or La Septima''

Points of Interest

The points of Interest are of the neighbourhood are the Zona 51 that there are important bars of the city such as Guadalupe Club, MALABAR, Soko Bar, Babylon House, Congo among others, where the people of the city came to that point for dance and have a good time, you can find Tourist around the word that came to the city for looking that.

Parks and Open Space

Marly doesn’t have parks or open spaces inside his neighborhood but near there are several public parks, plazas, gardens and other open space:
Marly has more than 20 stations of the SITP, where the buses could transportate from there to another place of the city.
The neighbourhood has the Marly Station As well of the most important system of the city, the Transmilenio.

Bus Rapid Transit


TypeNorthern RoutesSouthern Routes-
Local

Calle 45 Main Line Service


TypeNorthern RoutesSouthern Routes-
Local

Bike Paths

RouteRoadDescriptionLength
R18 Tc.Calle 63from Carrera 13 to Av. Ciudad de Quito1.9
R29Calle 27 Surfrom Carrera Séptima to Carrera 303.0

Airport

Bogotá's main Airport El Dorado International Airport it's about 13 km. from Marly.

Restaurants & Shopping

Marly has one Shopping Mall called Plaza 39 At the South of the Neighborhood, featuring Subway, Crepes & Waffles, and more local reataurants and shops.
The neighborhood has some popular restaurants, however it's not his keen.
You can find McDonald's, The Wings D.C., and one of the most known vegan restaurant in town Maha, Vegetarian Food.
Also there are a variety options of cafés including Juan Valdez Café, Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks, Oma Café, Salvo Patria, Calico Cat Café among itgers.

Education

Schools

The schools within Marly are as follows:

Public

Private
  • Antonio Ricaurte Militar Institute

    Universities

Private

Police Services

The Policia Nacional de Colombia operates the Chapinero area with the Police Station CAI Chapinero, at the Street 60 #9-12 serving the neighborhood.

Fire Services

The Chapinero's Firehouse it's in the area

Television, Film & Entertainment

For its location in the City Marly has appeared in several TV Shows and Films.
Exterior scenes from films such as Mile 22 have been filmed in the area. Several episodes of the television show Distrito Salvaje were filmed in Marly.
The Neighborhood also do a Cameo in the Netflix TV Show presented by David Farrier Dark Tourist, on the first episode Latin America
Also Marly has appeared in some local shows and films, including Nickelodeon series Yo soy Franky.
The Neighborhood had a shout-out in the song Bogotá of Mauricio & Palodeagua.
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