Puerto P�ritu is a Venezuelan city located in the north-central coast of Anzo�tegui State, with a population more than 11,000. It is the capital of the Fernando de Pe�alver Municipality, and located 46 km from the centre of Barcelona, the capital of the State.
The current Puerto P�ritu, founded in 1513 as "El Manjar", still retains an enormous amount of colonial buildings in the historic centre of the city. Tourism and fishing and trade are the main sources of income of Puerto P�ritu.
Port P�ritu is a tourist area as well as the other cities of Anzo�tegui State, with its beaches and lagoons. This region is characterized by a sparse vegetation in contrast to large areas of beaches that are mostly frequented by domestic visitors.
The eastern seaboard of Anzo�tegui has a tourist infrastructure of recent data, the resort of Puerto P�ritu has a length of 600 meters of beaches in turbid waters that turn brown when the sea is rough. Services include restaurants type "caneys", rent sunshades and umbrellas. Port P�ritu has other attractions as P�ritu La Laguna is also worthy of being accessed, has beautiful scenery of flora, fauna and typical beaches in the area. In the Centre of the city, nightlife has great activity, places that are highly visited to enjoy friends and shops, banks, pharmacies, shopping centres are available in the day.
On the outskirts of Puerto P�ritu, on the road toChacopata, tourists can enjoy a long stretch of beaches of high quality, has a large influx of visitors, tourists may find points of sale of services, product sales artisans, food native, gas stations, restaurants, among others
