Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Caracas, Venezuela

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 18 sights
Distance 12.3 km
Ascend 318 m
Descend 318 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: 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, in the north central part of the South American country of Venezuela.

Wikipedia: Teatro Alameda (Caracas) (ES)

1207 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 2: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas

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Caracas Museum of Contemporary Art is a museum of modern art located in the Parque Central Complex in Caracas, Venezuela. It was founded on 30 August 1973 by the journalist and art patron Sofía Ímber, also its director from 1973 to her dismissal in the Chavist cultural revolution of 2001. It opened in 1974 and was the first museum in Venezuela to offer a specialist art library, a formal children's and adults' learning area, a special education department for the blind, and a multimedia arts centre.

Wikipedia: Caracas Museum of Contemporary Art (EN)

626 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 3: Teatro Teresa Carreño

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The Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex, also known as Teresa Carreño Theatre, 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)

516 meters / 6 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 in 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 city's "cultural circuit."

Wikipedia: Museo de Ciencias (ES)

693 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 5: 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)

403 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 6: Parque Carabobo

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Parque Carabobo is a park in Caracas, located in the central area of that city, in the Candelaria Parish of the Libertador Municipality, occupying a block that is located between the avenues: México, Norte 13 and Este 6.

Wikipedia: Parque Carabobo (ES)

397 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: 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)

1049 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 8: 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 9: Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas

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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)

1054 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 10: 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)

693 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 11: Teatro Rosalia de Castro

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The Rosalía de Castro Theater is a cultural institution in Caracas, Venezuela. He belongs to the Galician Brotherhood of the city of Caracas, Venezuela. It houses the theatre group of the same name and was built between 1991 and 1992, equipped with 742 seats and modern technical equipment, and is also used today as a cinema.

Wikipedia: Teatro Rosalía de Castro (Caracas) (ES)

721 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 12: Teatro Alberto de Paz y Mateos

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The Alberto de Paz y Mateos Theater is a structure and cultural center that was created in 1967 by the Venezuelan Development Corporation and transferred to the National Council of Culture (CONAC) in May 1990. This cultural complex is named after Alberto de Paz y Mateos, a Spanish lawyer and theater director who made a life in Venezuela and is known as the father of modern Venezuelan theater; The year of the theatre's inauguration coincided with the artist's death.

Wikipedia: Teatro Alberto de Paz y Mateos (ES)

1043 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 13: Iglesia Nuestra Señora de La Chiquinquira

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La Chiquinquirá Church is a church in Caracas, Venezuela. La Chiquinquirá Church is the largest Catholic church in Caracas, located in a fortress-like building with a high tower. The church contains some notable statues and paintings. The church is dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá.

Wikipedia: La Chiquinquirá Church (Caracas) (EN)

1774 meters / 21 minutes

Sight 14: Estatua de María Lionza

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Estatua de María Lionza

María Lionza is a large statue depicting the titular goddess, María Lionza, riding a tapir. The original is located on Sorte mountain in Yaracuy, said to be the goddess' home. A replica 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 was created by Alejandro Colina in 1951 to sit outside the university's Olympic Stadium for that year's Bolivarian Games; it was moved to the highway in 1953 and, after several years in storage with the replica on display in its place, was illicitly relocated to Sorte in 2022. The replica is a cast made by Silvestre Chacón in 2004; it has received generally negative reactions, and its construction damaged the original. It remains on the highway, while another replica is also at Sorte.

Wikipedia: María Lionza (statue) (EN)

646 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 15: Abra Solar

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The Abra Solar is a kinetic work of art made by Alejandro Otero that is part of the urban sculptural ensemble of Plaza Venezuela, located in Caracas.

Wikipedia: Abra Solar (ES)

1232 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 16: 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)

79 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: 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)

81 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 18: Pastor de Nubes

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Pastor de Nubes

Berger des Nuages, Pastor de Nubes, or Cloud Shepherd is a work of art by Jean Arp just outside the Plaza Cubierta of the University City of Caracas.

Wikipedia: Berger des Nuages (EN)

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