VENEZUELA

CARACAS
Hotels
●Tamanaco InterContinental – Final Avenue Principal de Las Mercedes; 011-58-212-909-7111; ichotelsgroup.com; comfortable; set on tropical tableau, overlooking city; safe and pleasant but not sumptuous; beautiful pool.
Restaurants
●Astrid & Gaston – Calle Londres (Las Mercedes); 011-58-212-993-1119; astridygaston.com.ec; Peruvian restaurant (international chain).
Sights & Sites
●Villa Planchart House – Quinta El Cerrito, Calle La Colina, Urbanización Colinas de San Román; 011-58-212-991-2973; villaplanchart.blogspot.com; designed by Gio Ponti; serious architecture with lighthearted touch; by appointment only.



GRAN SABANA
Sights & Sites
●Angel Falls – Santa Elena de Uairen (in Canaima National Park); cnac.gob.ve/filmcommission/index.php/en or salto-angel.com; highest fall in world.
●Mount Roraima – Santa Elena de Uairen (in Canaima National Park); cnac.gob.ve/filmcommission/index.php/en or rutahsa.com/roraima.html; highest tepuy (Spanish for “table mountain”) on triple border of Brazil, Guyana & Venezuela, but only way visitors can climb to top is from Gran Sabana side in Venezuela; 2.8K ms high; worth special trip.



GRAN ROQUE ISLAND
Hotels
●Posada Acuarela – Calle Las Flores 87 (detras del parquet); 011-58-237-221-1456; posadaacuarela.com; gardens and reasonably-priced rooms.
●Posada Malibu – La Laguna Street 160; 011-58-237-221-1274; quiet and elegant; whitewashed walls ans polished floors; rooftop terrace and excellent food.
●Solitude – 011-58-414-314-1616; losroques.info; “floating posada” (sailboat accommodations).