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 completed in 1892 and was built with a native hardwood called greenheart. It was enjoying a renovation at the time of writing – though remains open – and will look wonderful when it's finished.
Getty Images/Lonely Planet Images
Nearby Georgetown attractions
1. National Library
0.1 MILES
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…
2. City Hall
0.14 MILES
The distinctive neo-Gothic City Hall, inaugurated in 1889, has a 23m tower where colonial-period wives apparently watched for their husbands' ships to…
3. National Museum
0.15 MILES
An old-fashioned institution documenting the nation's cultural, social and political history via some odd artifacts and very old stuffed critters.
4. Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology
0.31 MILES
A small museum in a breezy old building, with lots of Amerindian items from Guyana's indigenous peoples.
5. Promenade Garden
0.32 MILES
During daylight hours, the Promenade Garden in Cummingsburg is a quiet place to relax, read and enjoy the flowers and tropical birdlife. Its tranquility…
6. Stabroek Market
0.34 MILES
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…
7. Roman Catholic Cathedral
0.38 MILES
Built in the 1920s in a Romanesque architectural style, this is the premier Catholic church in Guyana.
8. Castellani House
1.03 MILES
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…