Granada City and Isletes
Central America.com offers two tours of Granada. The Granada City tour operates daily. The tour includes local monuments and government buildings, historical churches and the marketplace. The tour is given by horse drawn carriage. The tour includes lunch, and starts at $25 per person with parties of four or more. The second tour offered by Central America.com is the Granada and Isleta tour. It combines the city tour with a boat tour of Las Isletas. Las Isletas is an archipelago of 365 small volcanic islands situated inside Cocibolca Lake, about five miles from Granada. The islands are full of plants and wildlife, including one island with a monkey colony. This tour starts at $50 per person with parties of four or more. Tours are offered in Spanish or English, or German or French if requested. Both tours include all entrance fees into the monuments. The advertised rates are valid until October 31, 2010.
Central America.com
1-888-535-8832
Nicaragua@CentralAmerica.Com
The Taste of Nicaragua
The Taste of Nicaragua is a four day, three night tour that includes the city and volcanic islands. This tour includes a two night stay in Managua, the capital city of Nicaragua and one night in Granada. It includes meals, entrance fees and cultural tours of Granada, Leon and Masaya. It includes a shopping tour of the marketplace and a ceramic village near Masaya. It also includes visiting active volcanoes with tours of the Volcán Masaya National Park, the fumorolic fields of Volcán Telica and the Apoyo Crater Lake. It also includes a private boat tour of the island archipelago called Las Isletas. Las Isletas are known for all types of wildlife and water birds, and most of the islands are private. Access is limited to tours and local fishermen. Custom tours can also be created for individual needs.
Tours Nicaragua
Plaza Barcelona
Modulo # 5
Reparto Serrano
Managua, Nicaragua
011-505-278-0234
info@toursnicaragua.com
The White Villages
Solentiname Tours offers a unique visit to the White Villages (Pueblos Blancos). This full day tour visits a group of artist colonies near Granada. Stops include Diria, Diriomo, which are small towns with tended gardens and white houses. Next is Catarina and San Juan de los Platos, artist colonies along a crater above Laguna Apoyo. The final stop is Niquinohomo featuring bamboo crafts and ceramics.
Solentiname Tours
Apartado Postal 1388
Managua, Nicaragua
011-505-852-3380
zerger@solentinametours.com
Article Written By Tela Lewis
Tela Lewis has written professionally since 2006. She primarily writes about travel destinations, women's issues, healthy relationships, real estate, property management and construction safety. Lewis produces articles for various local publications, including a monthly wine and travel newsletter. She has an Associate of Arts degree in English literature from Solano College.
