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fiogf49gjkf0d 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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