Shopping

 

Duty Free... MARGARITA with its 2000 duty free shops, is the most important retail center of the Caribbean offering a fabulous range of luxury duty free articles. The island has been exempt of duties and taxes since 1975, thus providing tourists and residents an excellent opportunity to acquire top brand name goods at no name prices. There are three main shopping areas in Margarita where tourists and residents go to find the best shopping.

MARGARITA has several shopping centers which specialize in top of the line designer articles of all kinds - the SAMBIL Shopping Complex, Galerias Fente, Jumbo, and the AB Commercial Center. You'll also find a mega hardware store at RATTAN PLAZA where you can buy from a nail to a house, and a hypermarket, which has everything under the sky.

Boutiques and shopping centers along Avenida Santiago Mariño and Avenida 4 de Mayo offer the best lines of merchandise. You'll find exclusive brands of clothing, electronics, cosmetics, perfumes or liquor. You'll also find original creations by Gucci, Fendi, Cartier and other prestigious designers.

 

Photography courtesy of PROMARGARITA, Fondo de Promoción Turistica