I hope you have a wonderful week, enjoying the goodness of life. Today I will take you on a walk to one of the iconic parks of the city of Merida, Venezuela called "El parque de la isla", if you like to connect with nature, enjoy the joy of children and admire interesting architectural structures, you will love this place.
I keep very special memories of this beautiful place, but I had some time without visiting it, until a few days ago we decided to take our son to the park and spend a different day with the family, then we chose the island park, because it is the ideal place to get out of the routine, enjoy a natural environment and recreate. It's open every day and it's free, what more could we ask for, don't you think?
It is located north of the city of Merida, Venezuela and can be accessed through the extension of Los Proceres Avenue or through University Avenue.
Although time has worn down part of its structures, it is still quite well preserved, I think they have been rehabilitating it, although there is still much work to be done. This day, I noticed that it was clean, the green areas were cared for and this made me very happy, because the last thing I had heard was that it was in a state of abandonment.
Espero que tengan una semana maravillosa, disfrutando de las bondades de la vida. El día de hoy los llevaré de paseo a uno de los parques icono de la ciudad de Mérida, Venezuela llamado "El parque de la isla", si te gusta conectar con la naturaleza, disfrutar de la alegría de los niños y admirar estructuras arquitectónicas interesantes, este lugar te encantara.Guardo recuerdos muy especiales de este bonito lugar, pero tenía algún tiempo sin visitarlo, hasta hace unos días que decidimos llevar a nuestro hijo al parque y pasar un día diferente en familia, entonces elegimos el parque de la isla, porque es el sitio ideal para salir de la rutina, disfrutar de un ambiente natural y recrearte. Está abierto todos los días y es gratis. ¿Qué más podemos pedir?. ¿No crees?
Está ubicado al Norte de la Ciudad de Mérida, Venezuela y se puede acceder a través de la prolongación de la Av. Los Próceres o por la Av. Universidad.
Aunque el tiempo ha desgastado parte de sus estructuras, se mantiene bastante conservado, creo que lo han ido rehabilitando, aunque aún falta mucho trabajo por hacer. Este día, pude notar que se encontraba limpio, las áreas verdes estaban cuidadas y esto me alegro mucho, porque lo último que había escuchado era que estaba en estado de abandono.
Island Park - Parque La Isla
A park that fights against climate change.
Un parque que lucha contra el cambio climático.
When you arrive at the park, you feel the contact with nature, immediately, its tall and leafy trees, receive you with its freshness, without a doubt this is one of the things I like the most about the place. In addition, I find it very interesting and important the work they maintain active to mitigate climate change.
At the entrance and its surroundings we found a lot of information about this, like this billboard that I show you in the picture, which allowed us to learn about the Andes project, an environmental organization that seeks to improve the capacity of carbon dioxide sequestration in the trees of the park. Interesting, isn't it? Among its actions is the creation of agro-ecological nurseries, so we see around the park some seedlings of ornamental plants. More information can be found on their website. (porlasostenibilidad.org).
As in most of the city parks, here we can admire again the mysterious stick beards and bromeliads hanging on the branches of the trees, I was a bit curious about the species of trees found in this extensive park and I found in an article of the Universidad de los Andes that you can consult here that the Bucare and the Pino Laso are predominant.
Own photos - February 2023
Al llegar al parque, sientes el contacto con la naturaleza, de inmediato, sus altos y frondosos árboles, te reciben con su frescura, sin duda esta es una de las cosas que más me gustan del lugar. Además, me resulta muy interesante e importante el trabajo que mantienen activo para mitigar el cambio climático.
En la entrada y sus alrededores encontramos bastante información acerca de esto, como esta valla que les muestro en la fotografía, que nos permitió conocer acerca del proyecto los Andes, una organización ambientalista que busca mejorar la capacidad de la captación de dióxido de carbono en los árboles del parque. Interesante verdad?. Entre sus acciones está la creación de viveros agroecológicos, por eso vemos en los alrededores de todo el parque algunos semilleros de plantas ornamentales. Podemos encontrar más información en su página. (porlasostenibilidad.org).
Como en la mayoría de los parques de la ciudad, aquí podemos admirar de nuevo las misteriosas barbas de palo y bromelias colgando en las ramas de los árboles, tenía un poco de curiosidad acerca de las especies de árboles que se encuentran en este extenso parque y encontré en un artículo de la Universidad de los Andes que puedes consultar aquí que predomina el Bucare y el Pino Laso.
