Managua Hotels - Reviews and Rates

So we were beginning to feel a little disillusioned by Central America... nothing hit us as spectacular so far... maybe its just that we travelling too much or have a bit of travel overload after South America but we hoping for something better in Nicaruaga.

Here goes our 4 day experience in Nicaruaga.. what an experience it turned out to...

Sunday was an easy version of planes, trains and automobiles. A ferry and hour-and-a-half taxi ride got us back to Granada, where we picked up our bags and briefly checked out the parade marching through town. We schlepped several blocks to the bus station just in time to catch a microbus back to Managua. Another taxi ride brought us back to Mar...

We are six weeks, 2 in Panama and 4 weeks in Nicaragua. It is hot here in the coastal lowlands. The heat and humidity are only abated by the wind and nightfall. We have enjoyed the A&C when it is available and when we could afford it. We still find the prices here higher than expected for both food and shelter. Over the holidays we watched a...

Managua is supposed to be Leon's conservative rival, and I could tell the vibe was different here. It seemed a little rougher, maybe a little dirtier, the people a little less outgoing. I stayed in the Oasis, which was a nice hostel, but felt grungy compared to Lazybones in Leon, which I loved. The one aspect where I felt that Managua was far an...

After our long bus journey we decided not to continue any further but instead find a cheap place to haul up for the night and head off again in the morning. Managua is the Moss Eisley of Nicaragua, a hive of scum and villainy, well, the part we are staying in. Me and another guy had to pay two locals a dollar each just to take us to the cash mac...

I didn't spend long here, and looking back now I wish I had. That's not to say that I enjoyed Managua. In fact I hated it. No, I HATED it, with capital letters. And I don't like hating places without really getting to know them first. All I saw of Managua was a sprall of ****. I couldn't find the centre, but it turns out that Managua doesn't hav...

Bus spaces so far hadn't been a problem. Having booked in advance, all buses we'd used had been at most half full. So it didn't seem neccessary to book in advance - especially when the bus cos were also assuring us that there was no need to book... So you've guessed it, when we really wanted out of Nicaragua (T had a return of the Suchitoto Squi...