Telephone Tips

Venezuela's phone system features a standardized system of seven-digit local numbers, with three-digit area codes. Note that you must add a zero before the three-digit area code when dialing from within Venezuela, but not when dialing to Venezuela from abroad.

To place a call from your home country to Venezuela, dial the international access code (011 in the U.S. and Canada, 0011 in Australia, 0170 in New Zealand, 00 in the U.K.), plus the country code (58), plus the three-digit Venezuelan area code (Caracas 212, Isla de Margarita 295, Mérida 274), plus the seven-digit phone number.

To place a local call within Venezuela, dial the seven-digit local number. To call another area within Venezuela, you must add a 0 before the three-digit area code. For information, dial tel. 113; to place national collect calls, dial tel. 101.

To place a direct international call from Venezuela, dial the international access code (00), plus the country code, plus the area code and local number of the other party.

To reach an International Long Distance Operator, dial tel. 122. Major long-distance company access codes are as follows: AT&T tel. 800/100-1120; Bell Canada tel. 800/100-1100; British Telecom tel. 800/100-1440; MCI tel. 800/11-140; Sprint tel. 800/100-1110.