Northeast Venezuela

Northeast region of Venezuela

States

Anzoátegui The state economy is dominated by Venezuela's main economic resource, oil. However, Anzoátegui also thrives in the fishing industry, tourism, small-scale agriculture, and extensive ranching.

Monagas Monagas is the site of extensive exploration for extra heavy oil, a sludge-like fuel that Venezuela possesses in vast quantities.

Sucre It boasts some of the country's best and emptiest beaches.

Cities

Anzoátegui

• 1 Anaco
• Barcelona
• 2 Puerto La Cruz

Monagas

• 3 Caripe
• 4 Maturín

Sucre

• 5 Cumaná (Capital)
• 6 Carúpano
• 7 Cumanacoa
• 8 Güiria
• Rio Caribe
• Santa Fé

Other destinations

Anzoátegui

• Islas Borrachas

Sucre

• Paria Peninsula (Península de Paria) also a national park.
• Turuépano National Park (Parque nacional Turuépano)
• Araya Peninsula , north of Cumana, are home to some famous salt flats and mines
• Poza Azul (Fuente Termal de Poza Azul) Hot springs
• Islas Caracas
• Isla Los Venados
• Islas Arapo
• Isla Larga
• Isla Rendonda
• Isla Santa Ana

Get in

By plane

José Antonio Anzoátegui International Airport (BLA  ^IATA) is the main airport of Anzoátegui state and is located in Barcelona. In the city of Anaco, there is also the National Airport of Anaco (AAO  ^IATA), in the same way in the city of San Tomé, there is the Don Edmundo Barrios Airport (SOM  ^IATA).

By boat

The company Conferry and Gran Cacique Express offer the service from Margarita Island (Nueva Esparta State) to the city of Puerto La Cruz and Guant. There are boats that allow the transfer of cars, however there are boats that only offer the passenger trip.

By bus

The buses from many states of Venezuela go to the Puerto La Cruz Terminal. There are companies such as Aeroexpresos Ejecutivos in the Conferry Terminal, in which you can arrive from Barquisimeto, Caracas , Valencia and Maracay.

See

• Venezuela's most secluded beaches on the Paría Peninsula
• Salt flats on the Araya Peninsula
• The golden red sands of Playa Colorada in Mochima National Park
• Playa Medina - a picture postcard perfect palm tree lined beach in Sucre
• 1 Catedral De Maturin. (updated Oct 2020)

Do

• 1 Mochima National Park.  
• 2 Cueva del Guácharo National Park (Parque Nacional Cueva del Guacharo). A national park famous for a huge cave that is home to one of the world's largest colony of blind, cave-dwelling oilbirds. (updated Jul 2018)