Margarita Travel Info

Isla de Margarita is situated some 15 miles off the Venezuelan coast.

Quite important for tourists:
despite the closeness to the mainland, Margarita is practically untouched by the political unease that visits so frequently all Latin American countries.
Here everything goes in its typical relaxed way, no matter what politicians are cooking up on the mainland.

Like the A-B-C islands and the other Venezuelan Islands of Los Roques, Blanquilla, Tortuga, El Coche and Cubagua, Margarita lies in a belt of hot trade wind.
So it is no wonder that your first impression of Margarita is not the one of a “typical lush Caribbean garden–like island” like the eastern or northern Caribbean islands.

There are palm trees at some beaches but the everlasting wind dries mostly the south and the west of this island leaving some moisture only in the northeast and the center of Margarita.

It is exactly this dry climate, which makes Margarita so attractive to local and foreign tourists.
Daily sunshine and wind is also what we Kiteboarders and Windsurfers come for.

But if green is a color you want to have at least occasionally on your vacation you don’t have to get off the island. The center of Margarita’s eastern half is very green, especially the mountains and valleys.

Also quite green and blessed with beautiful bays is the northern part of the island.
Here is where most “standard tourists” find their home away from home.
Playa El Agua, Playa Parguito and Playa Caribe are much-visited beaches with abundant palm trees.

In the south the wind is by far stronger and thermally reinforced which makes it drier and "wind sport territory".
Still, even here you find national parks like the lagoon Las Marites close by El Yaque, where you can explore fascinating wild life while jogging or hiking on paths between cacti and bushes and mangroves, and in El Yaque itself you find palm trees throughout most of the village along the beach.

The western half of Margarita is called Macanao and is even drier.
Here is not much population found and even during local holidays and vacations most of its many lonely beaches remain untouched.

The two halves of Margarita are connected by the national park of La Restinga, a gigantic lagoon surrounded by mangroves and endless beaches.

Many historic buildings, fortresses, places and churches are still well conserved and offer a wide variety of tours.

If you look for other diversion, Margarita offers: discothèques, bars und restaurants, carting, casinos, bowling, pool-bars, golf, water parks and amusement parks, various big shopping malls as well as local markets and shops.
There are also snorkle and scuba dive trips to neighboring islands awailable.

Good roads and busses and taxis as well as clinics and hospitals add to the well-developed infrastructure of Margarita.

Life in Margarita is very relaxed.
A Latin style mixed with European and American influences make being here quite comfortable because there are no racial conflicts and the Margarita people are hospitable and toned down.






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