Access and Parking - Acceso y Estacionamientos
Another important feature of this fabulous park is that it has ample parking throughout its extension, people with vehicles can comfortably place their car in any of them and even have a picnic very close to it.
At the beginning, I told you that there are two ways to enter the park, if you enter by car, you must enter only by Los Proceres Avenue, through the entrance of the Mucumbarila Convention Center or Corpoandes. The other entrance is through a pedestrian bridge and I do not recommend leaving the vehicle so far away.
Otra característica importante de este fabuloso parque, es que cuenta con un amplio estacionamiento, en toda su extensión, las personas con vehículo, pueden ubicar su carro cómodamente en cualquiera de ellos e incluso realizar un pícnic muy cerca de él.
Al comienzo, les hablé que existen dos maneras de ingresar al parque, si accedes con vehículo, debes ingresar solo por la Av. los Próceres, por la entrada del Centro de Convenciones Mucumbarila o Corpoandes. Ya que la otra entrada, es a través de un puente peatonal y no recomiendo dejar el vehículo tan lejos.
Own photos - February 2023
The House - La Casona
A nice reminder of colonial architecture.
Un lindo recuerdo de la arquitectura colonial.
For us it was easier to access through Los Proceres Avenue, since the public transportation left us very close, we walked and the first thing we found was this Casona, which serves as an information center. To be honest, I did not remember it, I had completely forgotten it, how could I forget this treasure of colonial architecture?
This large house is called: "Information Center: Route of the Admirable Campaign". It is quite large and as you can see it is influenced by the Spanish colonial style. Elongated corridors with beautiful decorative columns, wooden doors and roof covered in Creole clay tile.
It is very well preserved, but unfortunately it was closed and I could not discover how is its interior, I understand that in it we can find antique utensils and a kind of museum of things related to coffee production. Maybe, in another opportunity, I will be lucky enough to find it open.
Para nosotros fue más fácil acceder por la Av. los Próceres, ya que el transporte público, nos dejaba muy cerca, caminamos y lo primero que encontramos es esta Casona, que funciona como centro de información. Para serles sincero, no la recordaba, la había olvidado por completo, como pude olvidar este tesoro de la arquitectura colonial?.
Esta casona se llama:" Centro de información: Ruta de la Campaña Admirable". Es bastante grande y como pueden ver está influenciada por el estilo colonial español. Pasillos alargados con hermosas columnas decorativas, puertas de madera y techo revestido en teja de arcilla criolla.
Se encuentra muy bien conservada, pero desafortunadamente estaba cerrada y no pude descubrir cómo es su interior, tengo entendido, que en él podemos encontrar utensilios antiguos y una especie de museo de cosas relacionados con la producción de café. Tal vez, en otra oportunidad, tenga la suerte de encontrarla abierta.
Own photos - February 2023
A structure with a futuristic vision. - Una estructura con visión futurista.
Upon entering the park we find this structure with a rather peculiar geometry, which steals the glances towards it. Every time I see it, I remember those cartoons with futuristic visions like the supersonics. An ancient construction with a very interesting modern vision.
Here I have very nice memories of my childhood, since at that time there was a restaurant managed by one of my uncles, they offered really delicious fruit drinks and it was quite crowded.
Over the years, the restaurant closed and this structure became the headquarters of some government institutions, the last one I remember was related to the Ministry of Housing. I don't know what is currently operating in this area of the park, but I saw it closed and without any informative notice.
Al entrar al parque encontramos esta estructura con una geometría bastante peculiar, que roba las miradas hacia ella. Cada vez que la veo, recuerdo esas caricaturas con visiones futuristas como los supersónicos. Una construcción antigua con una visión moderna muy interesante.
Aquí tengo recuerdos muy bonitos de mi infancia, ya que aquí funcionaba en esa época un restaurante administrado por uno de mis tíos, ofrecían unas bebidas de frutas, realmente deliciosas y era bastante concurrido.
Con los años, el restaurante cerro y esta estructura paso a ser la sede de algunas instituciones gubernamentales, la última que recuerdo estaba relacionada con el Ministerio de Vivienda. Actualmente, no sé, que funciona en esta zona del parque, pero la vi cerrada y sin ningún aviso informativo.
Own photos with my Siragon camera - Previous visit in 2022
Own photos - February in 2023
As you can see, it looks like two spinning tops that are joined together through a column, it is normal to wonder: how is this structure supported, but if we look more carefully, it is located at the end of a concrete bridge, which functions as a walkway to this circular room. This cantilever bridge sure does much of the support work, but this, is not enough to stop me from wondering, what seismic criteria did they use in this design. Hopefully, sometime, I will be able to talk to an expert who can clarify all these doubts for me.
