Everything you need to know
Isla de
Margarita
Venezuela · Nueva Esparta
April30°CSteady sea breeze
Margarita is a two-hour flight from Caracas and a world away from it. Warm water on both coasts, a colonial town at the centre, and enough to fill a week if you can stay for one.
Arrival
Getting there
Santiago Mariño International (PMV) is thirty minutes from Pampatar. Direct connections from Caracas, Panama City and Bogotá, with a few seasonal routes from Madrid. Domestic flights from Caracas run several times a day and take about fifty minutes.
Caracas 50 minPanamá 2 h 20Bogotá 2 h 10Madrid 9 h 30
Ferries cross from Puerto La Cruz to Punta de Piedras in roughly four hours. It is the slower, cheaper option and the only one that lets you bring a car. Book ahead in April.
Taxis are easy and inexpensive, and hotels will call one for you. A rental car is worth it if you are staying more than two days. We will arrange shuttles between the hotels and both events.
Check your passport validity and visa requirements early — some nationalities need one, and processing can take weeks. Write to us if you would like a formal invitation letter for your application.
Rooms
Where to stay
We have held rooms at three places, all within twenty minutes of the venue. Mention our names when you book — the block is held until 1 March 2027.
Hotel A
Beachfront ·10 min · $$
Where most guests will be, and where the shuttles leave from. Pool, breakfast included, rooms facing the water.
Hotel B
In Pampatar ·walkable · $
Small and simple, a few streets from the ceremony. Best value, and you can walk home.
Hotel C
Quiet, for families ·20 min · $$$
Larger rooms and a calm beach, better if you are travelling with children or staying on after the weekend.
The island
What to do
Margarita rewards a few extra days. These are the ones we would spend them on.
Playa El Agua
North coast · 45 min by car
Four kilometres of open Caribbean on the north coast, lined with palm shade and fish restaurants. Rougher water, best in the morning.
La Restinga
West · 1 h · boat with guide
A lagoon of mangrove channels between the two halves of the island. Go by boat with a local guide; oysters are sold at the dock.
Juangriego
North-west · 40 min · go at 18:00
The sunset everyone talks about, watched from the fort above the bay. Arrive an hour before and stay for dinner.
Castillo San Carlos Borromeo
Pampatar · 10 min · free entry
The eighteenth-century fort on Pampatar bay, ten minutes from where we are marrying. Small, quiet, worth an hour.
Isla de Coche
By boat · full day
A day trip by boat to flat turquoise water and almost no one. The best swimming near the island.
La Asunción
Inland · 25 min · mornings
The colonial capital inland, with the oldest cathedral in the country and a market worth walking through.
Before you pack
Practical notes
Money
US dollars in cash are accepted almost everywhere. Bring small bills — change is scarce. Card acceptance is inconsistent outside hotels, and international cards often fail; do not rely on them.
Weather in April
Warm and dry, around 30°C in the day and mid-twenties at night, with a steady breeze that makes it feel cooler than it is. Sunscreen and a hat matter more than a jacket.
Phones and internet
Hotel wifi is fine for messages, slower for calls. An eSIM bought before you travel is the simplest way to have data on arrival. WhatsApp is how everything gets organised here.
Language
Spanish, with some English at the hotels and the airport. Half our guests are coming from abroad, so there will always be someone to translate.
What to pack
Light clothes, swimwear, sunscreen, insect repellent for the evenings, any medication you take regularly, and shoes you can walk on sand in.
Anything we have not covered, ask us — we would rather answer twice than have you guess.
Contact details coming with your invitation