Country Info
- Caracas
- Capital
- Bolivar (VEB)
- Currency
- 23,916,810
- Population
- VE
- Country Code
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Top Hotels in Santa Elena
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Tamanaco Intercontinental Caracas
102 reviews -
Gran Melia Caracas Hotel
126 reviews -
Hesperia Playa El Agua
376 reviews -
Pestana Caracas Hotel & Suites
63 reviews
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Hilton Caracas
35 reviews -
Jw Marriott Caracas
60 reviews
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Hotel Hesperia Isla Margarita Margarita Island
236 reviews
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Radisson Eurobuilding Caracas
146 reviews -
Intercontinental Guayana Ciudad Guayana
16 reviews
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Marriott Venezuela Playa Grande Catia La Mar
56 reviews
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Embassy Suites Caracas
66 reviews
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Altimar Suites Caracas
32 reviews
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Hotel Kristoff Maracaibo
27 reviews -
Tacarigua Valencia
7 reviews
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Best Western CCT Caracas
13 reviews
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Barquisimeto Hilton
2 reviews
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Celuisma Puerta del Sol Playa el Agua
106 reviews
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Caracas Cumberland
26 reviews
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Hotel President Caracas
12 reviews
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Del Lago Intercontinental Maracaibo
18 reviews
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Las Americas Caracas
2 reviews
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Barcelo Nueva Toledo Cumana
21 reviews
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Hotel Centro Lido Caracas
29 reviews
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Morichal Largo Maturin
7 reviews
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Portofino Hotel Playa el Agua
342 reviews
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Crowne Plaza Maruma Maracaibo
39 reviews
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Bella Vista Hotel Porlamar
37 reviews
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Sol Cayo Guillermo Margarita Island
597 reviews
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Allegro Resort Lagunamar Pampatar
522 reviews
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Lincoln Suites Venantur Caracas
7 reviews
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Confortel Tamarindo Cuacuco Margarita Island
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Marina Bay Hotel & Casino Porlamar
14 reviews
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Hotel Coche Paradise Coche Island
68 reviews
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Howard Johnson Inn - Porlamar, Margarita Island
22 reviews
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Stauffer Hotel Valencia
4 reviews
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Best Western Margarita Dynasty Porlamar
31 reviews
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Playa Grande Caribe Hotel Caracas
22 reviews
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BEST WESTERN Mara Inn Ciudad Guayana
7 reviews
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The Hotel Caracas
30 reviews
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Pipo International Hotel Maracay
7 reviews
Santa Elena
Travel Blogs from Santa Elena, Venezuela
Devil's Canyon thin ribbon.
This is a top pick! ... and miss the day tour to Gran Sabana, or I can fly from Canaima to Ciudad Bolivar, which is in the exact opposite direction from Santa Elena, that is north instead of south, and then take a ten hour night bus ride back to Santa Elena buried in seat head ...
Terribly lost in the Lost World.
This is a top pick! ... paintings and old classic musicals. While Ernest would contribute with the following "Hey guys, do you know of any strip clubs in Santa Elena?" We stay the whole of day four on the top and visit some of the more famous sights. Like Turtle Rock, the ...
Leaving Venezuela for Brazil!
This is a top pick! ... open and we have to walk back from the truck to get stamped into Brazil. Get pretty wet in the process. Have enjoyed Venezuela and have seen a lot here. Def high points have been Angel Falls, Gran Sabana camping and Playa Colorado. People have been ...
More falls to the border!
This is a top pick! ... looks like a pavement almost with all the erosion. Go for a paddle and the falls are lovely too. Keep pressing onward to Santa Elena which is the border town. We arrive early afternoon and were planning to camp but instead find a cheap hostel which ...
Trekking on Roraima
This is a top pick! ... to the area. First day in Santa Elena Rachel and I begin our expedition to the summit in the litte Venezuelan town of Santa Elena just a stones throw from the Brazilian border. It seems that there is no shortage of companies offering to take us to ...
How to blow your travel budget.
This is a top pick! ... Cartagena to Caracas (at least to Marcaibo close to the border with Colombia) and then taken a domestic flight in Venezuela instead. Domestic flights are typically much cheaper than international flights (not just because of the taxes), especially in ...
The Ultimate STEVE SAYS...SARA SAYS - Part 1
This is a top pick! ... my entire life, not to mention the hideous mosquitoes. Here's my useful tip for Canadians crossing into Venezuela by land at Santa Elena, you DO NOT need to get a tourist card in advance, as indicated in some travel books ...
The Worst bus Journey
This is a top pick! ... leather security tag as a receipt. This will help to make sure that no one runs off with our bags once we arrive at Santa Elena. Our first problem of this nightmare journey begins when we are told that we cannot bring a "mochila", or daysack onto ...
You're running out of money sonny.
This is a top pick! So I am on a 15 hours night bus ride heading north from Manaus to Santa Elena de Uairen, a small town in Venezuela on the border with Brazil. The air condition is turned on max, and everyone seem to have blankets, sleeping bags or jackets to cover ...