In the lower part there was a submerged exhibit, like a kind of aquarium, I do not remember very well, because it was very small, but unfortunately this area was also closed and I do not know with property that currently works. To access it, you enter through this small structure, with a very nice curved roof and a spiral staircase.
Como ven, parecen dos trompos que se unen entre sí a través de una columna, es normal preguntarse: ¿cómo se apoya esta estructura?, pero si vemos con más cuidado, está situado en el extremo de un puente de concreto, que funciona como pasarela hasta esta sala circular. Este puente en voladizo seguro hace gran parte del trabajo del soporte, pero esto, no es suficiente para dejar de preguntarme, ¿qué criterios sísmicos usaron en este diseño?. Ojalá, en alguna oportunidad, pueda hablar con alguien experto que me aclare todas estas dudas.
En la parte inferior existía una exhibición sumergida, como una especie de acuario, no recuerdo muy bien, porque era muy pequeña, pero lamentablemente esta área, también estaba cerrada y no sé con propiedad que funciona actualmente. Para acceder a ella, se entra por esta pequeña estructura, con un techo con curvas muy bonito y una escalera de caracol.
Own photos - February in 2023
Acoustic Shell - Concha Acústica
We continue walking through the park, and at the back we find another marvel of architecture, these bleachers that allow us to observe the different events that usually take place in a small theatrical stage located in front of it.
This concrete roof, with an overhang of approximately three meters, defies gravity, while allowing us to admire a very beautiful geometric shape, for its lines and depths that resemble several triangles and from it hang several lamps. The platform is smaller and is also built in concrete.
Seguimos recorriendo el parque, y al fondo encontramos otra maravilla de la arquitectura, estas gradas que nos permite observar los diferentes eventos que suelen darse en una pequeña tarima teatral ubicada al frente de ella.
Este techo de concreto, con un volado de aproximadamente unos tres metros, desafía la gravedad, mientras nos deja admirar una forma geométrica muy hermosa, por sus líneas y profundidades que semejan varios triángulos y de él cuelgan varias lámparas. La tarima es más pequeña y también está construida en concreto.
Own photos - February in 2023
I really like to go to this place because from its highest part, we can have the best view of the park. Also, as a construction fanatic, it allows me to closely observe some details. I could notice that in each triangular termination the load bearing beams are located, some areas show humidity and wear of the concrete. I imagine that for this type of construction with such a long overhang, they must have used a large amount of steel beams.
I find this acoustic shell very beautiful and being in it elevates the experience in the park, even if there are no performances at the time. I am glad it is preserved and I hope it gets the maintenance it needs to continue to be enjoyed.
Me gusta mucho ir a este lugar porque desde su parte más alta, podemos tener la mejor vista al parque. Además, como una fanática a las construcciones, me permite observar de cerca algunos detalles. Pude notar que en cada terminación triangular estas ubicadas las vigas de carga, algunas zonas, presentan humedad y desgaste del concreto. Imagino que para este tipo de construcciones con un volado tan largo, debieron usar una gran cantidad de acero en sus vigas.
Esta concha acústica me parece muy bonita y estar en ella eleva la experiencia en el parque, incluso si no hay presentaciones en el momento. Me alegro de que se encuentre conservada y espero le hagan el mantenimiento necesario para seguir disfrutando de ella.
Own photos - February in 2023
Artificial Lagoon - Laguna Artificial
Undoubtedly, the artificial lagoons, is a great attraction and is what gives the park its name. They offer boat rides all around, some boats are pedal boats and others with oars. Some are designed for two adults and one child and others for 3 adults or two adults and two children. The cost of the ride is $2 for 10 minutes and although we didn't take a ride this time, we enjoyed the beautiful view.
The lagoon is quite shallow, I think it is fed by one of the nearby rivers and inside the lagoon we found some trees and planters, which make the walk more pleasant.
Sin duda, las lagunas artificiales, es un gran atractivo y es lo que le da el nombre al parque. Ofrecen paseos en bote, por todo su alrededor, algunos botes son de pedal y otros con remos. Diseñados algunos para dos adultos y un niño y otros para 3 adultos o dos adultos y dos niños. El costo del paseo es de 2 $ por 10 minutos y aunque esta vez no dimos un paseo, disfrutamos de la bonita vista.
La laguna es bastante superficial, creo que es alimentada por uno de los ríos cercanos y dentro de la laguna encontramos algunos árboles y jardineras, que hacen el paseo más agradable.
