BOTANICAL GARDEN

These lands were once administered by Hacienda Ibarra, which grows sugar cane at the beginning of the th century. The garden was created in 1944 by the doctor and botanist Tobías Tired in collaboration with a Horticulture Augusto Braun. It opened its doors in 1958. Today, vegetation comes from all horizons (both national and international). More than 100 species of palm trees, a arboretum where thousands of trees grow at different stages of evolution, 4 greenhouses for orchids, bromeliaceae and fat plants. The Botanical Institute, located inside the garden, has a laboratory, library and over 100 000 Venezuelan dried, pressed and identified Venezuelan plants. The only problem is that most of the facilities remain private: you can only see as a public the orchid collection.

A haven of peace in the middle of the city and traffic. Many students come to cram their courses in the shade of palm trees. If you didn't know that trees lose their leaves during dry periods to keep water, and on the contrary they fill leaves during wet periods to capture solar energy, then maybe you should join Venezuelan students!