Museo de Arte Colonial

Caracas


The Museum of Colonial Art is considered one of the finest museums of its kind in Latin America. Housed in an elegant country mansion known as Quinta de Anauco, it’s laid out around a charming patio and enclosed by lush, shady gardens. A ball was staged here in honor of Simón Bolívar’s very last night in Caracas: he was never to return alive.

Transportation

  • underground: Metrobús 421 from Bellas Artes

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