Travel Guide Mucuchíes

The road still rises, the bottom of the air becomes colder. Mucuchíes approaches. The houses red to be pink, yellow and always in pastel tones. These hues, allied with reverberation, awaken these maisons houses built at 2 983 m. It is cabbage, the atmosphere is relaxing and healthy. The natives are laid, as policés by the cold. We almost think of Peru. The poupons that women wear on the back have red cheeks, hemoglobin when you keep us… Less métissage here. You are in a high place of Indian resistance to conquistadors. In 1586 Bartolomé Gil Naranjo suffered a failure, followed by Pedro de Menas Alias y Toledo, who won't succeed. It was later that brother Bartolomé Díaz Menacho definitively founded Santa Lucía de Mucuchíes («the place of water» in India) in 1596. On December 29 th, don't miss the procession of San Benito that starts in the morning. Note a unique «anomaly» in Venezuela: on the (beautiful) plaza Bolívar, of course, Simón, but accompanied by an Indian child (Tinjaca) and the dog (called Névado, "Snowy") that were offered at the Libertador during his stop in the small town during one of his campaigns, in 1813. Both of them remained faithful to him until their death at the Battle of Boyacá. In this corner shared by the Río río, follow the farms and their mill that attest to the large agricultural activity of the sites. Nearly 4 500 people live in Mucuchíes. On the edge of the road, the craftsmen's shops really attract the eye. Beware, make sure you buy vintage craft because some merchants dare sell items manufactured abroad.