Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Caracas, Venezuela

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 16 sights
Distance 7.2 km
Ascend 259 m
Descend 225 m

Explore Caracas in Venezuela with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Caracas

Sight 1: Cuartel San Carlos

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Cuartel San Carlos Antonio Gagliardi (ToXmAn) / CC BY-SA 4.0

The San Carlos Quartel is a colonial military building in Caracas, Venezuela, today converted into a National Historical Monument. It is located between the corners of Dos Pilitas to San Carlos Quartel in the Altagracia Parish of the Municipality Libertador.

Wikipedia: Cuartel San Carlos (ES)

289 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Mausoleo al Libertador

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175 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: National Pantheon

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The National Pantheon of Venezuela is a final resting place for national heroes. The Pantheon was created in the 1870s on the site of the ruined Santísima Trinidad church from 1744 on the northern edge of the old town of Caracas, Venezuela.

Wikipedia: National Pantheon of Venezuela (EN)

865 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 4: Catedral de Caracas

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Catedral de Caracas Alexis Carmona / CC BY 3.0

The Caracas Cathedral or Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Anne is the seat of the Roman Catholic Metropolitan archdiocese of Caracas, located on the Plaza Bolívar in Caracas, Venezuela. Its chapel of the Holy Trinity is the burial site of the parents and wife of Simón Bolívar. The Nuestra Senora de Venezuela y Santa Ana is a square (cuadra) situated between the cathedral and the central plaza, which is walled on three sides, but open to the east where it faces the cathedral.

Wikipedia: Caracas Cathedral (EN)

174 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Casa del Vínculo y del Retorno

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The House of Link and Return is a mid-eighteenth century building linked to the process of Independence of Venezuela. It is located on the corner of Gradillas, one of the corners of Plaza Bolívar, in downtown Caracas.

Wikipedia: Casa del Vínculo y del Retorno (ES)

180 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Casa Natal del Libertador

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Casa Natal del Libertador

The Birthplace of Simón Bolívar is a seventeenth-century house in the Venezuelan capital city Caracas where the hero of Venezuelan and Latin American independence, Simón Bolívar, was born. Now a significant tourist attraction, the building is located in a little street off the Plaza San Jacinto, a block east of the Plaza Bolívar. It is one of only a few houses from the colonial era which survive in central Caracas.

Wikipedia: Birthplace of Simón Bolívar (EN)

363 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Iglesia de San Francisco

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Iglesia de San Francisco Guillermo Ramos Flamerich / CC BY 2.5

Iglesia de San Francisco is a church in Caracas, Venezuela. Dedicated to Francis of Assisi, it was built in 1593 under the design of Antonio Ruiz Ullán as an annex of the Convent of San Francisco. The church is notable as being the situ where Simón Bolívar received the title "El Libertador" (1813). His funeral occurred here in 1842. During the 1900 San Narciso earthquake, the church was severely damaged.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Francisco (Caracas) (EN)

420 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 8: Iglesia Santa Capilla

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The Basilica of Santa Capilla It is a Roman Catholic basilica in Caracas, Venezuela located at the corner of Santa Capilla on Avenida Urdaneta. It is located in the historic center of the city, in the Cathedral Parish of Libertador Municipality. On February 16, 1979 was declared a National Historic Landmark.

Wikipedia: Basilica of Santa Capilla (EN)

89 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Teatro Principal de Caracas

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The main theater of Caracas is a space dedicated to the representation of operas, musical shows, cultural and plays. It is located in the historic center of the city of Caracas, Venezuela, specifically in the adjacencies of the Plaza Bolívar. It was inaugurated on April 18, 1931, being a work of the architect Gustavo Wallis Legórburu. In his time it was the first building in Venezuela that had a steel frame, front balcony and an acoustic treatment on the walls. It was also the second main cinema of the capital city with 760 seats for the public. In May 1935, the legendary Carlos Gardel offered one of his last performances since he would perish a month later on June 24 in Medellín (Colombia). Since then, this space is recognized by the Caracas as a symbolic site of the tango and the theater. In 1953 he was remodeled, which caused part of the Art Deco interior decoration. In 1990 it became a Mexican film room. It remained closed for several years until it was reopened in July 2011, within the framework of the Bicentennial of the Independence of Venezuela. This theater was reopened by the Government of the Capital District (GDC) and the Mayor's Office of Caracas, after a facade restoration process, lobby, monumental lighting, elevator, tramoya and scene. It has 710 seats, distributed in patio, 465; First balcony, 123; and second balcony, 122. This remodeling was not an isolated event, but was part of the recovery of the historic center of Caracas undertaken during the Hugo Chávez government that rescued old theaters, movie theaters and historical houses that had ended as commercial spaces Like shoe stores. The headquarters of Caracas and the District Theater Company are currently operating on it.

Wikipedia: Teatro Principal (Caracas) (ES)

81 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Bolívar Square

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Bolívar Square in Caracas is one of the most important and recognized Venezuelan public spaces. It is located in the center of the first 25 blocks of Caracas when it was founded as "Santiago de León de Caracas" in 1567. It is in the historic center of the city in the Cathedral Parish of the Libertador Municipality.

Wikipedia: Bolívar Square (Caracas) (EN)

226 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Teatro Ayacucho

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The Ayacucho Theatre or Teatro Ayacucho is a cinema located in central Caracas, specifically in the Libertador Municipality parish in the west of the Caracas metropolitan district.

Wikipedia: Ayacucho Theatre (EN)

475 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 12: Teatro Junín

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The Junín Theater is a publicly-owned theater located in the central part of the city of Caracas, specifically in the vicinity of Plaza O'Leary in the Libertador Municipality west of the Caracas metropolitan district, northern Venezuela.

Wikipedia: Teatro Junín (Caracas) (ES)

420 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 13: Arco de la Federación

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The Arch of the Federation is a monument located in the municipality of Libertador, west of the metropolitan district of Caracas, Venezuela. located specifically within the Ezequiel Zamora Park, in the center-west of the capital. It is colonial style.

Wikipedia: Arco de la Federación (ES)

983 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 14: Parque El Calvario

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Parque El Calvario Guillermo Ramos Flamerich / CC BY 2.5

Ezequiel Zamora Park, also known throughout its history as Paseo Guzmán Blanco - Paseo Independencia - Parque El Calvario - El Calvario, is a public space in Caracas, Venezuela located in the central area of that city to the west of the El Silencio Redevelopment, between the Cathedral and San Juan parishes of the Libertador Municipality. It has an area of 17 hectares that occupy green areas, gardens, monuments and squares.

Wikipedia: El Calvario (Caracas) (ES)

1223 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 15: Museo Histórico Militar

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Museo Histórico Militar

The Cuartel de la Montaña 4F is a multipurpose building located in the Monte Piedad sector, in the 23 de Enero parish of the Libertador Municipality, in the Capital District of Caracas, the capital of Venezuela.

Wikipedia: Cuartel de la Montaña 4F (ES)

1218 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 16: Teatro Cristo Rey

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The Cristo Rey Theater is the name given to a multipurpose cultural center located in the 23 de Enero parish in the Libertador Municipality of Caracas, west of the Metropolitan District of Caracas and north of the South American country of Venezuela.

Wikipedia: Teatro Cristo Rey (ES)

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