Nova Esparta · Venezuela
In the destination Ilha Margarita.
In the photo: Porlamar seen from La Isleta
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The city
The largest city of Ilha Margarita, on the south coast, founded in 1536. It is the island's commercial center, with the port, shopping avenues, hotels, restaurants and the Bella Vista waterfront. It serves as a base for touring the island: the Basílica da Virgem do Vale is 5 km away, the Castillo de Santa Rosa 12 km, and Playa El Agua, Juan Griego and La Restinga are less than an hour's drive.
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The local experience
The sanctuary of the Virgem do Vale, patron saint of eastern Venezuela and of fishermen, in El Valle del Espíritu Santo, 5 km from Porlamar. The neo-Gothic church, pink and white, receives pilgrims year-round and holds a major festival on September 8.
The Spanish fort atop a hill in La Asunción, the capital of Margarita, completed in 1682. The walls protect the cell where the heroine Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi was imprisoned and open out over the valley of Santa Lucía and the east coast.
The best-known beach of Margarita, on the northeast coast: about 4 km of light, fine sand, coconut palms, fish restaurants under the palms and open sea with waves. It is about 25 km from Porlamar.
The fort atop the hill overlooking the bay of Juan Griego, in northwest Margarita, linked to the island's independence history in 1817. It is the island's most popular viewpoint for the sunset.
The mangrove lagoon that connects the two parts of Margarita, protected as a national park since 1974. Fishing boats travel the channels under the mangrove branches to a beach of more than 20 km, with shells and fish and oyster kiosks.
The 17th-century Spanish fort on the waterfront of Pampatar, built of coral stone to protect the port from pirates and privateers. It has star-shaped walls, a moat, cannons facing the bay and, opposite it, the church of Cristo del Buen Viaje.
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