Own photos with my Siragon camera - Previous visit in 2022
Own photos - February in 2023
Walks- Caminerias
The park has many walkways, stairs over the lagoon and many areas for walking and recreation, one of the newer areas has a roof deck supported by a steel structure and several planters in the center. In this area, it is common to see different entrepreneurs offering food and beverages, the most popular in my region are strawberries with cream, shakes called "vitamins", wafers, cakes and ice cream. I liked that they had means of payment through points of sale, because this gives more accessibility to visitors to taste any of their products.
El parque cuenta con muchas caminerías, escaleras sobre la laguna y muchas áreas para caminar y recrearse, una de las áreas más nuevas, cuenta con una cubierta de techo soportada en una estructura de acero y con diversas jardineras en el centro. En esta zona, es común, ver a distintos emprendedores, ofrecer alimentos y bebidas, las más populares en mi región son las fresas con crema, los batidos llamados "vitaminas", obleas, tortas y helados. Me gusto, que contaran con medios de pago a través de puntos de venta, porque esto le da más accesibilidad a los visitantes de degustar cualquiera de sus productos.
Own photos - February in 2023
Fun Park- Parque de Diversión
Of course the most important visitors of the park are our beloved children, it is good to have well designed, ergonomic and functional playgrounds for the kids to have a lot of fun.
In Merida, most of the parks are designed for small children, I love that the island park is the exception, because here we find slides of about 3 meters high, big swings and others, designed for the use of older children.
It is very nice, located on a sand, where my son quite enjoyed playing with it, because he is still too small 'for most of the attractions and is a little afraid of it, however, he had a lot of fun, in which he felt more comfortable.
They are freshly painted and very well maintained, it is a fairly safe place for children and is enclosed with perimeter walls built in stone, which keeps children away from the artificial lagoon, that seems to me very well thought out, by the designer of the park.
Por supuesto que los visitantes más importantes del parque son nuestros amados niños, es bueno, contar con lugares de recreación, bien diseñados, ergonómicos y funcionales para que los niños se diviertan un montón.
En Mérida, la mayoría de los parques están pensados para niños pequeños, adoro que el parque de la isla sea la excepción, ya que aquí encontramos toboganes de unos 3 metros de alto, columpios grandes y otros más, pensados para el uso de los niños más grandes.
Está muy bonito, situado sobre una arena, donde mi hijo disfruto bastante jugando con ella, porque aún está muy pequeño ´para la mayoría de las atracciones y le tiene un poco de miedo, sin embargo, se divirtió bastante, en los que se sentía más cómodo.
Están recién pintados y muy bien cuidados, es un lugar bastante seguro para los niños y está encerrado con muros perimetrales construidos en piedra, que aleja a los niños de la laguna artificial, eso me parece muy bien pensado, por parte del diseñador del parque.
Own photos with my Siragon camera - Previous visit in 2022
Own photos - February in 2023
Access Bridge- Puente de Acceso
After a few wonderful hours in this beautiful park, we continue our way, but we return by the pedestrian bridge that connects us with the University Avenue of the city, this bridge is also quite interesting, built in concrete, and covered in brick. It is long but quite narrow.
Después de unas horas maravillosas es este bello parque, seguimos nuestro camino, pero retornamos por el puente peatonal que nos comunica con la Av. Universidad de la ciudad, este puente es bastante interesante también, construido en concreto, y revestido en ladrillo. Es largo pero bastante estrecho.
Own photos with my Siragon camera - Previous visit in 2022
Own photos - February in 2023
I hope you liked it, it has been a pleasure to share with you my impressions of the place. I would love to know which area you liked the most and what you think of the architectural structures we found here.
If you are visiting Mérida someday, don't hesitate to visit Parque de la Isla. It is an excellent plan, especially if you are accompanied by children.
Así culminamos este recorrido por el Parque de la Isla, espero les haya gustado, ha sido un placer compartir con ustedes mis impresiones del lugar. Me encantaría, saber cuál ha sido el área que más les ha gustado y que opinan de las estructuras arquitectónicas que encontramos aquí.Si algún día estás de visita en Mérida, no dudes conocer el Parque de la Isla. Es un excelente plan, especialmente si estás acompañado de niños.
I hope that my publication has been to your liking, I will be sharing buildings of my region that call my attention. In the following pages I found information about the natural part of the park.
Los Andes Project Website
Espero que mi publicación haya sido de su agrado, estaré compartiendo edificaciones de mi región que llamen mi atención. En las siguientes páginas encontré información referente a la parte natural del parque.
