Ciudad Bolívar
Ciudad Bolívar, formerly known as Angostura and St.
Ciudad Bolívar, formerly known as Angostura and St. Thomas de Guyana, is the capital of Venezuela's southeastern Bolívar State. It lies at the spot where the Orinoco River narrows to about 1 mile (1.6 km) in width, is the site of the first bridge across the river, and is a major riverport for the eastern regions of Venezuela.
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Worth seeing in and around Ciudad Bolívar
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Angostura Bridge
Angostura Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the Orinoco River at Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela. The Spanish word Angostura means "narrows".
5.5 km · bridge near Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela · Wikipedia - 02Jesús Soto Museum of Modern Art
The Jesús Soto Museum of Modern Art is a museum of modern art in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela. It is named after the kinetic artist and sculptor Jesús Rafael Soto, who was born in Ciudad Bolívar.
1.4 km · museum of modern art in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela · Wikipedia - 03St. Thomas Cathedral
The Cathedral of St. Thomas, also called Ciudad Bolívar Cathedral, is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar.
700 m · church in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
A fairly decent colonial town center, worth a wander.
- 01Casa San Isidro
This is the house where Simon Bolivar stayed during the Congress of Angostura.
- 02Fortín El Zamuro
A small 18th century fort with good views over the town.
- 03Jesús Soto Modern Art Museum
Avenida Germania, Ciudad Bolivar (Between the old and new town centers),.
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Where to eat
'El Fogon de La Madama: - Really nice soups, Guyanese dishes, local favorites, very special homemade hot sauces and salsas for sale and uniquely preserved all natural sundried dessert fruit sweets (sun dried papaya 'lechoza' is a favorite that is unsurpassed anywhere else).
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Getting to Ciudad Bolívar
- Airports
- General Manuel Carlos Piar (PZO), 88 km · General José Antonio Anzoategui (BLA), 253 km
- Stations
- Tomás de Heres Airport, 2.2 km
- Guyana City → Ciudad Bolívar613 km · quickest by air, 10h 18m · $440–640
- Barcelona → Ciudad BolívarTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Isla Margarita → Ciudad Bolívar325 km · quickest by air, 8h 1m · $320–450
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No local-transport research exists yet for Ciudad Bolívar
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ciudad Bolívar. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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