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Ciudad Bolivar is in Bolivar state in Venezuela.

Contents 1 Understand 2 Get in 2.1 By plane 2.2 By train 2.3 By car 2.4 By bus 2.5 By boat 3 Get around 4 See 5 Do 6 Work 7 Buy 8 Eat 8.1 Budget 8.2 Mid-range 8.3 Splurge 9 Drink 10 Sleep 10.1 Budget 10.2 Mid-range 10.3 Splurge 11 Contact 12 Stay safe 13 Cope 14 Get out 14.1 Bus

Understand

Ciudad Bolivar is located on the banks of the Orinoco River. It is named after Simon Bolivar, Venezuela's Independence hero. It is a frequent stopoff point on visit to Angel Falls and is a good place to find tour companies to take you there.

Get in

By plane

By train

By car

By bus

By boat

Get around

If walking is not an option the best way to get around in the city is by taxi. Taxis are cheap in Venezuela. At night call for a taxi as it can be hard to find one on the streets.

See

A fairly decent colonial town center, worth a wander.

Do

Work

Buy

Eat

Budget

Mid-range

Splurge

Drink

After 7pm everthing closes down in the city center.

Sleep

Budget

• Posada Amor Patrio located behind the cathedral provide five tastfully decorated rooms with fan, shared bathroom and shared kitchen. If the rooms are full you can grab a hammock upstairs with view on the Orinoco River. Price is Bs. 35,000 (11 US$) for a three person room.
• Posada Don Carlos, Calle Boyacá (con Amor Patrio), 0058-285-6326017 (cel. 0058-414-8546616 or 0058-414-8569788), soanaatravel@gmx.de. [1] Located in an old mansion. Shared kitchen. Price for a double room is Bs. 25,000 (12 US$) and a hammock Bs. 10,000 (5 US$).
• we stayed at a posada (name starts with a D, can't remember more) in calle Liberdad, which is in the office of a tour aegency run by some venezuelanos. nice place, although the ac was out of order..Bs. 10,000 pp. some of the staff hangs around at town/terminal ain the morning, handing out flyers. good place, nice folk, kitchen + washing mashine free (!). they also give 2 free nights if you go on tours with them, althoung those tours are not bu dget at all :(..

Mid-range

Splurge

Contact

Stay safe

After sunset the city center turns deserted. Try to avoid moving around after 8pm.

Cope

Get out

Bus

If you want to go to Mérida take a bus to either Maracay (Several a day) or Barinas (twice daily) and take a connection from there to Merida. Try to avoid the less safe terminal in Valencia

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