Granada Hotels - Reviews and Rates

CR: I meet my fellow PC Volunteer Daniel in my nearest biggest town Upala around 1pm. He started his travel at 6am and at that rate we´d get to my town at 4:30pm. So I figured we`d spend the night in my town but there was the possibility of taking a 6pm bus that would possibly take us to our destination by say 10pm. Daniel arrives and he´s like...

It´s Meridyth again... About a dozen or so mosquito bites on each appendage later, Mark and I have made it to Granada, Nicaragua - a small colonial town just an hour south of the capital Managua. Getting here was rather a long journey. We left Utila on the 6:20am ferry, having grabbed some chocolate cake for breakfast - that´s all they had readi...

The extra few days we spent in Utila meant having to shave a bit of time off our plans for Nicaragua. Our main casualty was the town of Leon, famed as the cultural and revolutionary captial of the country. In retrospect we might have been better off hanging out with some Sandinistas and skipping Granada altogether. It's not that Granada wasn't p...

Howdy Its been a wild week since the last entry. With a couple of good nights that I have to get off my chest. On my last night in Leon I went to the flicks with the Irishman, 10000 BC, worst movie ever. The plot was just plain stupid but I was only there for the popcorn so all in all I had fun. The next day I caught 3 taxis and 2 buses to get t...

Though we´re eager to leave the soggy island of Roatan, we grit our teeth as our day long (five connections) air journey to Nicaragua begins. It beats the alternative, as bussing would´ve taken three days. Just as we´re into the last leg, San Salvador to Managua, the plane is delayed two hours. UGH. All this comes with a great reward: Granada, N...

Kiteboarding, Granada and Isla de Ometepe After Leon, I headed with my friends Itay (Israel), Tijs (Holland) and Nati (Israel) to Granada, Nicaragua. Granada is a beautiful colonial town with a picturesque yellow painted cathedral in its central park and located on the shores of the biggest lake in Central America, Lago Nicaragua. I spent a week...

Despite my propensity for scattering my belongs along my travel route, I have now managed to make my bag very heavy again. On Sunday, I left Tedster in Teguz on a 6am bus to Managua and met Lol at the airport, fresh off her three stop, x-country red eye. Uggg. Even I haven´t had the joy of that many flights overnight! We immediately got the hell...

Well we made it off the island and back to land. The hike yesterday was nice, quite long, but good exercise. Read Tristan´s log about it though. I´m too lazy to make my own. Granada seems pretty nice. We have a sweet hostel called Oasis. They have about 10 computers here with free internet, and a pool, for only $8 each a night. We think the Giar...

While in Tamarindo I was hit with the realization of how simple life becomes while living the backpacker life. In Tamarindo I was bombarded with commercialism I had not seen in months. Shops with signs boasting 25 different soaps, or a rainbow rack of overpriced Haviana sandals. There were upscale souvenir shops selling handicrafts that to me se...

Into Nicaragua and the town of Granada. Off for a day trip to the nearby Masaya Volcano. Its beleived to be one of the largest natural polluters in the world, some 3000 tonnes of emmissions daily. the tour of the area covers the volcano, national park info centre, Masaya markets and nearby lakes. I bought some cigars, Nicaragua is the second bes...