We recommend licensed tour guide Ramon at info@waytogonicaragua.com for local tours and for day trips to Masaya & Mombacho.
HERE are is a selection of the most popular tours.
Convento de San Francisco
The oldest church in Central America was initiated in 1585. It was burned to the ground by William Walker in 1856 and rebuilt in 1867-68.
The convent once served as Walkers headquarters and later as a university, which was shut down by Somoza in 1951. The building is completely restored and is home to probably the areas best museum.
Its main exhibit is the Zapatera statuary: a set of large black statues carved sometime between AD 800 and 1200, discovered on the ancient ceremonial island of Zapatera in the 1880s, and brought to Granada in the 1920's.
Cathedral de Granada
The Cathedral de Granada, on the east side of the Parque Central, was originally built in 1583 but has been destroyed many times since. This most recent version, built in 1915, has 4 chapels; a dozen stained-glass panels are set into the dome.
Las Isletas
An archipelago of 365 islands, formed when Volcán Mombacho erupted some 20,000 years ago, hurling its top half into the nearby lake in giant masses of rock, ash, and lava.
Today, the islands are inhabited by a few hundred campesinos and an increasing number of wealthy Nicaraguans and expats.
The Fortín de San Pablo is a Spanish fort that was built to prevent- unsuccessfully- pirate attacks on Granada.
The oldest church in Central America was initiated in 1585. It was burned to the ground by William Walker in 1856 and rebuilt in 1867-68.
The convent once served as Walkers headquarters and later as a university, which was shut down by Somoza in 1951. The building is completely restored and is home to probably the areas best museum.
Its main exhibit is the Zapatera statuary: a set of large black statues carved sometime between AD 800 and 1200, discovered on the ancient ceremonial island of Zapatera in the 1880s, and brought to Granada in the 1920's.
Cathedral de Granada
The Cathedral de Granada, on the east side of the Parque Central, was originally built in 1583 but has been destroyed many times since. This most recent version, built in 1915, has 4 chapels; a dozen stained-glass panels are set into the dome.
Las Isletas
An archipelago of 365 islands, formed when Volcán Mombacho erupted some 20,000 years ago, hurling its top half into the nearby lake in giant masses of rock, ash, and lava.
Today, the islands are inhabited by a few hundred campesinos and an increasing number of wealthy Nicaraguans and expats.
The Fortín de San Pablo is a Spanish fort that was built to prevent- unsuccessfully- pirate attacks on Granada.