Country Info
- Managua
- Capital
- Cordoba Oro (NIO)
- Currency
- 4,918,393
- Population
- NI
- Country Code
Granada Slideshow
Top Hotels in Granada
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Norome Villas Granada
59 reviews -
Hotel Alhambra Granada
48 reviews
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Hotel Plaza Colon Granada
216 reviews -
Hotel Colonial Granada
85 reviews -
Hotel Casa de Alto Granada
2 reviews
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Hotel Con Corazon Granada
189 reviews
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Hotel El Club Granada
53 reviews
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Posada San Jose Granada
8 reviews
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Hotel El Maltese Granada
30 reviews
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Hospedaje Cocibolca Granada
19 reviews -
Hotel La Bocona Granada
56 reviews
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Hotel Kekoldi de Granada
33 reviews
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Hotel La Pergola Granada
23 reviews
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Hotel Patio del Malinche Granada
226 reviews
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La Casona de los Estrada Granada
19 reviews
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Hotel Terrasol Granada
164 reviews
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Casa Vivaldi Granada
15 reviews
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Casa San Francisco Granada
221 reviews
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Hostel Oasis Granada
62 reviews
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Isleta El Roble Granada
6 reviews
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Hotel Dario Granada
71 reviews
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Hotel Granada
43 reviews
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La Gran Francia Granada
73 reviews
Granada
Travel Blogs from Granada, Nicaragua
Power Cuts in Granada
This is a top pick! ... days, particularly if you are interested in taking some Spanish language lessons. During our stay in Granada, we realized that Nicaragua has a serious problem with its energy resources. The power went out several times, included a full ...
Thoughts on Food, Drink, and Costs
This is a top pick! So, costs here in Granada: Andrew has discovered that you can buy: 20 oz. water 33 oz. beer 16.5 oz. of 70-proof cane alcohol (aguardiente) 1 bowl of vigoron (fried up pork skins served with steamed yucca and vinagrette coleslaw) 2 thick ...
Weekend get-away
This is a top pick! This past weekend, my friends from Leon and I went to Granada for the annual "Feria" or street festival. We figured all the tourists that would sign up for hikes would be there and not here so we should be there too! This place is by far the coolest town ...
Beautiful City
This is a top pick! ... as a very safe place, while Managua most definitely does not...we were happy not to go there. Granada is a beautiful town, on the edge of Lago Nicaragua. There are many spectacular old buildings, and it is fun to just wander around here. William ...
Farewell León
This is a top pick! ... here. The time I spent in Leon has been great but there´s so much more to see in this amazing country. As I write this, I´m in Granada and will use this as a home base for exploring some other parts of Nicaragua until I cross the border into Costa ...
Bob Marley and the Buses
This is a top pick! ... spent more time on buses than most Canadians do in their entire lives. Ellen wanted to fly from the city of David, Panama to Managua, Nicaragua. The cost was $273.00. "But we won't see the people, experience the flair." I said. She relented and is now ...
William Walker and the Ten Year Old Lad
This is a top pick! ... mercenary named William Walker, along with a couple of hundred followers, created, for lack of a better word, a coup in Nicaragua. In 1856 Walker was elected President of the country and his leadership was even recognized by then US President Franklin ...
Back on the tourist trail.
This is a top pick! We have made our way back to the mainland, from Corn Islands to Granada, Nicaragua's grandest city. To my knowledge it's in fact the oldest colonial city in Central America, a place I have longed to visit for a while. But after a few days here I am a tiny ...
Short stop in ...
This is a top pick! On our way to Isla Ometepe we made a short stop to see the colonial city of Granada. We liked it much more than Leon, but had to move ...
Back to travelling
This is a top pick! ... . Minibus spent most of its time in second gear in the slow lane hoping someone would jump out and want taking to Granada too. Arrived by lunchtime at this lovely colonial town, possibly our last on this trip (yes I have started doing that ...
Colonial splendour for the last time?
This is a top pick! ... had all gone so we had to walk to the motorway. There were lots of people waiting and several buses came and went, none for Granada. Just as we thought we might have to go for a taxi a small minibus pulled up which looked full but somehow we ...
Quick Update
This is a top pick! ... for a cruise down the coast checking out sea turtles and swimming at an untouched, natural beach. For anyone with any doubt that Nicaragua can't be visited as a vacation paradise, you would be so sadly wrong. Add this country to your must visit list! ...
Yum Yum that was nice
This is a top pick! Second colonial city in Nicaragua, Granada. We had an interesting journey yesterday, on the way from Leon to Managua Callum had realized that he had left behind his speakers and other items in the locker. Rather than go back by himself I offered to ...
What a beautiful city............
