“Little Venice” (Veneziola) – named by an Italian explorer who recorded the stilt houses along its shores – has the longest coastline flanking the sparkling tropical waters of the Caribbean Sea.

It’s also home to the iconic Angel Falls, the highest waterfall in the world, plummeting 979 metres into a basin below.

The country boasts the snow-capped Andes to the west and the tropical Amazon basin to the south, while on its eastern fringes lies one of the most beautiful river deltas in the world – the Orinoco. Combined with delicious cuisine and charming colonial towns, these diverse and striking regions make Venezuela a superb travel destination.