Georgetown
The most impressive building in town is the white-painted, Gothic-style St George's Cathedral, said to be the world's tallest wooden building. It was…
Must-see attractions in Georgetown
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Georgetown
Georgetown's Botanical Garden is a pleasant open space with a huge range of tropical plants, trees and flowers in it, including the Victoria Regia Lily,…
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Georgetown
During daylight hours, the Promenade Garden in Cummingsburg is a quiet place to relax, read and enjoy the flowers and tropical birdlife. Its tranquility…
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Georgetown
Georgetown's zoo, inside the Botanical Gardens, desperately needs some investment, but it has a decent collection of creatures nonetheless. You'll see…
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Georgetown
The distinctive neo-Gothic City Hall, inaugurated in 1889, has a 23m tower where colonial-period wives apparently watched for their husbands' ships to…
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Georgetown
One of the city's most prominent landmarks is Stabroek Market, a cast-iron building with a giant corrugated-iron clock tower. This frenetic and colorful…
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Georgetown
This gorgeous wooden building, erected in 1877, is home to the National Art Gallery and rotating art exhibits, many by local artists. To get here from the…
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Georgetown
This fine timber building was paid for by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1909. As well as being the national library of Guyana, it is a normal…
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Georgetown
An old-fashioned institution documenting the nation's cultural, social and political history via some odd artifacts and very old stuffed critters.
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Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology
Georgetown
A small museum in a breezy old building, with lots of Amerindian items from Guyana's indigenous peoples.
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Georgetown
Built in the 1920s in a Romanesque architectural style, this is the premier Catholic church in Guyana.
