Maracay
Maracay is a city in north-central Venezuela, near the Caribbean coast, and is the capital and most important city of the state of Aragua.
Maracay is a city in north-central Venezuela, near the Caribbean coast, and is the capital and most important city of the state of Aragua. Most of it falls under the jurisdiction of Girardot Municipality. The population of Maracay and its surroundings in the 2011 census was 955,362. In Venezuela, Maracay is known as "Ciudad Jardín".
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Worth seeing in and around Maracay
8 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.
- 01Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Maracay
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption Also Catedral Católica Siria de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción. It is a temple belonging to the Syriac Catholic Church one of the Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Holy See in Rome.
4 km · church in Maracay, Venezuela · Wikipedia - 02Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Maracay
The Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral also called Cathedral of Maracay is a Catholic religious building located in the city of Maracay, Aragua state in Venezuela. It is the episcopal seat of the Catholic Diocese of Maracay, unlike other cathedrals in Venezuelan cities that are facing a Plaza Bolivar, the Cathedral of Maracay is located opposite the Plaza Girardot, which was established to honor a local hero.
800 m · national historical monument of Venezuela in Maracay · Wikipedia - 03Estadio Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez
Estadio Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez is a multi-use stadium in Maracay, Venezuela. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Aragua Fútbol Club.
2.2 km · national historical monument of Venezuela in Maracay · Wikipedia - 04Estadio José Pérez Colmenares
Estadio José Pérez Colmenares is a multi-purpose stadium in Maracay, Venezuela. The stadium was named in honor of first baseman and outfielder José Pérez Colmenares, a member of the National Baseball team that won the Baseball World Cup in its 1941 edition.
2.3 km · stadium · Wikipedia - 05Aeronautics Museum Cnel. (AV) "Luis Hernán Paredes"
Venezuelan Air Force's Museo Aeronáutico de Maracay is a historical aviation museum of military and civic aeronautic technology inaugurated on 10 December 1963 and located at the installations of the former Aeropuerto Nacional Florencio Gómez adjacent to the Venezuelan Air Force officer graduation school, and the "Cradle of Venezuelan Military Aviation" in the City of Maracay, Estado Aragua, Venezuela. The museum is the only one of its kind in Venezuela and the largest collector and restorator of aircraft, engines, weapons, documents, photographs, maps, paintings, memorabilia and other items of historical value.
700 m · Aviation museum in Maracay, Venezuela · Wikipedia - 06Sindoni Tower
The Sindoni Tower is a building located in the Venezuelan city of Maracay. It is the highest tower in the city.
600 m · national historical monument of Venezuela in Maracay · Wikipedia - 07Las Delicias Zoo
The Las Delicias Zoo Also Zoological Park of Las Delicias Is an urban zoological garden located at 400 meters above sea level in the northern end of the city of Maracay, Aragua State in Venezuela with native species from the Cordillera region and the rest of Venezuela. The zoo operates under Declaration No.
5.7 km · zoo in Maracay, Venezuela · Wikipedia - 08Universidad Bicentenaria de Aragua
The "Universidad Bicentenaria de Aragua" is a private institution of higher education in Turmero, Aragua State, Venezuela.
7.6 km · university in Venezuela · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Plaza Bolivar shady trees in the middle of town Plaza Girardot, honouring the U.S. volunteers who were killed by the Spaniards in 1806 Museo Aeronautico, near Plaza Bolivar, one of the best aeronautic museums in South America. Particular interesting is its collection of vintage helicopters.
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Things to do
Usually the tourists don't spend much time in Maracay, using it as point to buy supplies before traveling north to the attractive beaches of Cata, Choroní, Cuyagua, etc. (collectively called the Aragua beaches). You can travel to these beaches taking a bus in the terminal located at Ave. Constitucion with Ave. Fuerza Aereas.
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Where to eat
Many good restaurants can be found along the Las Delicias avenue. Some cheap eats are found in the area of the market near Plaza Bicentenario.
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Getting to Maracay
- Airports
- Arturo Michelena (VLN), 38 km · Maiquetía Simón Bolívar (CCS), 77 km · Jacinto Lara (BRM), 194 km
- Stations
- El Libertador Air Base, 8.3 km · Mariscal Sucre Airport, 7.2 km
- Maiquetía → Maracay79 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · $11–16
- Barquisimeto → Maracay194 km · quickest by road, 5h 4m · $20–28
- Barcelona → MaracayTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Maracay
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 Maracay. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Maracay
Maracay is 13 km from Turmero, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- El Limóncity in the state of Aragua, Venezuela7.2 km
- Santa Ritahuman settlement in Venezuela7.1 km
- San Martín de Porresparish of Libertador, Aragua, Venezuela8.7 km