Barquisimeto

I talked about what is my favorite place in Barquisimeto, but I didn’t talk about the City where I was born and grew up. 

Barquisimeto was funded by Juan de Villegas in 1552 as Nueva Segovia de Barquisimeto, but its original name was Variquisimeto, this mean “ash color river” by the natives Catequíos. Barquisimeto’s main river is The “Rio Turbio” and it isn’t abundant and it have grey sands.


It called The Twilight City and the Musical Capital of Venezuela, is located in West-Center of the country and it’s capital of Lara State. This land gives to Venezuela some of the most important singers and artists such as: Gustavo Dudamel, Aquiles Machado, Salvador Garmendia, Pablo Canela

If you want to visit Barquisimeto, I recommend you: Bararida Zoo, Barquisimeto Museum (It have a permanent exposition of native culture), Obelisk, Cathedral and Cardenalito Park.

From here, you can also visit some other place of Lara State like Quibor, Tintorero (famous for Crafts Fairs and you could acquire Hammocks), Cubiro (Mountain and tasty food), Sanare (in December 28th is celebrate the  Zaragoza holiday, this day commemorates the dead children by Herodes), La Cascada del Vino (“Red Wine Fall” is because rocks under the river give a red color to the water, like a wine) and Humocaro.

If you are Catholic, you should visit it on January 14th because is the Divina Pastora Procession, Barquisimeto’s mother. The citizen's devotion, it had been become in the 3rd Procession in the World, after Guadalupe Virgin (Mexico) and Fatima Virgin (Portugal).

Guaro's land, it calls this way because Na’guara phrase (it’s more than a phrase, is a good feeling), they’ll be feel you at home and you’ll be back again.