A video produced by the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Canada | Un producido por la Embajada de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela en Canadá.

When the first explorers arrived, they saw houses over the Sinamaica lagoon (Zulia State), close to Maracaibo; those houses reminded them of the city of Venice. They called the region "Little Venice", which in Spanish would be Venezuela.Venezuela is the most accessible of the South American countries. With cheap flights from both Europe and the USA and an excellent road network, the incredible diversity of the Venezuelan landscape is well within the reach of most travelers.