Proyecto los Andes Página web
Arboles de Mérida Disponible en formato pdf (Página 2 y 5)
My language is Spanish so I use the translator DeepL, in its free version, the images were taken by me, with my Yezz max phone and my siragon camera, cover created in canva.
Mi idioma es el español por tanto uso el traductor DeepL, en su versión gratuita, las imágenes fueron tomadas por mí, con mi teléfono Yezz max y mi cámara siragón, portada creada en canva.
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Amiga eso está hermoso, no sabría decir que zona es más bonito.
La parte de donde está la concha acústica y la la estructura casi flotante.
Me imagino esa experiencia maravillosa, tu hijo debió estar feliz paseando por todo ese lugar tan bello.
Yes, he wanted to take the ride on the boat and he played a lot, but on the sand most of all. I like the roof of the shell a lot, but the structure is very nice too, I think that for an old one, they have some modern designs.
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Doris!!! This is such a beautiful place. Plus it's gigantic!!! My kids would go crazy there haha.
The house is beautiful. With a little paint it would be perfect. I love colonial architecture, it has a lot of beauty. But the house of the supersonic lis caught my attention haha I think I would be scared to go inside.
Another of my favorite things were the lagoons and the possibility of being able to walk around them. Too cute.
Without a doubt an excellent option to share with the family. A birthday party there would be fabulous!
Thank you very much friend, that's right, it's a little scary that structure. I am a fan of colonial architecture, I love to admire it, the house is very nice.
Yes, I imagine that your children would really enjoy this park, because some of the slides are tall and actually there are few like that here, most of them are for small children, which is fine for me, for now but in a few years, for Angel it won't be attractive.
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Woouuuw wonderful architecture, Children will be very happy to be invited to Island Park, there are many beautiful places with extraordinary architecture @doriangel
That's right, it's a nice place for children to have fun, with good architecture to admire.
Greetings @doriangel. There's nothing as truly satisfying as a green environment that provides a variety of interesting activities for the human experience! Whether they're for socials, relaxation, exercise, entertainment, or sports, the incredible Island Park is the ultimate epitome of how urban parks should be ideally designed. 👍
Obviously, my favorite architecture there would be the saucer-shaped building. Because of its peculiar characteristics, our eyes are immediately drawn to it! Add to that the abundance of flourishing nature, then you have created heaven on earth! 😊
Were there brand new amenities, features, or structures being constructed during your visit?
Hello @storiesoferne , thank you very much, yes, it seems to me a well thought design and nature was a great ally. That saucer is very interesting, isn't it?
Well, I know the park since I was a child, but I don't go so often, because it is a little far from my residence, but what I noticed new, are these covered walkways. Maybe they are not very new, but they are the newest thing in the park. I forgot to mention that it also has tennis and volleyball courts. These are operational again. Otherwise, everything is as I remember it. My father tells me that it must have been inaugurated around the 60's approximately.
Thank you very much for accompanying me on the tour of the island park.
Oh wonderful! Yes, those covered walkways appear recently installed. And with the additional provisions of tennis and volleyball courts, the park's attractiveness would surely increase. Thank you for your marvelous content! Have an enjoyable one with more blessings! 👍😊
¡Hermoso lugar! Sin duda la estructura que más llamó mi atención fue la futurista o modernista, ¿quién la habrá diseñado, hay información sobre eso? Saludos :)
Thank you very much @sofathana . I am also curious about this, but I did not find information, maybe in the casona I would have found some history, but it was closed and on the web, some articles refer mostly to the acoustic shell but still do not mention the designer.
Greetings :)
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It is a very beautiful park. The construction over the lake caught my attention. It is certainly futuristic and what you say that looks like a spinning top is true hahaha I loved your metaphor. Too bad you couldn't go to the basement, an aquarium there would be wonderful.
Yes, a submerged aquarium would be very good. It is quite an interesting and strange structure. Thank you very much for stopping by.
Hello @doriangel, is a very beautiful park and with incredible constructions, the view of the mountain is spectacular, I hope soon to visit this park, all the places are beautiful I can not choose my favorite, my son would love this park loves to play outdoors and this park has everything to make the fun of the little ones is complete, thanks for sharing your view to this incredible park that besides providing various spaces for fun allows us to be in contact with the environment and relax from the stress of the city, the ideal place to recharge energy and breathe fresh air.
Blessings!
Exactly, breathe fresh air, while having fun and relaxing. Your son would enjoy it very much, I hope you visit him. Thank you very much. Best regards.