Granada Lodges - Reviews and Rates

Granada was an incredibly pleasant surprise with it’s lively town square lined with lush green trees, small vendors and horse-drawn carriages. Bright pastel buildings line the streets in every possible color. As chaotic and overwhelming as Managua felt, Granada feels stately and serene. The fact that the streets in Granada are actuall...

At the border, there was an amazing number of trucks stationed for about a mile before and one after. It was the first time that a chicken bus actually dropped me off right at the border. I was able to walk across in less than a minute. The Honduras exit and the Nicaragua entrance were 50 cm apart, so close that the Honduras officer gave my pass...

So Granada is starting to feel like home... I am back in Granada, this time with a group of 5 other students/20-somethings from the US, our program coordinator Mariana and our program director, Maria. We met up in Managua on Saturday and stayed in a nice hotel near Metro Centro. We've been spending the past few days having workshops and meetings...

Well I knew it had been a while since I posted but after just logging in I realised that it has been a whole month! Time has certainly started to fly by and we now only have 2 weeks left before leaving Central America. We spent 3 weeks in Nicaragua and it was a real contrast to Costa Rica. The first few days we spent on Ometepe Island which is b...

Am just about to leave Granada after 3 nights here. Gotta say i'm not anywhere near as impressed as I was by Leon. Sure it's got some nice buildings, and some fancy restaurants and hotels, so it's probably good for old rich tourists who don't want to get too exposed to reality. But there was enough to keep us diverted for a couple of days... Wen...

We arrived in Grananda in the pouring rain and headed for a hostel called the Bearded Monkey which had been recommended to us by Stina. Unfortunately it was full so we walked to the other side of town (not as bad as it sounds, it took about 10 minutes!!) and booked into a nice hotel. We showered and changed and headed out for some grub. We ate i...