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Reserva Natural Volcán Mombacho
It’s been a few decades since this 1345m volcano, the defining feature of the Granada skyline, has acted up, but it is still most certainly active and sends up the periodic puff of smoke, just to keep locals on their toes. It’s easy to get to the crown of cloud forest, steamed up w
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Reserva Charco Verde
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Iglesia San Juan Bautista
Drop by Iglesia San Juan Bautista, with a shady park right out front, for your cultural pit stop.
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Iglesia San Sebastián
Monimbó is Masayas most famous neighborhood, its ancient center now marked by the 1935 Iglesia San Sebastián.
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Museo del Folklore
This new museum inside the Mercado Artesanías walls focuses on dance, local myths and the cultural traditions of Masaya.
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Parroquia de La Asunción
At the center of it all is the 1750 Parroquia de La Asunción, an attractive but scarred late- Baroque beauty that the Spanish government has offered to help repair.
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Santuario Salto El Mico
Dont miss this incredible petroglyph site, 1.5km outside town, with a swirl of moons, snakes and dancers 3m long and 2m high carved into rocks alongside a river.
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Plaza de la Revolución
Inaugurated in 1899 by national hero and original anti-American General José Santos Zelaya, this open plaza has been the scene of countless protests, parades, romances and more. On the northeast of the plaza rests the tomb of Sandinista commander Carlos Fonseca.
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Museo Historico Cultural de la Costa Caribe
Learn about the Caribbean regions diverse cultures with a visit to this fascinating museum that contains an interesting mix of historical items from the pre-Columbian era and British rule, including a sword belonging to the last Miskito king and artifacts left by the Kukra indigeno
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Casa Museo Judith Kain
Set in the former home of a prolific local painter, this museum provides a window into what it was like to live in Bilwi in the good old days. There are B&W photos, old dugout canoes, terrific local handicrafts and an antique collection (the sewing machines are especially cool)
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Casa Museo Comandante Carlos Fonseca
Commander Carlos Fonseca, the Sandinista equivalent of Malcolm X (read: bespectacled, goateed, intense, highly intelligent and charismatic), grew up desperately poor in this humble adobe with his single mother and four siblings, despite the fact that his father was a coffee magnate
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Nuestra Señora de Solentiname
Mancarróns greatest human-made gift is Nuestra Señora de Solentiname, where populist priest Ernesto Cardenal ran a rather enlightened parish. Constructed by the community in 1979, it features a beautiful whitewashed nave from within which you can still hear the lake, and feel the t
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Templo Parroquial de San Rafael Arcángel
Beginning in 1955, the revered Father Odorico D’Andrea turned this antiquated cathedral into a labor of divine love. It’s impeccably restored, with a soaring interior flooded with light streaming through stained-glass skylights that illuminate a wonderful altar and a series of insp
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Mercado Artesanías
The 1888 Mercado Artesanías is a somewhat incongruous, black-basalt Gothic structure with a Spanish-fortress motif, including turrets, towers and oversized gates. Despite a major fire in 1966, it was used as a regular market until 1978, when Somoza’s Guardia Nacional all but levele
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Museo Arqueológico Gregorio Aguilar Barea
Mystical stone statues rise like ancient totems in the courtyard entrance here. It houses the most important collection of stelae in the country, with more than 120 basalt statues, carved between AD 800 and 1500, including La Chinita, known as The Mona Lisa of Chontales.’ She too h
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Galería de Héroes y Mártires
Be sure to stop by this moving gallery devoted to fallen revolutionaries, with displays of faded photos, clothes and weaponry. Check out the exhibit (with English signage) on Leonel Rugama, the warrior-poet whose last line was his best. When he and Carlos Fonseca were surrounded by
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Iglesia de la Recolección
Three blocks north of the cathedral, the 1786 Iglesia de La Recolección is considered the city’s most beautiful church, a Mexican-style baroque confection of swirling columns and bas-relief medallions that portray the life of Christ. Dyed a deep yellow accented with cream and age,
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Iglesia de La Merced
Arguably the most beautiful church in the city, this landmark is fronted by a plaza popular with young lovers. The caretaker usually takes people up to the bell tower at 11am, but you can ask to go up any time. Originally completed in 1539, it was razed by pirates in 1655 and rebui
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Petroglyph
Theres a spectacular Petroglyph not far from town; if you do Da Flying Frog canopy tour, ask to be taken by. Otherwise, walk toward Rivas, passing the Texaco station, and make a left after the bridge. Pass a school and then a gate on your right. Continue to the old farmhouse; if an
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Cerro La Cruz
A steep yet worthwhile hour’s hike from the cemetery and embedded in a boulder-crusted ridge is the town’s cross, originally placed here in 1703 by Franciscan Fray Margíl de Jesús. The view of the layered Cordillera Isabelía and Jinotega from up here is unreal. Take the center path
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