Founded in 1567, Caracas is the gateway to Venezuela, a city offering something for everybody.

Hemmed in by green forested hills, Caracas squeezes the tremendously wealthy and the desperately poor into a single chaotic city. This disorder is reflected in the city's gravity defying skyscrapers and the teetering shantytowns that cover the hills around it.

Half day tour of Caracas could include, the remaining Colonial quarter of the city including the Plaza Bolivar, the Capital, San Francisco Church, National Library, Central Bank and the house where Bolivar was born (now a museum).