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Walking tours in Caracas will enable you to travel to the capital and the largest city of Caracas in Venezuela. There are plenty of sites to see and explore for the tourists and travelers in the city. Walking tours in Caracas may include walking down the traditional villages and markets of Caracas and knowing about the history and lifestyle of the people.

The Walking tours in Caracas include the following trips:

You can opt for a tour to Old Caracas. The walk will take you through the old central part of the city of El Silencio, where the tourists will get to see the past Caracas at the times of the 18th and 19th centuries.

As part of your Walking tours in Caracas, you can visit the La Plaza Bolivar that has successfully stood the taste of time. The main square of Caracas has been witness to many executions, concerts, fairs, theaters and bullfights.

The original name of La Plaza Bolivar was Plaza de Armas or the Weapons Square. The name got changed in the year 1883, on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Simon Bolivar, El Libertador, that the square was officially renamed La Plaza Bolivar.

Walking tours in Caracas will provide you a scope to see the La Casa Natal de El Libertador has a re-constructed interior that wonderfully displays a great deal of colonial furniture and historical objects. You can witness the works of the famous Venezuelan painter, Tito Salas, which depict some of the most remarkable moments in the life of “El Libertador”.

Visitors can also travel to the famous Bolivar Museum that lies at the north direction of the house where Bolivar was born. In the Bolivar Museum, travelers will get to see a fine collection of documents, weapons, clothes and portraits of El Libertador.

Caracas Walking tours should also include traveling to La Casa Amarilla, which is one of the best-kept and oldest colonial buildings remaining in the colonial center of the Caracas town.

To the south-west of La Plaza Bolivar, tourists will find the El Capitolio. As you walk inside the El Capitolio, you will get to see “Golden Key” that opens the urn keeping the remains of El Libertador. Other important places that you can enjoy as part of your Walking tours in Caracas include:

• Basilica de Santa Teresa
• Panteon Nacional
• El Teatro Nacional Theater