Destination guide — Nicaragua

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ENJOYING THE SUN AND COOL TROPICAL WATERS ARE PRIVILIGES
YOU HAVE THE YEAR ROUND IN NICARAGUA. THE COLONIAL
ARCHITECTURE OF THE NICARAGUAN CITIES OF LEAON AND GRANADA
IS OUTSTANDING. BUILT OF SUN-DRIED BRICKS, THEIR DOORWAYS,
BALCONIES, PATIOS AND CHURCHES TAKE THE TOURIST BACK TO
COLONIAL TIMES.

MANAGUA:
THE CAPITAL CITY OF NICARAGUA IS SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN
SHORE OF LAGO DE MANAGUA. SEVERAL ATTRACTIONS INCLUDE
LAKESIDE MUNICIPAL CATHEDRAL, NATIONAL PALACE, TRACKS OF
ACAHUALINCA MUSEUM, MUSEUM OF THE REVOLUTION, AND SEVERAL
LAGUNAS, OR VOLCANIC CRATER LAKES, WHICH ARE POPULAR
SWIMMING SPOTS.

AROUND MANAGUA:
THE LARGE VOLCANO AT THE CENTER OF NATIONAL PARK "VOLCANO
MASAYA", LAGOON OF XILOA (A STUNNING CRATER LAKE) AND
EL TRAPICHE RESORT (WERE WATER FROM NATURAL SPRINGS HAS
BEEN CHANNELED INTO LARGE OUTDOOR POOLS).

LEON:
LEON IS TRADITIONALLY THE MOST LIBERAL OF NICARAGUA'S CITIES.
MAIN ATRACTIONS OF CITY ARE SANDINISTA MURALS, SPANISH-STYLE
HOUSES, CATHEDRA (WHICH IS THE LARGEST IN CENTRAL AMERICA),
TOMB OF POET RUBEN DARIO, AND GALLERY OF HEROES & MARTYRS.

GRANADA:
GRANADA, NICKNAMED 'LA GRAN SULTANA' IS REFERENCE TO ITS
MOORISH NAMESAKE IN, IS NICARAGUA'S OLDEST SPANISH CITY.
FEW OF THE PLACES TO SEE ARE LAKE NICARAGUA, MOMBACHO VOLCANO,
ON THE SHORE OF LAKE NICARAGUA, CATHEDRAL, & COLUMBUS PARK.
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