Venezuela

Caracas

On a wall facing the Plaza el Venezolano, Simón Bolívar is quoted as follows: Si se opone la naturaleza lucharemos... (more)

The Caribbean Coast

Sometimes referred to as La Ruta del Sol (the Route of the Sun), the 563-km (350-mi) stretch of highway along the Caribbean Coast... (more)

Elsewhere in Venezuela

Whether you want to visit the "Serengeti of South America" (aka Los Llanos), the incredibly remote and surreal southeast region... (more)

Isla Margarita

Venezuelans are enormously fond of the island they call the Perla del Caribe, or the "pearl of the Caribbean." Its status as a... (more)

Mérida and the Andes

The changes are swift and unmistakable: from the treacherously winding outlying roads of Caracas and then low-lying, reddish valleys... (more)


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