Forts, museums and an island that remembers

A seventeenth-century fortress on the water, in the island’s prettiest bay.

Margarita’s most famous sunset, from a fort above the bay.

The shrine of the Virgen del Valle, patron of eastern Venezuela.

The island’s colonial capital, with its sixteenth-century cathedral and hilltop castle.

A whole village where women shape pottery by hand, without a wheel, as they have for centuries.

The white church where Bolívar was confirmed Supreme Chief of the Republic.

The sea around the island, up close and without getting wet.

The museum of Venezuela’s most important Margarita-born sculptor, in the heart of Porlamar.

The home of Margarita’s independence hero, a block from the Basilica.

How people have lived on the island: fishing, farming, homes and customs.

The small fort that watched over the mouth of Pampatar bay from the headland.

The lighthouse on the Pampatar point, open sea on one side and the bay on the other.

The tribute to the 1817 battle fought on the hill right in front of you.