A country · 115 places · 19 regions
Venezuela, all of it.
115 curated places across 19 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.
The 4 biggest regions — Mérida, Capital District, Bolívar and Nueva Esparta — read below as chapters, with 15 more waiting past them.
Chapter I · Mérida · 21 places
Mérida
The highest and longest cable-car system in the world, climbing from the city of Mérida toward Pico Espejo in the Andes. It ascends through several ecological zones to nearly 4,800 meters.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter II · Capital District · 19 places
Capital District
A roadside waterfall along the Gran Sabana route where a river drops into a forested gorge. It is one of several cascades that punctuate the drive across the savanna.
✦ December to April · $
Chapter III · Bolívar · 14 places
Bolívar
A frontier town in the far south serving as the gateway to the Gran Sabana and Roraima. It sits near the Brazilian border amid tepui-studded grasslands.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter IV · Nueva Esparta · 7 places
Nueva Esparta
Venezuela's largest island and its traditional beach playground, with long strands like Playa El Agua and Playa Parguito, a windsurfing mecca at El Yaque, and the twin colonial forts of Pampatar and La Asunción. Two mountainous halves are joined by the lagoon-threaded La Restinga isthmus.
✦ December to April, dry season · $$
Regions of Venezuela
Every place in Venezuela
