Puerto La Cruz
Puerto La Cruz is a port city located in Anzoátegui State, in Venezuela.
Puerto La Cruz is a port city located in Anzoátegui State, in Venezuela. It is the seat of the Juan Antonio Sotillo Municipality. The city has road connections to the state capital, Barcelona, to Lecheria and to Guanta.
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Worth seeing in and around Puerto La Cruz
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui
The Estadio Olímpico General José Antonio Anzoátegui before called Estadio Luis Ramos, is a stadium located in the Venezuelan city of Puerto la Cruz, in the state of Anzoátegui. It was opened on December 8, 1965, by the former president of Venezuela, Raúl Leoni.
3.3 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02St. Christopher's Cathedral
St. Christopher's Cathedral or Barcelona Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Barcelona in Venezuela.
9.3 km · national historical monument of Venezuela in Barcelona · Wikipedia - 03Estadio Alfonso Chico Carrasquel
Estadio Alfonso Chico Carrasquel is a baseball stadium based in Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela, which serves as home for the Caribes de Anzoátegui of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. At 28,000 square metres, the plot is only just big enough to house the stadium, with room for expansion to the north and north west, and only sufficient room on the other sides to allow movement of spectators and access to the stands.
700 m · Stadium in Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Paseo Colon Andres Eloy Bianco Park Laguna Natural Maguey La Toma
- 01Mirador El Morro
- 02Fortin Doña Magdalena
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Things to do
Beach, party, girls, guys,... what else do you need? Spanish Language Schools. Playa Colorada, 30 minutes along the coast, is a famous Venezuelan beach (photo in many of the guide books) and a good location to learn Spanish. Jakera runs a highly recommended Spanish school at Playa Colorada.
- 01Playa Muerta
Not the most inviting name, but this is a popular beach and another good place to watch the sunset.
- 02Playa Punta La Cruz
A pretty alluring beach that is part of Parque Nacional Mochima that requires taking a boat to reach.
- 03Playa Puinare
Another great beach requiring marine transport since it's on Chimana Grande Island.
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Where to eat
Venezuelan food is really good and flavorful, nothing spicy. Make sure you try everything. You can also find really good authentic Italian, Mediterranean, Spanish, Chinese restaurants. Mexican food is not very popular so eat your burrito when you go back home. Among the most popular Venezuela meal or dishes you should try: Empanadas: These are made of corn flour based dough and are deep fried.
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Getting to Puerto La Cruz
- Airports
- General José Antonio Anzoategui (BLA), 12 km · Del Caribe Santiago Mariño (PMV), 108 km · Maiquetía Simón Bolívar (CCS), 262 km
- Isla Margarita → Puerto La Cruz120 km · quickest by ferry, 6h 28m · $80–162
- Maiquetía → Puerto La Cruz258 km · quickest by air, 3h 57m · $130–200
- Valencia → Puerto La Cruz369 km · quickest by air, 4h 20m · $150–230
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Puerto La Cruz
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Puerto La Cruz. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inPuerto La Cruz is the main seaport for Venezuela's Caribbean Islands, with 3-4 ferries per week.
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Next door to Puerto La Cruz
Puerto La Cruz is 9 km from Barcelona, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.