This is a top pick! ... are going to stay here tomorrow night too, and then head south. At the moment we are deciding whether to visit Isla Omtepe here in Nicaragua or to maybe head straight down in Costa Rica - a country we will literally be in and out of - it is sooo ...
Gringos in Granada
This is a top pick! ... we took a collectivo (a bus that collects any one along any part of the road) to the Spanish settlement of Granada. You don't hear much about Nicaragua as its the least visited country in Central America so we didn't know what to expect, however, as soon ...
Granada - Foray Into Nicaragua
This is a top pick! ... transportation for the final time. Within seconds of exiting the taxi, we were helpfully bundled into a mini-bus bound for Granada, Nicaragua's 'prettiest' city. This journey was a much more comfortable one, as the heat from the day had dissipated, and ...
Lost in the mountains of Nicaragua
This is a top pick! ... since then. The road between Jinotega and the next town of Matagalpa is reputed to be one of the prettiest in Nicaragua. Colourful roadside stands were bursting at the seams with a wide array of flowers and vegetables, and the surrounding valleys were ...
dat Grim Reapa ain't gonna get me yet!
This is a top pick! ... of the gods. Then a mammoth journey taking in 4 countries in less than 24hrs, to the technicolour city of Granada in Nicaragua. Spent a few days in this totally gorgeous colonial city, which I really fell in love with (and actually returned to 3 ...
The oldest city in Nicaragua
This is a top pick! ... closely following the superbowl. Today was a pretty mellow day all and all. We walked along Granada's neglected Centro Turistico along the shores of Lake Nicaragua and wondered why it wasn't a more happening place, sipped refrescos from the kiosks in the ...
Nicaragua
This is a top pick! ... old. After finally making our way through the choke-hold of semis at the chaotic Pan-American border crossing between Honduras and Nicaragua, we headed to Matagalpa, a city of about 100,000 in the north. The road up was the worst paved (I use that ...
Nicaragua By Local Bus
This is a top pick! ... a volcano but does not actually erupt. The volcano blasted out hot rocks and bits of crater floor a distance of 500 meters. Granada, Nicaragua's oldest Spanish city, was founded in 1524 by the conquistadors. It was burned almost to the ground by the ...
An Undiscovered Gem
This is a top pick! ... Nicaragua were easily exceeded. We only visited two places (San Juan del Sur for lunch, and Granada for two nights), but both were delightful. Nicaragua is coming back. Nicaragua remains a very poor country. Per capita GDP is slightly below ...
Naked Butt Sliding and Ado´s Strawberry Incident
This is a top pick! ... . The first night the third game of ring of fire started, I was on the cokes. Much to my pleasure after vomiting in Granada, Ado joined the club after necking stupid amounts of rum. The night carried on with more drinking games and the idea of swimming ...
A Colonial Town I Actually Like!
This is a top pick! ... so I just sat back, stared out the window and daydreamed for the couple of hours it took to Managua. Managua is the capital of Nicaragua and as with most capitals there isn't much of interest worth seeing. The LP states, "Managua is perhaps the least ...
Oldest City of the New World
This is a top pick! ... or Plus icon on the back...do not depend on Star!). Granada is a beautiful Spanish colonial town on the banks of Lake Nicaragua. Although not the capital, it certainly is the destination of choice. As for us, it was exactly what we needed to recharge ...
Highlight of Nicaragra my ass!
This is a top pick! Granada is also suppose to be a highlight of Nicaragua. Once again I did not see why... ya so they have a nice central park area with a nice church and a strip of nice tourist bars but I did not see why that makes it so ...
In Granada
This is a top pick! ... Protestants although the majority of people in Nicaragua are Catholic. Here is a poem about the people of the Caribbean Coast. Nicaragua Caribbean Coast Home of indigenous people, Hail to all ethnic groups; Hail the Ramas from Rama Cay, Hail the ...
Nicaragua
This is a top pick! ... along the way. I left you on the beach in Xpuha (pronounced ish-boo-ha of course) in Mexico and I am now in Granada, Nicaragua. I must try and find a map of Central America soon to visualise my journey on a larger scale. I have an immense feeling of ...
Still in Granada
This is a top pick! ... with al its colonial splendor and great location at the lake. Set on the western shore of Lago de Nicaragua some 45 km southeast of Managua, Granada was once the jewel of Central America. Founded in 1524 Granada is the oldest colonial city on the ...
Woody turns against the book (w/ p.u.)
This is a top pick! ... breakfast, 2 movies showing per night, and nicely stocked bar. The next morning we woke up to realize that we hadn´t seen ANY of Granada and we had seen and talked to just about all of the backpackers that we had seen over the past 6 weeks. AND we ...