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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Venezuela

17 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Venezuela

Updated April 5, 2024

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For more than 30 years, the former town of Potosi resided underwater after it was flooded by the building of a dam

Uribante, Venezuela

The Drowned Church of Potosi

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.
Relampago del Catatumbo

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Relampago del Catatumbo

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.

Gran Sabana, Venezuela

Mount Roraima

This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.

Merida, Venezuela

Coromoto Ice Cream Shop

Shop the world's largest number of ice cream flavors, ranging from delightful to downright bizarre.

Sucre, Venezuela

Sarisarinama

Massive sinkholes on a mountain in one of the most remote places in Venezuela.
Laboratories located in the Hacienda Buena Vista, located at the Palmar del Picacho sector Galipán in Caracas, Venezuela.

Caracas, Venezuela

Dr. Gottfried Knoche and his mummies

Ruins of the laboratory where a mysterious doctor invented an embalming fluid and stored his mummies.
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Caracas, Venezuela

The Helix

This former shopping center now acts as the eccentric lair of the Venezuelan secret police and their shadow prison.
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Caracas, Venezuela

El Monumento a la Paz

Dr. Farid Mattar's Monument of Peace.
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Cool Places to Eat & Drink in Venezuela

Merida, Venezuela

Coromoto Ice Cream Shop

Shop the world's largest number of ice cream flavors, ranging from delightful to downright bizarre.
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Stories About Venezuela

Donde Mario offers an eyewatering number of empanada varieties.

Empanadas With a Taste of Venezuelan History

At Donde Mario, empanadas often come with a lesson about the past.
by Paul Dobson
April 5, 2024
Turns out there’s been a whole other species slithering quietly by.

It’s Official: There’s Another ‘World’s Largest Snake’

Even actor Will Smith saw it slither through the Amazon.
by Olivia Young
February 29, 2024
Relampago del Catatumbo is considered the “most electric” spot on Earth.

5 of Our Favorite Podcast Episodes Celebrating Earth's Natural Wonders

From everlasting lightning storms to magnificent bioluminescence, these classic episodes will delight and intrigue you.
by The Podcast Team
January 5, 2024
Children in Carabobo, Venezuela, participate in a state skating program.

Will Venezuela's Christmas Roller-Skating Tradition Make a Comeback?

Las patinatas—"the skating"—dates back to the 1950s.
by Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing
December 13, 2022

Podcast: Relampago del Catatumbo

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
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January 17, 2022
The Last Venezuelan Glacier team examines the recently exposed areas just below the Humboldt’s glacier edge in 2019, more than 15,000 feet of elevation.

Studying New Life in the Shadow of Venezuela's Last Glacier

When ice goes, lichens and mosses move in and an entirely new ecosystem starts to take shape.
by Jonathan Moens
November 18, 2021

Alternating Currents

The rise and fall of Venezuela, as seen from a Colombia border city, its grand mosque, and the migrants and converts who worship there.
by Megan Janetsky
September 29, 2019

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