Caracas Car Rental Guide

Rental Restrictions

Driving Restrictions

The minimum driving age is 18 years. Child seats and seatbelts are not required.

Emergency Numbers

Police/fire/ambulance: 171

Road Tolls

Some useful expressions for tourists visiting Venezuela

About Caracas

The capital of Venezuela is a huge, vibrant and energetic city, built on both wealth and poverty. As cosmopolitan as it can be depressing, Caracas has all the benefits of a big city – great restaurants, hotels, theatres, museums, shopping, nightlife – and many problems as well: petty crime, poverty, pollution.

Caracas is the centre of the country’s political, scientific, cultural, educational and intellectual life. The city also boasts with its modern architecture. It is also the seat of the Roman Catholic archbishop of Venezuela.

Area: 78 sq km
Population: 4.6 million
Country: Venezuela
Time Zone: GMT/UTC -4
Telephone Area Code: 0212
Monetary unit: Venezuelan Bolivar