Coro Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
capital of Falcón State and the oldest city in the west of Venezuela
About Coro
Through Gran Colombia's independence from Spain, Fransisco de Miranda won Coro's port, La Vela, the first place to raise Venezuela's tricolor flag. Coro is an unconfirmed indigenous word for 'wind.' Since 2005 Coro has been listed as an "endangered" World Heritage Site. Climate change in Venezuela, in particular heavy rains, have caused significant damage to its rich architecture. Coro's traditional buildings were built with techniques based on the use of earth (adobe, and earth reinforced with a plant structure in a technique called "bahareque"). Many of these buildings are vulnerable to heavy rains, as in its natural state earth is a material of low resistance to moisture. In 2018 UNESCO noted that there had been satisfactory advances in the implementation of many corrective measures, f
Top Attractions in Coro
Explore the best things to see and do in Coro:
- ★Médanos de Coro National Park
Where to Stay in Coro
- 🏨Hotel La Morada
- 🏨Posada Da Domenico
- 🏨Posada El Gallo
- 🏨Posada Los Pajaros
- 🏨Posada Taima Taima
Coro Travel Guide Sections
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