#Curiosities that you probably did not know about the City of Mérida, #Venezuela ...

a) It is the City of * Los Caballeros *
-On October 18, 1558, Captain Juan Rodríguez Suárez baptized it with the name of Santiago de los Caballeros de

#M érida, Since then, Mérida has been the "City of Knights" and today it is applied more to the honor of the

native gentlemen of this region, for the hospitality and kindness towards the Merida woman and towards the visitors.

b) The Muchuchíes!
-400 years ago, when the #Spanish dog, the Pyrenean, the Algerian and the sheepdog arrived in the Andean mountains, these breeds

they were crossing giving origin to the Mucuchíes. For us, of course, it is unique in the whole world!

c) Your Cable Car!
- The Mukumbarí Cable #Car connects the city of Mérida with Pico Espejo. It measures approximately 12.5 km long and reaches

at a height of 4765 meters above sea level. This transport with the national tricolor has received since its reopening about 500,000

visitors. Once at the top of #Espejo peak, you will be able to contemplate the statue of the Virgen de las Nieves, and from the viewpoint

You will be able to observe the Bolívar peak and the Humboldt peak.

D) It was the main territory of the Timoto-Cuicas.
- They were the most socially and technologically advanced group of indigenous people in Venezuelan #territory . They also carried out

commercial exchanges with other ethnic groups, using cocoa beans as currency. They left much of their inheritance

culture embodied in the #Andes . It can still be seen in the names that many of its towns have, such as Valle

of Mocotíes, Mucuchíes, Mukumbarí, and Mucubají, among others.

e) There is an ice cream parlor that offers more than #1000 flavors. How delicious!

-The #Coromoto Ice Cream Shop is the creation of the popular Don Manolo. The more than 1000 flavors of him have made him appear in the Book of

Guinness records as the ice cream parlor with the most variety of flavors in the world. For those who go for the first time, can not stop

try the ice cream "#Miss Venezuela" flavored with the perfume of roses and carnations.

f) On the Old Camino Real del Carrizal, you will spend more than 4 days without seeing a single motor vehicle pass by.

-And it's worth it! On the Old Camino Real del Carrizal you will be able to appreciate unique ecosystems in the world. Every day of travel

It is an unforgettable experience, on a mule you can make the journey in the middle of tropical Andean mountains,

surprising you by the nature, the climate, the culture, the #history and the people in each section.