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Margarita Island
Margarita, Coche and Cubagua Islands conform the smallest
Venezuelan state called Nueva Esparta, its capital city is
La Asunción founded in 1565. It has been the strategic
center of Margarita Island, which has a 950km2 surface and a
population of 350.000 inhabitants. It is located in the
inner part of the island, just enough to make it
inaccessible to the pirates and to complicate the attacks of
the indigenous Caribbean rebels. Before the Spanish
conquest, Margarita, the same as the smaller Coche and
Cubagua islands, which are located in front of its coast,
had strong relations with the ferocious Caribbean indigenous
and the peaceful Arawaks and Guaiqueries, first inhabitants
of the area. At the present time it is the political
headquarter of the state. La Asunción is characterized by
maintaining its colonial houses and we must highlight that
here we can find the second oldest Church of South-America
and Santa Rosa's Castle, moreover, it is surrounded by one
of the two National Parks of the state,
THE CERRO
EL COPEY NATIONAL PARK
The most famous religious place is at El Valle del Espiritu
Santo, where is found the Virgen del Valle sanctuary, the
chapel where the Margarita's and all eastern part of
Venezuela's patroness image is at. According to the legend a
Guaiqueri indian found the Virgin's beautiful image in a
hillside by the town. The enormous devotion to this Virgin
is evident at The Diocesan Museum, which was built to keep
the incredible volume of offerings that have been
accumulated along many years. Very close to it we find
Santiago Mariño's native house, where one the most important
Venezuelan heroes was born.
Porlamar is usually the first destination for most people,
founded March 25, 1.536; it was initially a quiet fishing
town, that became a dynamic city of 150.000 inhabitants,
with wide boulevards, full of good restaurants, hotels for
all budgets, luxurious casinos and a very attractive night
life. Porlamar main activities are tourism and commerce,
therefore streets like Santiago Mariño and 4 de Mayo avenues
are full of stores that sell everything, from a French
perfume to local production t-shirts. The beaches that
highlight in this city are
LA CARACOLA
and
PLAYA BELLA VISTA.
Its beaches are the biggest charm of Margarita - there are
more than enough -, and due to their extension every visitor
falls in love as stands in front of its waves. The better
known ones are located at the north side of the island,
PLAYA EL AGUA
and
PLAYA PARGUITO
are the most visited, both of them are very extense and are
connected each other, also with small and continuous waves,
where the visitors can enjoy a good surfing session. These
are the beaches with more tourist potential because of their
facilities and the bunch of beautiful girls that enjoy their
sun daily wearing daring bathing suits. Behind the airport
is located El Yaque Beach, one of the fastest beaches in the
world for those who love sailing sports such as winsurf and
kitesurf.
Following the north-west route and a few minutes from El
Agua Beach, the landscape changes and the beaches turn into
smaller bays at the base of the cliffs that surround the
highway, there we get to fishermen towns and their beaches
that have the same name like Manzanillo and Guayacan.
Following the same road and without straying, we get by
Constanza's belvedere, where a relaxing and paradisiacal
marine view is appreciated in front of a calm blue sea. It
is worthy to take some minutes to contemplate it.
The next more important city in the western coast of
Margarita Island is Juan Griego, famous for its beautiful
sunsets, as well as Caribe Beach. Leaving Juan Griego and on
the way to The Penisula de Macanao, you can enjoy a pretty
car ride and enjoy the Taguantar coast, that offers a
relaxing and paradisiac view from where you can watch the
distant mountains of the Peninsula de Macanao.
Between Margarita and the Peninsula de Macanao we find La
Restinga National Park, it is worthy to take half-day and
enjoy its romantic mangroove channels and watch the birds
that inhabit there.
For the younger ones, Margarita has thematic attraction
parks like Parque El Agua, Diverland and Waterland, in the
last one you can enjoy the unique experience of swiming with
dolphins.
We invite you to enjoy with us our Exotic Caribbean Island,
with all the advantages that, belonging to a mainland
country, it has. For all this, we are "The Better Kept
Caribbean Secret."
Margarita Island
- Local Excursion
- Hotels
- Flights
Local Excursions in Margarita Island
- Full Day Coche
Island
- Jeep Safari Margarita
- Diving /
Snorkeling
- Fishing
- Swimming with
Dolphins
- Full Day Cubagua Island
- Horse back riding
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