Venezuela travel guide
Before you go to Venezuela
- Currency
- VES Bs.S.
- Emergency number
- 911 / 911
- Plug type
- A, B
- Tap water
- unsafe
- Tipping
- expected
- Bargaining
- Common
- eSIM
- Available
- Card networks
- Visa (very limited), Mastercard (very limited)
- ATM fees
- Not applicable in practice — foreign cards generally cannot withdraw cash in Venezuela
Cities in Venezuela
- Canaima A Pemón indigenous village on a palm-fringed lagoon of pink-sand beaches and thundering waterfalls inside Canaima National Park — the…
- Caracas Venezuela's sprawling capital, set in a high valley beneath the green wall of Ávila National Park. A city of contrasts — colonial plazas,…
- Los Roques A pristine Caribbean archipelago national park of turquoise lagoons, coral cays and white sand, reached by light aircraft — Venezuela's…
- Mérida A laid-back Andean university town and Venezuela's adventure capital, home to the world's highest and longest cable car (Mukumbarí), páramo…
- Porlamar The commercial heart of Isla Margarita, Venezuela's Caribbean holiday island, ringed by white-sand beaches, duty-free shopping, colonial…
- Maracaibo Venezuela's hot, energetic second city on the strait of Lake Maracaibo, famous for the Catatumbo lightning, gaita music, the Rafael…
- Ciudad Bolívar A handsome colonial city strung along the mighty Orinoco River, the launch point for flights into Canaima and Angel Falls, with pastel…
- Puerto La Cruz A breezy Caribbean resort city and marina on the eastern coast, the main gateway for boat trips into the islands and coral reefs of Mochima…
- Coro A UNESCO World Heritage colonial town of earthen-walled mansions and the only Caribbean settlement to preserve mudbrick architecture,…
- Cumaná The oldest continuously inhabited European-founded city on the South American mainland, with colonial forts, a buzzing fish market and…
- Valencia An industrial hub near Lake Valencia with pre-Columbian petroglyphs, colonial churches, a grand cathedral and easy access to the Carabobo…
- Barquisimeto The "Musical City" of Venezuela in the Lara highlands, known for its cuatro guitars, the soaring Divina Pastora pilgrimage, tamunangue folk…
- Maracay The "Garden City", gateway to Henri Pittier National Park's cloud forest and the Caribbean beaches of Choroní and Cata, with Gómez-era…
- Puerto Ayacucho The riverside capital of Amazonas state on the Orinoco, gateway to indigenous Piaroa culture, tepui-studded jungle, rapids and the remote…