Information - Holidays in Venezuela, holidays in Latin America and the Caribbean diving

Our posada Cristina
(also available on the Lonely Planet 2008 to page 280) is located in Playa Colorada a 25/30 minute drive east of Puerto La Cruz, a city that has developed exponentially in the port where ships are loaded oil tankers. In about 45 minutes from Playa Colorada, east us encounters in Cumana, one of the oldest cities founded by the Spaniards in South America.

The posada is located in Playa Colorada Pueblito is a very quiet and located in the National Park Mochima, a jewel nestled in Eastern Venezuela. The sea in front of Playa Colorada is under the protection of National Park and, in addition to a variety of fish, it is not difficult to find dolphins happily sailing the sea in front of the beach. A Puerto la Cruz, there are all types of entertainment possible, is a city alive, very active both day and night.

As for the journey you are advised to seek information via email in the contact section. You can find various tours, arrange a trip to your needs and your time. Better to ask something more, and explained well, in order to "build" a package that can fully satisfy your esigenze.In high season (July, August, Christmas and Easter week) rates are increased by approximately 20% The aerial target is Barcelona (Anzoátegui State).

This is because after a long journey from Europe to Venezuela is better make the last transfer by plane (from Caracas to Barcelona is 40 minutes flight), with no end in the caos of Caracas (and having to deal with 5 hours by bus). Behold, here we give you some general information on historical and Venezuela. Use these to make you a better idea.

Venezuela
is a country of 916,445 km ², almost 26 million inhabitants, with the capital Caracas. Bordered to the north by the Caribbean Sea, east by the Atlantic Ocean, south by Brazil to the east at Colombia.Geograficamente can distinguish three different areas: in the north of the country there is a mountainous area consisting of chains belonging to Andean massif, continuation of the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia from which branch off two mountain ranges, the Sierra de Parija that demarcates the border between Colombia and eVenezuela the Cordillera of Merida, which insinuates itself in the country to the south and east of Lake Maracaibo and in the Pico Bolivar (5007 m asl) is the highest point.

Between the two mountain systems lies the high plateau of Zulia. The Cordillera of Merida continues following the coast line (and assuming the name of the Cordillera Costa) in this section is steep and rough, in front there are numerous islands, the largest is Isla Margarita. In the easternmost section, at the delta dell'Orinoco, the coast is low and marshy.

The central part of the country is characterized by wide plains called llanos cover almost one third of the country. This is an area with low altitudes (below 200 m asl) during the rainy season affected by extensive flooding of the rivers that cross. The southern part of the country, south of the Orinoco River, is located on a plateau called the mass of Guyana, from a geological point of view is one of the oldest of the continent. Training more remarkable is the ques'area called Gran Sabana plateau, over the millennia that the sandstone has been made and have been eroded valleys and rock formations called Tepuis with special flora and fauna, the insulation has allowed the development of this species endemiche.In are some of the highest waterfalls in the world, such as the Salto Kukenam and Salto Angel (965 m) which is one of the main attractions of the Canaima National Park and was included in the list of World Heritage by UNESCO.

The main river is the country 's Orinoco, along 2574 km of which about 1500 are navigable. Born on the border between Venezuela and Brazil. In the first leg of its course the watershed is difficult to define, the river divides into two branches in fact one of whom, the Brazo Casiquiare, is a natural link with the Amazon, through the Rio Negro in fact about one third of the waters' Orinoco flows into the Amazon. Until recently, only one bridge connecting the two shores of the Rio Orinoco. It is located in Ciudad Bolivar and trafficking will unravel through the bridge or the Chalanas, vessels transhipped that people and vehicles from one shore to 'other. Da qualche tempo è stato costruito un ponte poco distante.

For some time it was built a bridge nearby. Another remarkable river is the Rio Carona, characterized by a very rapid and exploited for the production of electricity. Born in the highlands of Guyana and flows around nell'Orinoco Ciudad Guyana. In the northwestern part of the country is Lake Maracaibo, the residue of an ancient bay on the Caribbean Sea and is the largest lake in South America. Venezuela abound in the islands, some of which are destinations of our tour: La Orchila, La Sola, La Tortuga, Las Aves, Los Frailes, Los Roques, Margarita and many more. Venezuela has a tropical climate, generally characterized by a rainy season from May to October, and dry from November to April. Precipitation is highly variable and ranges from 100-150 mm in the coastal zone of the Falcón State to over 2 meters in some areas of Amazon in Venezuela, south of the country. Heat is often mitigated by reducing: Caracas, sm to nearly 1000, has average annual temperature of 6 ° C or 7 ° C lower in Maracaibo, which is located above sea level. In the Venezuelan Andes are the minimal medium: the city of Mérida in 1600 to over msm has a mean annual temperature of about 18 ° C to 19 ° C.

There are some peaks of the Andes covered with glaciers and perennial snow. The population density is very low: 27 inhabitants per km ² and ethnicities present, studies are not official, are distributed as follows: the Métis represent 49% of the population, whites 41%, 7% of the blacks, the Amerindian 3 %. The main religion is Catholic with 96%, the remaining 4% is split between Protestants and animists. From an administrative point of view, Venezuela is divided into 23 federal states, plus the capital district (Distrito Capital) and 11 federal dependencies (dependencias Federales) formed by a group of islands and islets off the Caribbean coast of Venezuela and mostly uninhabited. The islands are grouped into 72 dependencies. The states in turn are divided into municipalities (municipios) and in the district of the capital employed and federal departments (departamentos).

The municipalities are further divided into parishes (parishes).

A little bit of history
Venezuela was colonized by Spain in 1522. Gli spagnoli stabilirono il loro primo insediamento permanente nell'odierna città di Cumanà. The Spanish established their first permanent settlement in today city of Cumana. When the Spaniards came to the indigenous people were mainly farmers and hunters living in groups divided along the coast and along the Orinoco River. The opening of gold mines in Yaracuy introduced slavery, beginning with indigenous peoples, then by slaves imported from Africa. The first real success of the colony was a significant increase of livestock, encouraged by the full area of vast plains, the llanos.

During the sixteenth century and seventeenth century, the provinces which constitute today's Venezuela were mainly overlooked. The Viceroyalty of New Spain and Peru (located in the territories previously occupied by the capitals of the Aztec and Inca empires) were interested in exploiting the mines d 'gold and silver of the territory, but never developed the economy and agriculture of Venezuela download shift the responsibility of the Venezuelan territory.

In the eighteenth century they formed a second company in Venezuela, along the coast, where large plantations were established cocoa (where many African slaves were working). The province of Venezuela came under the jurisdiction of the Viceroyalty of NuovaGranada (created in 1717). La provincia venne poi trasformata nel Capitanato Generale del Venezuela nel 1777. The province was then transformed into Capitanato General of Venezuela in 1777. La Compañía de Caracas Guipuzcoana exercised a monopoly of trade with Europe. The Venezuelans began to be impatient against the Spanish rule at the end of the eighteenth century.

The contemporary Napoleonic Wars in Europe weakened the Spanish imperial power and the Venezuelan people to self-started after the coup d'état of 19 April 1810, then declaring independence from Spain July 5 1811. After many years of war, where he died almost half of the white population of Venezuela, the country added the final independence in 1821, under the command of its most famous son: Simón Bolívar.