Top Things to do in Merida
The 10 Best Budget-friendly Things to do in Merida, Andean Region
In this university town in western Venezuela, it's possible to relax in a park honoring Beethoven, sample more than 800 flavors of ice cream in a Guinness-record-holding shop and ascend into the surrounding snow-capped Andes mountains via the world's longest and highest cable car. The historic downtown, centered on Plaza Bolivar, contains an impressive church inspired by Spain's Toledo Cathedral. Adventure tour companies run paragliding, mountain biking and trekking excursions outside the city.
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1. Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada
2. Laguna de Mucubaji
3. Catedral Metropolitana de Merida
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Though construction of the Cathedral began in the early nineteenth century, it was delayed by two earthquakes, the War of Independence, and internal political conflicts. Work was finally completed in 1958, and the Cathedral stands today as a symbol of Merida and its history.
4. Plaza e Iglesia de Santo Domingo
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Interesting historical sectors remain in this town founded in 1620 and rebuilt in 1838. Among them is the Plaza Bolívar, with its monument to the Liberator erected in 1995. To the side of the square is the parochial church with its simple colonial architecture, small altarpiece, and images of Our Lady of Sorrows and Christ in the Sepulchre.
5. Jardin Botanico de Merida
6. Pico el Aguila Venezuela
7. Paramo la Culata
8. El Teleferico de Merida
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Merida Mukumbari Cable Car It is the highest and second longest cable car in the world. The Merida cable car has a 12.5 kilometer journey, reaching an altitude of 4,765 m.s.m., we invite you to get to know them and enjoy Merida and its Mukumbari cable car, its hotels as a hotel, the solar all-inclusive packages, inns, hotels, tour packages. MUkumbari cable car the best packages in Merida and lightning of the Catatumbo port concha
9. Capilla de Piedra de Juan Felix Sanchez
10. Museum of Science and Technology
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Standing at the site of an old sugar mill, the Merida Museum of Science and Technology offers exhibits on subjects that range from prehistory to computers.
