Adventure through the hill Hotel Maracay

Yesterday I decided to give some physical activity to my body, Christmas was a time when food was more abundant than usual and those things have consequences for health, so I set to work to go to a hill that is near the city and is frequently visited by those who are in the habit of exercising. It is not the first time I go to the hill of the Hotel Maracay, I have been there several times, but it was many years ago, so I was curious to see what things had changed.

This hill is next to the famous Maracay Hotel, a place that was always used as a place for night meetings, but now it is conditioned for the recreation of those who like to walk and exercise climbing the hill. So, at about 6 A.M. began the ascent, in the following photos you can see that the sun was just beginning to show, it was still dark and so there were still lights on in the city. The weather was an ideal 23 degrees, the morning felt cool and despite the hour there was already a high influx of people climbing the hill.

As the minutes passed, the panorama became clearer and clearer, and along with that I advanced trying to take the best possible pictures, which are precisely the ones I am sharing in this post. The road is clearly marked by the constant passage of people, although there is also evidence that the authorities have tried to improve it with machines. One of the things that was rewarding was to feel the fresh air in my lungs, the smell of nature has a special value for our body, so I took advantage of it as much as I could.

In the following two photos we can see the Hotel Maracay and the city of Maracay in full, also can be seen in the distance the Lake of Valencia or Lake Los Tacariguas.

At about 7:30 A.M. I arrived at the first station and the sun was already beginning to show itself with much more strength. This mountain has four stations, but to reach them requires a higher physical condition and my companions could not go any further, so this was our destination.

There is a path at the side of the first station that leads to a small stream which few people visit, in fact, I had never been on my previous visits to this hill, so I decided it was the right time to do it. The change of vegetation on the side of the creek is remarkable, everything is greener and even the type of plants changes.

The hill of the Hotel Maracay is currently a place for recreation and to exercise the body, dozens of people visit it daily and are grateful that this place exists. It was a pleasure to share with the community this emblematic place of my city, see you next time.