Venezuela — Transport & Getting Around

The Caracas Metro is extensive and costs next to nothing, but it is crowded, poorly maintained and a pickpocketing environment — most visitors avoid it. Use the local ride apps Yummy Rides and Ridery, or hotel-arranged drivers; never hail street taxis. Power cuts and fuel shortages disrupt travel intermittently outside the capital.

Simón Bolívar airport (CCS) at Maiquetía sits 26 km from Caracas over a mountain highway with a documented history of robberies targeting arriving passengers — arrange a vetted transfer in advance, land in daylight if possible, and refuse drivers soliciting inside the terminal. Domestic carriers (Conviasa, Laser, Avior) fly aging fleets to Margarita, Maracaibo and Canaima, often cash-only and unreliable. International links are thin: Copa via Panama City, Turkish via Istanbul and a few Madrid services.