Showering in waterfalls
This is a top pick! You wake up early when you bush camp but at least its a bit higher here so less hot. Today we drive for a bit before we stop and try and walk to a waterfall but give up after 1km or so. We carry on driving before stopping for lunch by another ...
when visas expire: tyson strips
This is a top pick! 1 December, 2005 When Visa's Expire: Tyson Strips Santa Elena, Venezuela - One of my goals before leaving Brazil was to be able to reach up and pluck a sweet mango off of a tree and eat it whole right where I was standing. I constantly bothered the ...
The Final Leg!!
This is a top pick! Bienvenidos Venezuela! Crossed the border into Venezuela via Santa Elena after the night bus to Boa Vista. First thing to see was the Gran Sabana (a vast rolling grassy highland dominated by Tepuis) so we booked a two day trip which would allow us to ...
Trouble abrewing!
This is a top pick! ... in mystery. Since leaving Caracas any previous flying experience has gone out of the window. Our next flight from Canaima to Santa Elena, further south on the Brazilian border was no different. And we were expecting problems with our bags again as a 6 ...
La Linéa
... the policeman who told me I could not change money on a Sunday, and there were no cash points for miles (despite someone in Santa Elena telling me otherwise :@) As shared taxi fares and bus prices to Boa Vista were pretty much the same in price, ...
FROM BRAZIL TO VENEZUELA IN MINUTES
... . David explained that we had to go back to Brazil the next day and sort out our passports and then re-enter Venezuela. Utterly confusing but hey ho we were knackered and we could deal with this tomorrow, meanwhile we needed something to eat ...
Dinosaur Hunting
... none of the falls were serious thank goodness, only a couple scratches to remember the trip by. Last night we arrived back in Santa Elena, and awoke this morning to get a glimpse of old age. Both of us are taking several minutes to climb few steps, with ...
and the work begins (yeah right)
... go there to do mass shopping because it´s cheaper (the local Cosco) and we just tagged along. Not very interested, a lot like Santa Elena, but more Brazilian tshirts. This afternoon we went to a child care facility to update the playground. Right now, ...
Venezuela and Mount Roraima
... day and until we reached our ´hotel´!! This basically was a cave! We went on a excursion to the highest point to view Venezuela but alas the cloud had covered th scene once again. Nevertheless it was brilliant being above the clouds looking down. It was ...
The Lost World
... two buses to get to Belem, a flight from Belem to Manaus and then about 22 hours more bus time to Santa Elena which is just across the border in Venezuela. A tiring few days of traveling with little highlights bar a piece of a day spent cruising around ...
Nemesis: Climbing Roraima
... contain a hint of exaggeration and the occasional manipulation of the truth however it is based on a real life story. When we arrived in Santa Elena we were de (wait for it) lighted to discover that our pousada was a little slice of heaven. It had a ...
Lost World
... . We camped out at the village with the permission on Inparques. We were fortunate to catch a local and inexpensive ride to Santa Elena the next morning. And to eat eggs! How I miss eggs. Until next time, Take care of yourselves, and send ...
Wasting away in Margaritaville
This is a top pick! ... an absolutely fantastic view of the Gran Sabana (the grassland plains and table top mountains of this area). Arriving in Santa Elena, it didn`t take too long to confirm that there isn`t anything too exciting about this city (as a sidenote, I ...
Canaima, off to Angel Falls
Day 2. A new guide - Lino, a local Indian carrying his day pack, which incidentally had wheels (how local was he really?), led us to our boat up a small hill (a bit too close to the top of the Hacha falls!!), where the 11 of us plus our day packs ...
If I can do this.. the climb to Roraima
... reunite the woman and her kid.. After this I was pretty awake, and watched the yellowish grassland for the hour til I reached Santa Elena. At the station I saw two people with rucksacks and decided to chat to them, Irene from Venezuala and her spanish ...
The Salto's
6.30am passed us by, in the true late Venezuelan fashion, half an hour later after the necessary caffeine injection (great coffee over here), a group of us are squashed into the back of a Jeep heading for Cuidad Bolivar airport for the flight Mimi´s ...
I'm dreaming of a wet Christmas
... storm, which would have been fine, except the tent we were borrowing leaked a bit. The next day we spent 8hrs hiking back to Santa Elena, again getting caught in some downpours. This isn't any Seattle rain, this is full on drenching. It was fun to get ...
Journey to the Lost World
... 2 hours drive from any light pollution is definitely the place for stargazing. The Southern Cross, clearly visible most evenings in Santa Elena, despite being north of the equator, was almost lost in the thousands of other stars that surrounded it. 'I ...
Arrival in the Gran Sabana
... these, Ayantepuy, form Angel Falls, the highest waterfall in the world, and the tallest tepuy, Roraima, is a popular 6 day trek from Santa Elena, high on our list of things to do whilst here. Andrea Mata, the volunteer co-ordinator from Peace Villages ...
Travel Day
As soon as we got off the plane we caught a taxi into town. The driver took us to the bank to get some money and to drop of Lukas and Marjan as they were staying here and going to Roraima. It was very sad to leave another new set of friends. The driver ...
Konecne Venezuela
Na lodi jsem automaticky ztravila cast casu s ostatnimi turisty, Nemcem, Americanem, Mexicanem a Japoncem, abych je behem poslednich nekolika minut plavby presvedcila o krasach mist, ktera hodlam ve Venezuele navstivit ...