Margarita Island Vacation RentalBeautiful Spanish colonial villa in quiet church village

Direct flights to Margarita island from the UK from Gatwick and Manchester with First Choice Travel. 9.5 hours flight outward and 8.5 hours inward. Ticket prices are variable dependent on the season. Off peak flights are usually considerably cheaper. Direct flights to the island four times per week with with Condor Airways out of Frankfurt are very good and give much better timings flexibility than Condor. Regular flights to Venezuela ex Europe with Lufthansa, Iberia, Al Italia, Air France. Flights to Caracas Maquetia, and then you have to take a 35 min domestic shuttle flight to Porlamar with such carries as LASER, ACERCA, AEROPOSTAL, RUTACA. Cost approx $80/90 return to Porlamar. The Charter flight option, direct to the island, whether from UK, Germany or Holland has the benefit of flying directly into the island and cuts the journey time from Europe by circa 3- 4 hours. Journey time from Porlamar airport to the house is 40 mins in taxi, cost 60,000 bolivares, or circa $15.

Venezuelan currency is the Bolivar and the official rate is 2100 bolivares to the dollar. Street Bolivar rates are circa 3100 bs per dollar, but vary. Margarita is extremely good value at the official rates in any case. It is not advisable to engage in changing currency on the street with unknown parties.

Margarita is a safe island, certainly much more so than mainland Venezuela urban centres. However it is advisable to take sensible precautions such as not flaunting unnecessarily signs of wealth - jewellery, expensive watches, gold. But this is so in all Caribbean destinations. Carry a photocopy of your passport in your wallet, not the original and or your driving license. Good medical facilities exist on the island in case of necessity- for example a fall, or a cut etc. The village of Paraguachi has an ambulatories which provides 24 hour emergency treatment for such things

Golf: The island's population is made up from mainly Spanish, Italian, Portuguese origin. They know about food, so there are plenty of good restaurants in the island. Fish is a good bet. Loads of tropical fruits and very good vegetables also, which grow well on the island. Very good Shopping at good economic prices. 20,000 bolivares ( $6 ) will buy a very good bottle of Chile wine, although you can get much cheaper. Main centres recommended are Sambil centre, Unicasa, Sigo centre, Makro, Rattan Plaza all in Porlamar to stock up but also Rattan in the village of Paraguachi itself - open till 9 pm each day.

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