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Trujillo Travel Guide Information
Trujillo the smallest Andean State has a total area of 8624 km. The capital which bears the same name as the state has also been called “Ciudad Portatil” (Portable City), for it has changed its location more than once in fourteen years. Trujillo still keeps the charm of old Spanish colonial houses, full of memories [...]
Continue reading...Merida Travelling Tips
11. October 2008
Santiago de los Caballeros de Merida, Venezuela, is the capital of the municipality of Libertador and the state of Mérida, and is one of the principal cities of the Venezuelan Andes. It was founded in 1558, forming part of Nueva Granada, but later became part of the Captaincy General of Venezuela, and played an active [...]
Continue reading...Margarita Island Tourist Guide
11. October 2008
Margarita Island (Isla Margarita or Isla de Margarita) is the largest island of the Nueva Esparta state in Venezuela, situated in the Caribbean Sea, off the northeastern coast of the country. The state also contains two other smaller islands: Coche and Cubagua. The capital is La Asunción, located in a river valley of the same [...]
Continue reading...Juan Griego Travel Guide
11. October 2008
Juan Griego is a port on the northern side of Isla Margarita, and is the most northern port in Venezuela. It is capital of the Marcano municipality of the Nueva Esparta state. The city is named after Juan the Greek, who was born in Seville in the early 1500s. He was a navigator who crossed the [...]
Continue reading...Coche Island Travel and Tourist Information
11. October 2008
Isla de Coche (Coche Island) is one of three islands forming the Nueva Esparta State of Venezuela, located in the Caribbean between Isla Margarita and the mainland. The other two islands are Isla Margarita, the main island of the state, and Cubagua, the smallest. It covers an area of 55 km² (11 km long by 6 [...]
Continue reading...Chichiriviche Travel Information
11. October 2008
Chichiriviche Falcon state’s population located on the east coast, a 195km southeast of Santa Ana Coro. Monsignor Iturriza capital of the municipality. It has a population for 2000 of 5185 people. Chichiriviche is surrounded by this small islands or cays of fine white sand, west of the wetland wildlife refuge Cuare and south by the [...]
Continue reading...Caracas City Tourist Information
11. October 2008
Caracas is the capital and largest city of Venezuela. It is located in the north of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range (Cordillera de la Costa). The valley’s temperatures are springlike. Terrain suitable for building on lies between 760 and 910 m (2,500 and 3,000 [...]
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11. October 2008
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