This beautiful city is located in Aragua State, in the central region of the country, about 100 kilometers west of Caracas. It is also known as the "Ciudad Jardin" (garden city), bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea, on the south by the Guarico state, on the east by the Distrito Federal and Miranda state, and on the west by the Carabobo state.

Maracay, the Garden City of Venezuela is located at the foot of the mountains to the coast. It is a very nice city full of gardens and trees in its streets and avenues. The entrance to the city was guarded by a jaguar made of bronze with the following inscription: "Maracay is a crossroads of all roads and the rose of the winds open to all wills".

This city is the cradle of Venezuelan aviation, both the civil and military aviation, here was born the first Venezuelan airline called Aeropostal. The city is an important cultural center because of the museums and the important architectural icons it preserves, for example as La Maestranza C�sar Gir�n, the Bolivar Plaza, the largest in the country, the Government Palace of Aragua State and the Sindoni tower, the tallest building in the interior of the country.