Venezuela · Distrito Capital · Caracas
La Pastora, Caracas — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Two cenotaphs sit here. La Pastora is one of the 22 parishes of the Libertador Bolivarian Municipality in Caracas.
Hotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Where to stay in La Pastora
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
The Basilica of Santa Capilla sets the bearing for a stay. Beds in La Pastora leave the Cenotafio de Francisco de Miranda, the Cenotafio de Andrés Bello, and the Casa de Las Primeras Letras inside an easy circuit on foot. Caracas runs on around it. Pick the parish if the churches and cenotaphs are the point of the trip for you, not a central address.
Find hotels in La Pastora
Direct booking searches for these neighbourhoods.
La Pastora
The Cenotafio de Andrés Bello and the Basilica of Santa Capilla stand within the one parish.Find hotels in La Pastoraa stay tied to early schooling in CaracasAround the Casa de Las Primeras Letras
Our Lady of Mercy Church and the Cenotafio de Francisco de Miranda lie in the same parish of the Libertador Bolivarian Municipality.Find hotels in Around the Casa de Las Primeras LetrasHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Caracas
Ranked by global recognition; descriptions from Wikidata (CC0).
Museums & Galleries
1- Casa de Las Primeras Letras
Churches & Religious Sites
2- Basilica of Santa Capilla Heritage
- Our Lady of Mercy Church, Caracas Heritage
Castles & Historic Sites
2- Cenotafio de Francisco de Miranda
- Cenotafio de Andrés Bello
worth knowingacross 3 categories in and around Caracas
About La Pastora
What are the main landmarks in La Pastora?
Churches and memorials make the list. The Basilica of Santa Capilla and Our Lady of Mercy Church give the parish two places of worship, and the Casa de Las Primeras Letras carries a name drawn from the teaching of first letters. Two cenotaphs follow.
The Cenotafio de Francisco de Miranda and the Cenotafio de Andrés Bello stand as monuments to two men commemorated within La Pastora.
What is the history of La Pastora?
Memory is the parish's business. Francisco de Miranda and Andrés Bello are each marked by a cenotaph in La Pastora, and the Casa de Las Primeras Letras carries forward the name of early literacy teaching. Churches came with the parish.
The Basilica of Santa Capilla and Our Lady of Mercy Church anchor that ecclesiastical past, and the parish keeps its place among the 22 that form the Libertador Bolivarian Municipality.
Where is La Pastora?
Parish lines do the dividing here. La Pastora is one of 32 such units in Caracas, and the Basilica of Santa Capilla stands inside its boundary.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in La Pastora?
La Pastora: a circuit of cenotaphs and parish churches. Around the Casa de Las Primeras Letras: a stay tied to early schooling in Caracas.
Good for
More areas in Caracas
Updated October 2026