Caracas Travel Guide
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Caracas, a city of great diversity, offers visitors a wide range of scenery. The different areas of the city make it an exciting and interesting metropolis where tradition and modernism become one. Caracas has an excellent transport system: there is an intricate network of roads that cross the city from east to west and north to south; an exceptional … Read Caracas introduction
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Monumento a Los Símbolos
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The popularly named Paseo Los Próceres has three consecutive avenues; Los Ilustres, Los Símbolos and Los Próceres. Where the first two join, one finds the Monumento a Los Símbolos with its marble pedestal, upon which three figures …
Eurobuilding Hotel & Suites Caracas
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Situated in a tiny location, the Hotel Eurobuilding Caracas is one of the city's most elite hotels. From the rich decor to the dramatic view of El Avila …
Taz Sport Bar
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El Taz transforms itself as the hours go by. Its passes from cafe, to Tex-Mex restaurant, to pub, to sports bar, to nightclub. The sports element is mainly in the decoration rather than in large televisions and screens for live broadcasts. …
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Introduction
Hemmed in by green forested hills, Caracas squeezes the tremendously wealthy and the desperately poor into a single chaotic city. This fascinating disorder is reflected in the gravity-defying skyscrapers in the center, and in the teetering shantytowns covering the surrounding hills.
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National Capitol As part of his mad dash toward modernization in the 1870s, Guzmán Blanco commissioned an ambitious, neoclassical seat of congress, the National Capitol , to occupy the entire block just southwest of Plaza Bolívar. The two-building complex was erected on the site of a …
Facts for the Traveller
Population : 6000000 Area : 1930km² Longitude / Latitude : -66.89 / 10.49 Currency : Bolívar Fuerte (VEB) Weights & Measures system : Metric
Getting there & Getting around
Getting there The city's major airport for both international and domestic flights is the Simón Bolívar airport in Maiquetía, 26km (16mi) from the city center (www.aeropuerto-maiqueta.com.ve). Carriers from the UK, France, Netherlands and the USA arrive and depart from …
History
Recent History In April 2002, the streets of central Caracas became a cross between a pageant and a battleground. The city was paralyzed for days by demonstrations against President Hugo Chavez' government, led by the anti-Chavez media. This prompted the government to rally its supporters to …
Weather
The wet season in Venezuela falls between June and October, but Caracas is the happy exception: the city has a mostly dry climate. Temperatures are consistently mild, averaging a perfect 25°C (75°F) year-round, and rainfall, even in the wet season, is usually little more than 100mm …
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Overview of Caracas
Caracas is one of the more cosmopolitan cities in Latin America, with a vibrant and active population. Architecturally, Caracas is also one of the most modern and distinctive cities in Latin America. Concrete and plate glass reign supreme, much of it showing the bold forms and sleek lines of the …
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Whether gazing at the city's sprawling skyline from the 17th-story window of a high-rise hotel or strolling in the shadows of looming concrete edifices, one wistfully dreams of what Caracas might have been like had its sudden growth spurt occurred during any other architectural moment than the …
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