Playa Quizalá (San Rafael del Sur area) – this beach is located an hour away from the capital city taking the León Viejo highway towards Playa Montelimar. For this reason, it is very visited in vacation time. Quizalá has a shorter sandy strip in comparison to other nearby beaches as Pochomil or Montelimar. On the […]
Playa Montelimar – located just over an hour southwest of Managua, this is one of the most exclusive beaches in Central America. It also hosts the first resort hotel in the country (Barceló). There are a lot of palm trees in the sand, and image that has been turned into the icon of this destination. […]
Playa Los Cajones (San Rafael del Sur area) – this Pacfic coast beach (located between the beaches of Quizalá and Costa Azul), is one of the closest to the capital, and has three segments: one for vacation houses, another one for bars and rustic palapas located near an estuary, and the third one for rural […]
Justo Rufino Garay Theater Group (Managua) — the name of the theater actually originates with a Sandinista war combatant, who was honored by having the theater named after him in acknowledgement of what he did during the revolution and how he used the theater as an instrument of war. The group of professional artists has […]
Nejapa Golf & Country Club (Ticuantepe) – this golf club, located just a half hour southeast of Managua, was founded back in 1940 (enduring the 1972 earthquake, as well as damage during the country’s civil war period later in time). Renovation efforts didn’t start until 1998 (with a new opening in 2001). Nowadays, Nejapa has […]
Mercado Huembes (Bulevard Don Bosco, cerca de Pista de la Solidaridad, Managua) – this is a popular market for local artists to sell their works. Here you can find lovely woven, painted and molded artworks which make marvelous souvenirs. Bright colors of embroidered works and painted ceramics will catch your eye and the patterns available […]
Hacienda Iguana Golf and Beach Club (Playa Colorado) – opened in 2004, these two lots in the Hacienda Iguana Golf and Beach Club development, near Tola, are strategically placed along the 9-hole golf course with spectacular views of lakes, greens and fairways. Located 2 ½ hours southeast of Managua, the highlight of the course is […]
Cerro Negro Volcano (25 km. northeast of León) – this young, active volcano located just outside of the regional town of Léon, attracts backpacker-type tourists (in particular). Such individuals take sand (and snow) boards and slide down the side of the volcano (since the surface is covered in volcanic sand). This volcano, unlike others, is […]
Apoyo Lagoon (Km. 37.5, Carretera Masaya) – located less than an hour outside of Managua, this lagoon is actually a crater formed by a volcanic explosion of one of Nicaragua’s many volcanoes, and is now filled with fresh water. Swimmers as well as water sports enthusiasts come here. Several restaurants at the rim of the […]
Estadio Nacional Dennis Martínez – this stadium was built in 1948 and was the largest in Central America at the end of its construction (surviving the 1972 mega earthquake). The stadium was named in honor of Nicaragua first baseball player to play in Major League Baseball (MLB). It currently acts as a venue for both […]