Colonia Tovar / German Village

Leaving Caracas, approximately 63 km. , After crossing the National Park Macarao, we find a piece of the Black Forest (Schwarzwald)Germany, located in the Cordillera de la Costa, Aragua State north. the first settlers came to our country, organized and settled in these beautiful places in 1843, from the Black Forest villages such as Wyhl, and Oberbergen Edingen Kaiserstuhl. For many years cut off from the rest of the country, so that later generations might retain many of their ancestral traditions and their language, meals, clothing, dances, etc. .it wasn't until the 1940s that Spanish was introduced as the official language and the ban on marrying outside the community was abandoned. A visit to Colonia Tovar, not only gives you a break from our view for its beautiful scenery, pleasant climate with an annual average of 16 ° C, given by the height of about 1, 800 meters, but also for its excellent restaurants, where we can taste taste the delicious dishes of German cuisine.