Destination guide — Venezuela

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CARACAS:
IN THE CENTRAL QUARTER OF CAPITILIO OR THE PLAZA BOLIVAR
THERE ARE THE MAIN CONCENTRATION OF HISTORIC MONUMENTS.
THE CASA NATAL DE BOLIVAR, BIRTHPLACE OF SIMON BOLIVAR.
THE PANTHEON WHERE SIMON BOLIVAR AND THE MAIN HEROS OF
THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDANCE NOW REST.
THE ROOM RESERVED FOR GRAND CEREMONIES IS ELIPTICAL AND
DECORATED WITH SUPERB FRESCOS ILLUSTRATING THE BATTLE
AND THE REVOLUTION.
THE CATHEDRAL WHOSE CONSTRUCTION WAS STARTED SOON AFTER
THE FOUNDATION OF CARACAS.

IN THE PASTORA QUARTER THERE ARE STILL SOME OF THE COLONIAL
HOUSES THIS AREA IS ALSO PLEASANT TO WALK IN.

INSTALLED IN A PART OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL IS THE MUSEUM
CRIOLLO RAUL SANTANA WHICH RETRACES THE LIFE OF THE IN
HABITANTS OF CARACAS UNTIL THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY.
THE MUSEUM IS OPEN EVERY DAY EXCEPT MONDAYS. METRO STATION
- CAPITOLIO.
THERE IS ALSO THE MUSEUM OF ARTS. THERE ARE PERMANENT
EXHIBITIONS OF THE WORKS OF THE VENEZUELAN PAINTERS
AND VARIOUS EXHIBITIONS OF CONTEMPORY WORKS.
OPEN EVERY DAY EXCEPT MONDAY. METRO STATION - BELLAS
ARTES.

LA COLONIA TOVAR;
60 KMS FROM CARACAS IS A MINITURE GERMANY IN THE MOUNTAINS.
FOUNDED IN THE 19TH CENTURY BY THE IMMIGRANTS FROM THE
BLACK FOREST THIS AGRICULTURAL COLONY NUMBERING 300 PEOPLE
HAVE RECREATED A WAY OF LIFE IDENTICAL TO THAT OF THEIR
NATIVE BAVARIA.

LOS ROQUES;
150 KMS OF COAST LINE IN THE CARACAS REGION FORMS A
NATIONAL PARK. THIS COASTAL PARK OFFERS 225.000 HECTARES
OF ATOLLS, ROCKS AND CORAL REEFS THE HOME OF A LARGE NUMBER
OF DIFFERENT SPECIES OF BIRDS.

CORO;
IN THE STATE OF FALCON. THIS WAS THE FIRST CAPITAL OF
THE COUNTRY AND MAINTAINS ARCHITECTURE WHICH IS PARTICULARLY
WELL PRESERVED FROM THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY.

LA SIERRA SAN LUIS;
IN THE STATE OF FALCON.
THERE ARE SEVERAL INTERESTING VILLAGES TO SEE IN THIS
AREA WHICH IS FORMED FROM CALCAREOUS ROCK THE INHABITANTS
OF THE VILLAGES GROW SUGAR CANE IN A MANNER WHICH IS
NOW CONSIDERED ARCHAIC. THERE ARE ALSO MANY UNDERGROUND
RIVERS AND CAVES.

CANAIMA;
THE LARGEST AND MOST REKNOWNED NATIONAL PARK OF THE COUNTRY.
- 3,5 MILLION HECTARES. WITHIN THE PARK THERE IS A GREAT
DEAL TO SEE. GUIDES CAN BE HIRED OR MINI TOURS OF THE PARK
ARRANGED.

LA SIERRA SAN LUIS;
IN THE STATE OF FALCON.
THERE ARE SEVERAL INTERESTING VILLAGES TO SEE IN THIS
AREA WHICH IS FORMED FROM CALCAREOUS ROCK THE INHABITANTS
OF THE VILLAGES GROW SUGAR CANE IN A MANNER WHICH IS
NOW CONSIDERED ARCHAIC. THERE ARE ALSO MANY UNDERGROUND
RIVERS AND CAVES.

CANAIMA;
THE LARGEST AND MOST REKNOWNED NATIONAL PARK OF THE COUNTRY.
- 3,5 MILLION HECTARES. WITHIN THE PARK THERE IS A GREAT
DEAL TO SEE. GUIDES CAN BE HIRED OR MINI TOURS OF THE PARK
ARRANGED.
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