English version
Every time I visit The Peñon Beach, I can’t help but feel nostalgic because I used to come here during school vacations, when I was just a child and lived with my parents. This beach has always been shallow, making it ideal for children and also for adults, since it offers a better vantage point to make sure everything is okay.
Now as an adult, with a very different outlook on life, I return to this place and the memories come flooding back. The beach is still there, but everything around it has changed; the community of The Peñon has grown and has long since ceased to be a large tract of land with humble fishermen’s homes. You could say it’s a neighborhood that continues to grow.
In Cumana, mentioning The Peñon is to refer to a tourist spot that for decades became the best place to spend a weekend because, starting in the morning, shops along the beachfront would open, offering meals—including the traditional pepitonas and other seafood delicacies, empanadas, arepas, and sancochos—in other words, a wide variety of Sucre’s cuisine.
Meanwhile, from the afternoon until the early hours of the morning, the nightlife came alive with several bars and breweries featuring live music and various attractions. The Peñon was the epicenter of dancing, revelry, and joy for both Cumana locals and tourists. The Carnival and Holy Week periods were unforgettable because the celebrations never seemed to end.
However, only memories remain from that time. El Peñón Beach is still there, and the view looks much the same as it did back then if you look out toward the horizon; nevertheless, this place is no longer the paradise of fun where the action began on Friday afternoons and the party wound down on Sunday nights.
Versión en Español
Cada vez que visito la playa de El Peñón no puedo evitar que me invada la nostalgia porque solía venir acá en época de vacaciones escolares, cuando apenas era un niño y vivía junto a mis padres. Esta playa siempre ha sido poco profunda, por tanto, es ideal para los niños y también para los adultos al tener una mejor perspectiva para vigilar que todo esté bien.
Ahora ya de adulto, con una visión muy distinta de la vida, regreso a este lugar y los recuerdos regresan. La playa está allí, pero todo alrededor es distinto, la comunidad de El Peñón ha crecido, hace tiempo dejó de ser un gran terreno con viviendas humildes de pescadores. Se puede decir que es una urbanización que permanece en constante crecimiento.
En Cumaná, nombrar El Peñón es referirse a un sitio turístico que durante décadas llegó a ser el mejor sitio para pasar un fin de semana porque desde la mañana abrían locales comerciales a orilla de la playa, que ofrecían comidas, entre ellas las tradicionales pepitonas y otras exquisiteces marinas, empanadas, arepas, sancochos, es decir, una gran variedad de gastronomía sucrense.
En tanto en horas de la tarde y hasta la madrugada se dejaba sentir la vida nocturna con varios bares y cervecerías con música en vivo y varias atracciones. El Peñón era el epicentro del baile, el derroche y la alegría de cumaneses y turistas. Inolvidables eran los períodos de Carnaval y Semana Santa porque las celebraciones eran permanentes.
Sin embargo, de ese período apenas quedan los recuerdos. La playa de El Peñón sigue allí, las imágenes se parecen a las de antaño si se mira hacia el horizonte, no obstante, este lugar dejó de ser el paraíso de la diversión que iniciaba acciones el viernes en la tarde y apagaba la fiesta el domingo por la noche.
✓Photos from my personal gallery, edited with Fotocollage.
✓Text translated with DeepL.
✓Fotos de mi galería personal, editadas con Fotocollage.
✓Texto traducido con DeepL.
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STOPSo beautiful place. Good photography.
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What a beautiful and calm beach I can feel the calm atmosphere from here. ❤️
That's right, it's a very relaxing place with beautiful views.