Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, is an attractive tourist destination as well for the wealth of its historical heritage as for the diversity of the landscapes as it offers. Managua skirts the eponymous lake on an extent of 20 km. On the cultural level, this city will be able to charm the amateurs of neo-classic architecture as well as pre-Columbian archaeology. Its museums contain an impressive collection of human prints classified among oldest of the world, solidified in volcanic mud. Dimensioned natural, Managua opens to you the doors of the nature reserve of the lagoon of Tiscapa, an exceptional place of resource within walking distance of the historic center.

Desire for spending your vacancies in an unique place, rich person culturally and aesthetically? Masaya or Los Pueblos Blancos, area located at 20 km in the south-east of the capital of Nicaragua will delight your eyes. Located in a volcanic zone, you will take pleasure in carrying out cultural excursions around the city thanks to its pleasant and mild climate. You will be without any doubt allured by the beauty of these areas of Nicaragua. The landscapes are composed of small lanes, mountains as far as the eye can see and small churches. The uncontested occasion of going to the meeting of a green nature and accommodating people to the colors of the Latin America.

Founded at the same time as the town of Leon in 1524, Granada and Leòn were always large rivals. Of the two cities, Granada is incontestably most charming, with its colonial architecture, its beautiful museums and its paved streets. You will not fail to discover the superb church San Francisco and his convent where splendid pre-Columbian statues are exposed. The many small churches, the traditional market and the excellent restaurants will make this city a particularly pleasant stage at the time of your travel. You will be able to also go to explore Isletas, a regrouping of charming small islands posed on the Nicaragua Lake. Not far from the city, the Mombacho volcano, dormant since 1570, is surrounded by an extraordinary rain forest, another superb place to be discovered.

Old capital of Nicaragua, Leon books to you an unforgettable stay under the sign of the escape and of expatriation. And due, it is the arts centre of the country, with its complete panoply of historic buildings, museums, workshops of craftsmen and from galleries of Article While sauntering in the lanes of this remarkable city, you will fall effortlessly on mural frescos without age, of the potteries and the objects out of ceramics to be unearthed at the artisanal market, without forgetting the sawdust carpets designed according to the same ancestral techniques inherited from generation to generation. It is besides the case in the indigenous village of Sutiaba where many exhibitions are organized during the Holy Week. Raise the eyes to see, skirting the cobbled streets, of the colonial residences to the decorated principal frontages of wrought iron balcony. Do not miss the Large Cathedral by San Pedro, but also the picturesque traditional dwellings equipped with patio and flowered gardens. Visit, finally, the vestiges of Viejo Leon, nested at the bottom of Momotombo and registered voters with the world heritage of humanity.

Undeniable paradise of the surfers, the Pacific Coast and in particular the station of San Juan del On is a true natural Eden. On both sides of bay with clear waters, the coast digs many splits in the tropical forest. You will have a favorite for superb the playa El Coco and the reserve of Punta Flor where, between July and January, the olive-greenish tortoises come to lay. In another style, the beach of Montelimar, west of Managua, is dissociated by its villas knack, far from Nicaraguan reality, but it is without question one of most beautiful and great beaches of the zone.

The lake Nicaragua is the 10th more big lake in the world. The principal interest of this “inland sea” is the island of Ometepe and its two twin volcanos, a place truly seizing. The travellers will leave on a tour of this island in excursion, the kayak or with horse, benefitting from its natural wonders and the splendid lagoon of Charco Verde with its sandy beach gray. Most adventurous will take over the leadership of San Carlos, an insolated village with the edge of legendary the río San Juan, which serves as border with Costa Rica to his mouth in the Caribbean Sea. The isthmus being narrower, it is here, and not in Panama, which failed to be built the famous channel. To descend the river is a true adventure. In the middle of this dense tropical forest, the travel takes on an air of forwarding.

Rare are the travellers who venture there because this coast is not easy access. The only easily accessible place is Big Corn Island which often serves as last stage at the time of a travel to Nicaragua. Coral beaches and reefs, peaches and feasts of lobsters, boxes with reggae and bars with beers are the reasons for which one moves in this little place of paradise from January to March. A true end of the world which is booked to the epicureans.

This mountainous region, glaze of wet forest and coffee plantations, is of a rare beauty. Pionnier of eco-tourism in Nicaragua, this zone abounds with small organic farms and interdependent divings in the middle of the jungle. The Pan-American one, which crosses the area, gives access to charming small villages, in particular the old city of Ciudad Antigua founded by the conquistadores in 1600. An area rich in traditions where one will discover with interest two of the principal productions of Nicaragua, the cigar and the coffee.

Old den of corsairs, pirates, Huguenot and puritans, the Coast of Mosquitos inherited a cultural heritage most enthralling. Skirting the Caribbean, this piece of land gaining on the sea expects you through his maze of marshes, idyllic beaches and picturesque harbors. Main door towards splendid Islas del Maiz with the top-of-the-range hotel complexes and their spots of surfing, fishing season and bathe without equal, Mosquito Coast also enables you to visit the seabeds of Corn Islands. On the spot, two activities expect you: a walk on board traditional pangasius or the scuba diving through the coral reefs of any beauty. This remarkable on the east side finally place of observation par excellence of the tortoise caouanne, the large migrating one.