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Jajó

Incoming to Jajo

Incoming to Jajo

On a detour off the route from Trujillo to Merida the visitor will find a tiny town which is perhaps one of the prettiest in the Venezuelan Geography: Jajo.

Trees contina

Cultivos

The twenty-minute ride to the town can easily be lengthen if you succumb to the lure of the magnificent landscape, exuberant trees, imposing mountains and fine crops which graciously usher you to Jajo.

Entrance to Jajo
Entrance to Jajo

Jajo was founded nearly 400 years ago.As you enjoy a walk on its paved streets and admire the small white colonial houses crowned by the typical red tiles, you may easily evoke the colonial years.

A Street going up

Street

As in most provincial Venezuelan towns, the main activities in Jajo gravitate around the ever present Bolivar Square, which faces San Pedro's Church, one of Jajo's main attractions which is worth admiring both inside and outside.

House at the Corner of the Bolivar Square
House at the Corner of the Bolivar Square

Bolivar Square
Bolivar Square

Bolivar Square and Church
Bolivar Square and Church

Church's façade
Church's façade

Interior
Interior

Altar
Altar

Baptismal pile
Baptismal pile

Inside the church you can admire different chapels.

Side-chapel
Side-chapel

Hotel /Inn

Lodging in the region

Los Andes

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Other destinations in Los Andes:
Altamira of Caceres | Bocono - Trujillo State | City of Merida | Dancers and Páramo la negra
Los Andes yours | Merida's Cable Car | Mucubají Lagoons and Santo Domingo
Páramo la Culata (The Culata Moor) | Route of the Snow - Trujillo | San Cristóbal | Trujillo

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