Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Caracas, Venezuela

Tour Facts

Number of sights 11 sights
Distance 7.3 km
Ascend 183 m
Descend 190 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.

All Sightseeing Tours in Caracas Individual Sights in Caracas

Sight 1: Teatro Alameda

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The Alameda Theater is a structure located on the main avenue of San Agustín del Sur in the San Agustín Parish of the Libertador Municipality of Caracas, in the northeast of the Capital District and west of the Metropolitan District of Caracas, north center of the South American country of Venezuela.

Wikipedia: Teatro Alameda (Caracas) (ES)

1221 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 2: Museo de los Niños

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The Children's Museum of Caracas is a museum in Caracas, Venezuela aimed at teaching children about science, technology, culture and arts. It was established by the former First Lady of Venezuela, Alicia Pietri de Caldera in 1982.

Wikipedia: Children's Museum of Caracas (EN)

392 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Galería de Arte Nacional

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The National Art Gallery also known as Gallery of National Art is located in the Plaza Morelos area of Caracas, Venezuela. The museum opened in May 1976. In 2009 it moved to a new building designed by Carlos Gómez de Llerena, Venezuela's largest museum building.

Wikipedia: National Art Gallery (Caracas) (EN)

693 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 4: Museo de Ciencias

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Museo de Ciencias Guillermo Ramos Flamerich / CC BY 2.5

The Science Museum is the national museum of natural history of Venezuela. It is located in the Plaza Los Museos de Caracas, Parroquia San Agustín. The main access to the museum is in Los Caobos Park in Bellas Artes, an area known as the "cultural circuit" of the city.

Wikipedia: Museo de Ciencias (ES)

454 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Teatro Teresa Carreño

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The Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex, also known as Teresa Carreño Theater, is the most important theatre of Caracas and Venezuela, where performances include symphonic and popular concerts, opera, ballet and plays. It is the second largest theater in South America after the Néstor Kirchner Cultural Centre at Buenos Aires.

Wikipedia: Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex (EN)

926 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 6: Mezquita Ibrahim Al-lbrahim

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The Mosque Ibrahim Ibin Abdul Aziz Al-Ibrahim or Caracas Mosque is a mosque in the El Recreo district of Caracas, Venezuela. It is the second largest mosque in Latin America after the King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center in Buenos Aires. Mirroring modern Venezuela's religious tolerance and its oil realpolitik the construction of the mosque began in 1989 by Sheikh Abdulaziz Bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim. The mosque designed by architect Zuhair Fayez occupies an area of 5000 m², its minaret is 113 metres high and the dome is 23 metres high. Construction of the mosque was completed in 1993. The mosque can hold around 3500 worshipers. Rising higher between the Catholic Cathedral a few blocks away and the Caracas Synagogue, the minaret is the highest in the Americas.

Wikipedia: Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim (EN)

109 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Museo de Bellas Artes

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The Museum of Fine Arts is an art museum in Caracas, Venezuela. It was founded in 1917, and was originally housed in the building now known as the Palacio de las Academias.

Wikipedia: Museo de Bellas Artes (Caracas) (EN)

1063 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 8: Sinagoga Tiferet Israel

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Tiféret Israel Synagogue is a Jewish synagogue located in El Recreo, close to Plaza Venezuela in Caracas, capital of Venezuela. It is also the headquarters of the Israelite Association of Venezuela.

Wikipedia: Tiféret Israel Synagogue (EN)

928 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 9: Estatua de María Lionza

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María Lionza is a large statue depicting the titular goddess, María Lionza, riding a tapir. It is located between lanes of the Francisco Fajardo freeway next to the University City campus of the Central University of Venezuela, in Caracas. The original, which is currently located in a university warehouse, was created by Alejandro Colina in 1951 to sit outside the stadium for that year's Bolivarian Games. In its place on the highway is a cast made by Silvestre Chacón in 2004; the replacement has received negative reactions, and its construction damaged the original.

Wikipedia: María Lionza (statue) (EN)

1438 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 10: L'Amphion

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L'Amphion is a work of art by Henri Laurens, located in the Plaza Cubierta of the University City of Caracas. It is described as his "most famous sculpture".

Wikipedia: L'Amphion (EN)

80 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Aula Magna de la UCV

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Aula Magna de la UCV Riccio Leon / CC BY 2.0

The Aula Magna is an auditorium at the Central University of Venezuela. It is located within the University City of Caracas, next to the University's main library building. The hall was designed by the Venezuelan architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva in the 1940s and built by the Danish company Christiani & Nielsen from 1952–53. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in November 2000 for being artistically and architecturally significant. The most notable feature of the hall is its acoustic 'clouds', which serve both aesthetic and practical functions. They are an element of the hall's design which contributed to the science of interior space acoustics, though the building exterior is also architecturally significant.

Wikipedia: Aula Magna (Central University of Venezuela) (EN)

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