Coro

Falcón · Venezuela

Coro, Venezuela
Photo: Pedro Marcano, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
Year-round dry climate; December to April is most comfortable
Budget
$
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One of the earliest colonial cities on the South American mainland, founded in 1527, whose earthen-architecture center and port of La Vela hold UNESCO World Heritage status. Ochre adobe mansions, wooden window grilles, and a Dutch-Caribbean trading legacy sit oddly beside the dunes at its edge.

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