Bodega San Isidro: The roasted ham sandwich tradition!
carolinaEspada Says: It´s not a formal restaurant. It´s just a place where they sell the very best roasted ham sandwiches in Venezuela.It has been there for ever and ever. And it seems to be open all the time. Everybody goes, everybody asks for this place, everybody eats and comes back very...
carolinaEspada Says: 1. you can go from Caracas, up to top of the mountain, where the Humboldt Hotel is, in a "funicular" (cable car, very very pretty, like a string of pearls, 8 persons per cabin). Once you are there, you can walk down to Galipan. Or pay to one of the local "galipaneros" for a...
Is not a shop. Galipan is full of gardens.: Flower Power
carolinaEspada Says: You will not find a single shop in Galipan. Nothing. Just the gardens and flower plantations of the local people.Most of the flower shops in Caracas, the city near by, are brought from these hills on the mountain top. Fresh, really fresh, cutted in front of your eyes,...
carolinaEspada Says: If you are planning to do heavy walking and hiking in Galipan and its surroundings, and at El Avila National Park, always stay in the road. Too often people get lost very easily. Stay on the road and everything will be ok.
Freezing cold in a tropical country?
carolinaEspada Says: Travel light. Always travel light. So here you are, in Venezuela, in a tropical country. But you are in the top of a mountain and, although you are overviewing the Caribbean sea, in Galipán is chilly and, at night, it gets really cold.Caracas, the city 20 minutes away, has...
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Travel light. Always travel light. So here you are, in Venezuela, in a tropical country. But you are in the top of a mountain and, although you are overviewing...
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Big celebration at the top of the mountain

Have you ever felt the urge to run away from it all? (At least for a day? For a couple of hours?) In Venezuela we have that place about 20 minutes away from Caracas, the capital of the country. Some...
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