Caracas Travel Guide

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Introduction

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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 underground transportation system known as Metro de Caracas (El), which is considered one of the World's tidiest and most modern, with many stations all over the city; and bus routes known as Metrobus, which connect the metro stations with some of the more remote neighborhoods.

El Silencio (Downtown)

History at a glance! Urbanización El Silencio proudly showcases Venezuela's rich history, with architectural gems from the 17th and 18th centuries. This part of Caracas is well worth a visit. Places such as Plaza Bolívar (La), Catedral Metropolitana de Caracas, dating from 1665, the Casa Natal de El Libertador, the house where Simón Bolívar, the Liberator, was born; the 17th-century Casa Amarilla (La), once a prison, but now used by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Capitolio Nacional (El), seat of the legislative council; the Teatro Nacional, Panteón Nacional [El], the resting place for prominent Venezuelans; the Basílica de Santa Teresa; Palacio de Miraflores (El), the presidential palace, and the Museo Arturo Michelena, should not be forgotten.

El Parque Central

Innovation, architecture, art and culture, and the country's two highest towers - if there is any place that shows how modern Caracas is, it is Parque Central (El). Located one and a half kilometers to the southeast of Plaza Bolívar (La), the park contains a concrete structure with two 53-floor octagonal towers and residential buildings. However, if it is not architecture and structural designs, but rather culture that takes your interest, you will be pleasantly surprised to find a great number of art centers here:

Complejo Cultural Teresa Carreño, where the arts reach the utmost expression, through theater, dance, concerts and ballet performances among others.

The most important museums of the city include: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber (Maccsi), Museo de los Niños, Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Fundación Museo de Bellas Artes, and the Galería de Arte Nacional (GAN), the immense Jardín Botánico and the Ateneo de Caracas (El), where you will find a cinema, theaters, an art gallery, a cafeteria and a bookstore.2008-08-02T07:29:22.000 104

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