Margarita Island is the largest island in the Venezuelan state of Nueva Esparta, situated off the northeastern coast of the country, in the Caribbean Sea. The capital city of Nueva Esparta, La Asunción, is located on the island.
Image: Playa El Agua (Margarita VEN)
Image: Vista de la Isla de Margarita Venezuela
Image: Turismo en Pampatar 4
Image: Castillo de San Carlos de Borromeo (Pampatar, Isla de Margarita)
The Nueva Esparta State is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. It comprises Margarita Island, Coche, and the largely uninhabited Cubagua.
Venezuelan state of Nueva Esparta
Colonial architecture at the Museum of the Insular Man
Santiago Mariño Museum
La Asunción Cathedral, the first building was built by the Spanish in 1571 and destroyed by the French in 1602