Margarita Island
Margarita Island is in the Venezuelan state of Nueva Esparta, off the northeastern coast of the mainland and to the northeast of the country's capital Caracas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Porlamar and Playa El Yaque.
Porlamar
Photo: Milito, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Porlamar is the main city on Venezuela's Margarita Island. Travelers will usually arrive and depart here and even if staying in a resort area elsewhere on the island, are likely to visit the city for dining, shopping, or nightlife.
Playa El Yaque
Playa El Yaque was originally a fishing village and beach on Margarita Island situated on the south side of Island about 3 km from the airport. It has become one of Margarita Island's busiest tourist destinations.
Juan Griego
Juan Griego is a town of 20,000 people on Margarita Island in Venezuela. The main activity of the town is tourism, where historical and cultural value play an important role.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Pampatar and Playa El Agua.
Pampatar
Photo: Elianne Marie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pampatar is a city on Margarita Island. The Castillo de San Carlos de Borromeo on the waterfront in the center of town. Constructed entirely of coral, the fort, built by the Spanish in 1662 after the original was destroyed by the Dutch.
Playa El Agua
Photo: DISRAMOS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Playa El Agua, is a popular beach and surfing destination on Margarita Island in Venezuela. It is Margarita's longest, widest, busiest and most serviced beach.
Pedro Gonzalez
Photo: Javailustra, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Playa Pedro Gonzalez is a beach on Margarita Island in Venezuela.
Margarita Island
- Type: Island with 490,000 residents
- Description: island in Nueva Esparta, Venezuela
- Also known as: “Isla de Margarita, Venezuela”, “Isla Margarita”, “Margarita”, “Margarita Island (Venezuela)”, “Margarita Island, Venezuela”, and “Margarita, Nueva Esparta”
- Historically known as: “Isla de Margarita”
- Location: Nueva Esparta, Caribbean Islands, Venezuela, South America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Margarita Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة مارغريتا”
- Aragonese: “Isla de Margarita”
- Aragonese: “Isla Margarita”
- Armenian: “Մարգարիտա”
- Azerbaijani: “Marqarita”
- Basque: “Margarita uhartea”
- Belarusian: “Маргарыта”
- Breton: “Enez Margarita”
- Bulgarian: “Маргарита”
- Bulgarian: “Остров Маргарита”
- Catalan: “Illa de Margarita”
- Catalan: “Illa Margarita”
- Catalan: “Isla Margarita”
- Cebuano: “Isla de Margarita”
- Chinese: “玛格丽塔岛”
- Chinese: “瑪格麗塔島”
- Chinese: “馬加里逹島”
- Czech: “Isla de Margarita”
- Danish: “Isla Margarita”
- Danish: “Margarita Island”
- Dutch: “Isla Margarita”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره مارجريتا”
- Esperanto: “Margarita Insulo”
- Finnish: “Isla de Margarita”
- French: “île Margarita”
- French: “Isla Margarita”
- French: “Margarita”
- French: “Isla de Margarita” (historical)
- Galician: “Estado de Nova Esparta”
- Galician: “Estado e Nueva Esparta”
- Galician: “Illa de Margarita”
- Galician: “Nova Esparta”
- Galician: “Nueva Esparta”
- Georgian: “მარგარიტა”
- German: “Isla Margarita”
- German: “Margarita Island”
- German: “Margarita”
- German: “Isla de Margarita” (historical)
- Greek: “Νήσος Μαργαρίτα”
- Hebrew: “מרגריטה”
- Hungarian: “Margarita”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Margarita”
- Italian: “Isla de Margarita” (historical)
- Italian: “Isla Margarita”
- Italian: “Isola Margarita”
- Italian: “Margarita”
- Japanese: “マルガリータ島”
- Korean: “마가리타 섬”
- Korean: “마르가리타섬”
- Latvian: “Margaritas sala”
- Lithuanian: “Margaritos sala”
- Luxembourgish: “Isla de Margarita”
- Luxembourgish: “Isla Margarita”
- Luxembourgish: “Margarita”
- Northern Frisian: “Isla Margarita”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Isla Margarita”
- Norwegian: “Isla Margarita”
- Papiamento: “isla di Margarita”
- Papiamento: “Isla di Margarita”
- Persian: “جزیره مارگاریتا”
- Polish: “Margarita”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Margarita”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Margarita”
- Portuguese: “Isla Margarita”
- Portuguese: “Margarita”
- Portuguese: “Isla de Margarita” (historical)
- Romanian: “Insula Margarita”
- Romanian: “Isla Margarita”
- Russian: “Маргарита (остров)”
- Russian: “Маргарита”
- Russian: “Остров Маргарита”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Margaritin otok”
- Sinhala: “මාගරිටා දූපත, නුඑවා එස්පර්ටා”
- Slovenian: “Isla Margarita”
- Slovenian: “otol Margarita”
- Spanish: “Isla de Margarita, Nueva Esparta”
- Spanish: “Isla Margarita”
- Spanish: “Margarita”
- Spanish: “Isla de Margarita” (historical)
- Swedish: “Isla Margarita”
- Turkish: “Margarita Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Маргарита”
- Uzbek: “Margarita”
- Waray (Philippines): “Purô Margarita”
- Yue Chinese: “瑪格麗塔島”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Margarita Island”. Photo: Wilfredor, CC0.