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In modern times, Margarita Island has been primarily a tourist destination. [5] The island's status as a duty-free port was established in 1974 to promote commercial and tourism industries, with lower-priced imports driving increased visitors and the development of hotels. [5] The island was the host venue for the Caribbean Series in 2010 and 2014.
The beach is located in the south side of Island of Margarita, Venezuela, about three kilometers away from the island's International Airport.The trade winds blow steadily at 15 to 30 knots during most of the year, and the shallow sea extends south of the beach for several hundred meters, allowing fallen windsurfers to stand on the flat sand bottom.
Playa El Agua is the most famous tourist development on Margarita Island in Venezuela. [citation needed] El Agua is 2.5 miles (4 km) long, 30m wide, gold sand lined with huge palm trees that give shelter to numerous restaurants that provide service to diners on the beach. The boulevard at Playa El Agua stretches for approximately 2 miles (3 km).
Caracas is the capital of Venezuela and a world-class cosmopolitan city. In the west of the city, the Libertador municipality, tourism is important in regard to the historic centre of the city, the Caracas Cable Car (Ávila mountain Cable Car), the University City of Caracas, Zoos, Sabana Grande Boulevard, among others.
Playa Parguito is the surfer's hot spot on Isla Margarita. Playa Parguito (Parguito Beach) it is situated in the Northeast end of Isla Margarita. The beach is approximately 1000 m long and about 20 m wide. The waters tend to be more oceanic at Playa Parguito which has made it a perfect place for surfing.
Playa Puerto Cruz is a roughly 1 km long beach located near Pedro Gonzalez in Isla Margarita, Venezuela. Located on Playa Puerto Cruz is the lighthouse of Punta Zaragoza, mounted on top of one of the two hills enclosing the island. Until the winter of 2004 (November), a small wooden tower stood on the beach near the many shops and the beach bar.
Punta Arenas. Playa Punta Arenas is the most western tip of Margarita Island.It is a fine white sand beach and home for many of the local fishermen. The fishermen's huts extend along a beach which leads to a sandy point which gives its name to both the village and the beach.
La Guardia lies at the eastern end of a bar, or strip of land, that stretches more than 15 miles (24 km) from the main island of Margarita to Punta Tigre on the Macanao Peninsula, running between the Laguna de la Restinga and the Caribbean Sea. [1] The bar is made of rocks and pebbles of different sizes and huge numbers of sea shells. [2]
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