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Los Aleros is a theme park located near Mérida, Venezuela. It depicts a typical Andean town in the 1930s. [ 1 ] It was created by Alexis Montilla in 1984; he subsequently created the nearby "Venezuela de Antier" and "Montaña de los Sueños" themeparks.
Lagunillas is the capital city of the municipality of Sucre in the state of Mérida, Venezuela. It is 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the city of Mérida. The old town is of interest to tourists. The town is known for the large number of artifacts created with local materials.
Mérida, officially known as Santiago de los Caballeros de Mérida, is the capital of the municipality of Libertador and the state of Mérida, and is one of the main cities of the Venezuelan Andes. It was founded in 1558 by Captain Juan Rodríguez Suárez, forming part of Nueva Granada , but later became part of the Captaincy General of ...
Mérida state is a major tourist centre in Venezuela. It has an extensive network of hotels not only in the capital city but also throughout the state. Starting from the city of Mérida, it has the longest and highest cable car in the world, reaching the Espejo Peak of 4,765 m (15,633 ft).
The Sierra Nevada National Park (SNNP) is a National Park of Venezuela located between the states of Mérida and Barinas in western Venezuela. It was created on May 2, 1952, by decree of President Germán Suárez Flamerich in an attempt to protect the Sierra Nevada de Mérida in the Andes.
Pico Piedras Blancas is located 35 km (22 mi) to the northeast of Mérida, the state capital.Pico Piedras Blancas is very close to Pico Mucumamó, Pico Los Nevados and Pico El Buitre; all of them surround a high altitude valley in the heart of the Sierra de la Culata at approximately 4,200 metres (13,800 ft) above sea level, known on topographic maps as Hoyo Negro ("Black Hole").
Pico Humboldt is Venezuela's second highest peak, at 4,925 metres above sea level. It is located in the Sierra Nevada de Merida , in the Venezuelan Andes of ( Mérida State ). The peak, its sister peak Pico Bonpland , and the surrounding páramos are protected by the Sierra Nevada National Park .
The Chorros de Milla Zoo [1] (Spanish: Parque Zoológico Chorros de Milla) [2] also Zoological Park of Chorros de Milla, is an urban zoological garden located in the northeastern end of the city of Mérida, Venezuela [3] [4] with native species of the Andean region and Venezuela. The Mérida Zoo was built in 1958 and is open to the public ...