best places to visit in guyana
Georgetown
Georgetown is the capital and largest city of Guyana. It is situated in the Demerara-Mahaica, on the Atlantic Ocean coast, at the mouth of the Demerara River. It is nicknamed the “Garden City of the Caribbean” and is the retail, administrative, and financial services center of the country.
Miners, plantation builders, architects, statesmen, and more, all gathered in this corner of the Demerara-Mahaica region to play their part as the city went from Dutch to French to British rule, inspiring the town with the likes of Stabroek Market and whitewashed St George’s Cathedral. The Parliament Building is also worth a stop-off, while the national museum is a great place to get acquainted with local history.
New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam is the regional capital of East Berbice-Corentyne, Guyana, and one of the country’s largest towns.
Since its foundation in the middle of the 18th century, New Amsterdam has moved from Dutch masters, who held control over the lowland plantations from the fort of Fort Nassau up the valley, to the British, who supplied it with ground-breaking sanitation laws and attracted the likes of Cesar Castellani (perhaps the most famous architect to grace Guyana with his work). As testimony to Castellani’s influence, the masterful front of the New Amsterdam Public Hospital still decorates the streets.
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