Bolívar (state)
Bolívar is the largest of the 23 states of Venezuela in area.
Bolívar is the largest of the 23 states of Venezuela in area. The state capital city is Ciudad Bolívar and the largest city is Ciudad Guayana. Bolívar State covers a total surface area of 242,801 km2 (93,746 sq mi) and as of the 2011 census, had a population of 1,410,964. The state contains Angel Falls.
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Worth seeing in and around Bolívar (state)
2 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.
- 01Jesús 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.
1.9 km · museum of modern art in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela · Wikipedia - 02St. Thomas Cathedral
The Cathedral of St. Thomas, also called Ciudad Bolívar Cathedral, is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar.
2.4 km · church in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
The world-famous Angel Falls are the main attraction in Bolivar state.
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Getting to Bolívar (state)
- Airports
- General Manuel Carlos Piar (PZO), 89 km · General José Antonio Anzoategui (BLA), 254 km
- Stations
- Tomás de Heres Airport, 1.5 km
- Guyana City → Bolívar (state)574 km · quickest by road, 47h 43m · $140–195
- Barcelona → Bolívar (state)Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Isla Margarita → Bolívar (state)Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bolívar (state)
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- Get aroundSmall six-seater aircraft ferry tourists heading to Angel Falls from Ciudad Bolivar to Canaima.
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Next door to Bolívar (state)
- Ciudad Bolívarcity in Bolívar, Venezuela2.1 km