Planning to visit Margarita Island or are already here, Then  this general information will help you to feel more at home I this Pearl of the Caribbean

   45 min flight from Ccs, 15 min from Puerto La Cruz, and with some international direct commercial jet flights, Margarita Island is strategically located on the Southern Caribbean Sea. Whit a surface of 930 sq.kms (362 sq.miles) has 244 kms (95 miles) of sea-coast, Margarita is an island with more beaches (wild & quiet) in the Caribbean Sea only surpassed by the giant cuban. Its climate, being typical of the tropic, is tepid and windy, with temperate at 25-30 ºC (78-86 ºF).

   Population approx.¼million inhabitants. Margarita records: El Yake beach is considered between top-3 places in the world for windsurfing with periodically international competitions; 2 National Parks and 3 National Nature Reserve with it's local colonies of Scarlet-Ibis % Flamingoes, and a particular endemic species of parrot called locally as "Cotorra Margariteña"; natural pearl-oysters crops (existing yet); 5 Fortrees; 6 Cathedrals & Churchs; 8 Museums; one of the best handycraft contrywide production; 2 universities; 5 big casinos in function; Free-Port with more than 3000 shops, more restaurants, discos and night-clubs

 


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