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Hilton Barquisimeto
Hilton Margarita and Suites


Mr. Sebastiao Nunes,
General Manager

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HILTON
Barquisimeto



Located 10 minutes from downtown with excellent location by main highway from nearby major cities. Barquisimeto museums, parks, aquares and churches are priceless historical meaning. It has 1356 rooms that include cabins aroung the pool area, junior suites, single and double rooms with private balconies and magnificent panoramic view of the "Valle del Turbio". All rooms have dataport. Two restaurants, a bar, swimming pool, 8 meeting rooms with secretarial services and audio-visual equipment to serve the guest needs. 4 night-lighted tennis courts and access to the nearby private golf club (15 min. from the Hotel)

Location

The Hilton Barquisimeto Hotel, National Architecture Award, is located in the residential sector of the Nueva Segovia Urbanization, only 10 minutes away from the city. Due to its excellent location within the national geography, the hotel can be accessed rapidly through the main highways from and to Valencia, Maracaibo, Coro, Acarigua and other cities. Towards the south of the Valle Turbio, which offers its visitors from the hotel a tranquil and spectacular view.

The average temperature of Barquisimeto is of approximately 24 º C ( 75 º F) throughout the entire year.

Local Attractions

In the city you can find the famous Museum of Barquisimeto (Museo de Barquisimeto) and a grand amount of plazas, parks and churches of a uncountable historical significance. The contrast between the colonial, and the subsiding modern development of the capital and the growing economy, make Barquisimeto a spot of interest, having more business travelers arrive to visit the city.

In the outsides of the city we find typical artisan towns where the natural beauty is combine with the artistically. The arts, patrimony of the larenses have established in Quibor, Guadalupe and Tintorero the main origins of production.

Artisan Crafts and Natural Beauty



Rooms and Suites

This comfortable hotel offers 136 rooms in total, distributed in the following manner

-16 homely cabins around the pool area, with two ambiances, ideals for family trips and resting.
-8 spacious junior suites with king size beds and a working area that is ideal for your business trips

-1 presidential suite with 2 rooms, living room, dining room, kitchen and lots of space

-111 very comfortable single and double rooms

-All these rooms and suites posses private balconies with a magnificent panoramic view to El Valle del Turbio and some other residential zones.

-All the rooms offer dataports, individual air conditioning system, minibar and color cable TV

Restaurants and Bars

Tocuyo Grill: where you can enjoy an exquisite buffet or a menu a la carte within the enchanting colonial ambiance with a pleasant view to the pool and green gardens. Open from Monday through Sunday from 6:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Puesta del Sol: It is the right place to enjoy a well deserved cocktail after a long day of working at our exclusive bar with live entertainment, open from Monday to Saturday from 5:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Valle del Turbio: open air restaurant in front of the pool area with a spectacular view of Valle el Turbio, favorite among the people because of its famous barbecue on the weekends. Open only on Saturday and Sunday from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Meeting Rooms

Hilton Barquisimeto offers 8 versatile salons with a capacity of up to 800 people, ideal for conferences, seminars, reunions, and banquets of all kind, we also offer audiovisual equipment.

The hotel has many multifunctional terraces perfect for commercial expositions, fairs, and social events in a fresh and different environment.

Outside Service: for your events outside of the hotel, the banquet department offers a large variety of services and menus with a five star attention which has made it famous.

Facilities

-Multilingual staff

-Secretarial services

-Dataports installed in all the rooms

-Special packages for your reunions and conferences

-8 versatile salons for meetings

-Comfortable and spacious terraces

-Audiovisual Solutions

-A pool surrounded by exuberant green areas and a view to the Valle del Turbio

-4 tennis courts with illumination

-Outside banquet service

-Access to the Gulf Club (15 minutes away from the hotel)

-Parking availability without any cost with a 230 car capacity.

-2 restaurants and I bar

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This is the electronic edition of the special country report on Venezuela published in Forbes Global Magazine.
April 2002 Issue.
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