Confortel Isla Bonita

IT MEANS PEARLS !!!!

by DAO

Margarita is not named after a pizza! Or a drink made with tequila. The island was discovered by Christopher Columbus on his 3rd voyage to the New World in 1498. He immediately discovered from the native Indians the source of its wealth – large natural pearls. He then named the island La Margarita - the Greek word for pearls. Then name was changed slightly by the Spanish royal family to Isla de Margarita to honour the princess from Austria, Margaret Theresa of Spain (Spanish: Margarita Teresa de España 1651-1673).

BIG OLD AMERICAN CARS

by DAO

You can tell that Venezuela is a major producer of oil and that the prices of petrol are cheap. The island is like a huge museum of the freakishly largest American cars ever produced. Cadillacs and Lincoln Town cars all have a new lease on life here. A typical Lincoln Town car is 5.9 meters (19 feet) and 2 metres wide 6 1/2 feet). Now imagine these beasts in small crowded streets in some of the towns. Nightmare.

Windsurf ...kitesurf

by ezaguryk

It has much wind and calm waters and not so deep thus it does one of best seven beaches of the world for the practice of aquatic sports like windsurf and kite surf.

Tiene mucho viento y aguas tranquilas y poco profundas por lo cual la hace una de las mejores siete playas del mundo para la práctica de deportes acuáticos como el windsurf y el kitesurf. there are a lot of places that have equipment for windsurf and kitesurf, each one has its trainer, equipment to rent, classes for advanced basic, for all that wants to practice of windsurf and kitesurf.

Hay Muchos Lugares que tienen Equipos de windsurf y el kitesurf , cada uno tiene su entrenador, equipos para alquilar, clases basicos avanzados, para todo al que quiera practicar del windsurf y el kitesurf

Playa Parguito for Surfing

by starship

Another great beach on Isla Margarita is Playa Parguito. This beach offers fewer selections in facilities such as shops and restaurants than Playa El Agua but is most popular with locals because it offers more privacy. This beach apparently has more wave action and is therefore better for surfers. This is the only other beach where bungee jumping is offered.

Facilities include: restaurants, beach chairs, umbrellas, showers & bathroom, shops and boogy and surfboard rentals.

A Honeymoon to last a lifetime!

by rjosephene

"We are married and now we are off!"

First, I would like to thank Virtual Tourist for all of the information that I was able to gain through this website! We knew that we wanted to go to an island, but were undecided on which one. I began to research all of the islands in the Carabean and when I got to the Isla of Margarita, I was awestruck. I put out questions for people to answer and all that I got back were rave reviews of the island. I have some tidbits of useful information that were learned through trial and error. First, it really helps to learn the language, but you can get by if you are GOOD at the game of Sherades! When we arrived at Caracas and through customs, a man came rushing up to us and asked if we had paid our air tax - HUH! Than he asked if we had any Bolivares, which I knew that is the Veneazuelian money. We told him no, but that we did have a debit card. He quickly explained that we HAD to get Bolivares in order to pay the air tax. We thought we were getting flim flammed but found out LATER that this was a fact. The island is so laid back to the point that at least the airline that we took is notoriously late. Coming back we caught the second flight of the day off of the island and it was one and a half hours late!