Pros: Friendly people, inexpensive, hiking, mountaineering, endless adventure travel opportunities, the list goes on and on! Cons: there are no cons.
Merida is Venezuela’s Mecca for backpackers. A wonderful small town nestled on a plateau under the highest point in the entire country, Pico Bolivar (5,000 meters : 15,000 feet). First I’ll describe how to get to the city, then the city itself, things...
Pros: beautiful place, great people, inexpensive Cons: meat ice cream, the zoo
Review Topic: Sights & Attractions
I was in Merida for a month to study Spanish. What a wonderful place! The airplane comes in between the peaks of the Andes and suddenly, you find you are landing. Don't look out the window...
We flew into Merida after our plane was detoured due to fog the prior day. The airport in Merida sits smack in the middle of the city surrounded by two large mountains. The weather must be clear or the planes either clip one of the mountains or...
Pros: Beautiful!!! good food,weather, and people Cons: more expensive and touristy than other towns.
I lived in Venezuela for two years. I lived in Merida for one year of that time. Merida is a wonderful place to go. it is beautiful on it's own, but it is also a great launching point for tours of the other andean pueblos.
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