Managua welcomes its visitors and invites them to discover a variety of destinations and explore its tourist routes that are steeped in history, culture, nature and many contrasts.
Managua, an emerging tourist destination, has the oldest footprints on the continent, unique natural beauties in the region, crater lakes within the city, a warm climate and an exuberant landscape. We challenge you to get to know not only urban Managua, but also to venture climbing one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world, relax in hot springs, learn about our ancestral history, be part of the preservation of sea turtles in danger of extinction. Enjoy multifaceted Managua.
Historic center of Managua
Revolution Square, August 22 Square and Bolívar to Chávez Avenue
The Plaza de la Revolución was the scene of political events such as the taking of the National Palace in 1978, and a year later, it opened the triumph of the Sandinista Popular Revolution.
This transcendent place in the heart of Managua cracked by various earthquakes and earthquakes, is enabled so that families can get to enjoy the history present in the walls of the old Santiago de los Caballeros cathedral and the National Palace.
In the 22 de Agosto square, music combines with colors and the fountain located in that space; there Nicaraguan families find a comfortable place to chat or enjoy the spray that emanates from the fountain.
On the avenue from Bolívar to Chávez, markets were built that offer typical Nicaraguan dishes. Those who come to this site can choose to enjoy various activities along the way.
Luis Alfonso Velasquez Flores Park
Among the sites offered by Managua there is also the Luis Alfonso Velásquez Flores Park that offers a range of sports attractions for all family members.
There are restaurants and kiosks to sit down and enjoy after a sports round or after taking a walk through the spaces of this entertainment center. For children, the mechanical games, carousels, little trains and other attractions for the enjoyment of the smallest of the house stand out.
Puerto Salvador Allende
Located on the Managua boardwalk, north of the capital in its old center, is Puerto Salvador Allende, a tourist attraction that connects modernity with Nicaraguan culture and tradition.
A 29-block space that has places for entertainment, 5D entertainment, children's train, The Jumper, rappelling, mechanical games, Go Kart track (the largest in Central America), The Salvador Allende Tours, Chelas Bike, boat tours , recreational activities on weekends, Everything rolls "Skates" and Adventure Island.
Within its complementary services there are seven modules of national crafts, security 24 hours a day, seven days a week, parking and ATMs.
Gastronomy is one of the most remarkable aspects in this four-stage center, find here 24 restaurants and 42 fast food kiosks, where you can taste the culinary identity of Peru, Spain, Mexico, Argentina, China and Nicaragua.
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Island of love
Love Island was inaugurated on October 23, 2021, and has a restaurant, picnic area, camping patio, hammock area, cabins, ranches, bar, swimming pools for adults and children, children's play areas, trails, a wishing well, and a love monument.
*Includes transfer, stay and right to swimming pool, from Friday to Sunday.
Further information: https://www.facebook.com/PuertoSalvadorAllende
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Loma de Tiscapa Historical Park
The Loma de Tiscapa National Historical Park was formerly the Presidential House of the Somozas. This presidential house, built on the Tiscapa hill, was the scene of the peace talks between President Juan B. Sacasa and Augusto C. Sandino from 1933 to 1934, which ended tragically in a betrayal for General Sandino.
In the Loma de Tiscapa Historical Park stands the figure of the General of Free Men Augusto C. Sandino; rooms, museums, Sandino Lives and Nights of Torture. There you will find photographs, writings and a birth certificate of General Sandino, as well as multiple manifestos on national sovereignty written by him. From this site you will appreciate a panoramic view of the city of Managua and its mountain ranges. It is located on the south side of the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
Right there you will find the crater lake of Tiscapa, an extinct volcano after a thunderous explosion dating back 5,000 years. Here you can go hiking guided by park rangers who give tours of the site to visitors and tourists.
Touristic centres
Xilomen Tourist Center
Located 16 kilometers from the capital, on the highway that goes to Masaya, municipality of Ticuantepe, is the Xilonem Tourist Center, with large green areas, children's games, swimming pools, Wi-Fi, ample parking, rest ranches for the family to attend bringing your food, Nicaraguan food kiosks, large room where artistic presentations are held The cost of admission is C$20,00 adults, C$10.00 children (2-10 years); older adults and people with disabilities do not pay.
Open from Tuesday to Sunday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Pool hours of 9: 00 am to 4: 00 pm
Trapiche Tourist Center
Located on the Managua-Tipitapa highway, 18 kilometers from the capital, you can enjoy and cool off in the natural dam of El Trapiche Tourist Center, with extensive green areas, games for children, rest ranches, and national and international food restaurants; Wi-Fi and ample parking.
Its office hours are Monday through Sunday from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Free pass.
Pochomil Tourist Center
65 kilometers from Managua, in the municipality of San Rafael del Sur, is the Pochomil Tourist Center. Here you can do sports, horseback riding along the extensive coasts of the beaches of Pochomil and Masachapa. Here you will find hotels and restaurants for all tastes; Tasting fresh seafood recently extracted from the sea is their specialty. A large number of typical beachfront ranches offer shaded and cool areas for resting in hammocks. The Pochomil Tourist Center is very popular with residents of the capital and residents of the surrounding departments throughout the year.
Open every day, twenty-four hours a day.
Free road.
Xiloa Tourist Center
On the shores of the Crateric lagoon of Xiloa, 20 kilometers from Managua, municipality of Mateare, the Tourist Center of the same name is located, a natural space with food and beverage services, games for children, large green areas, where tourists you can take your food and prepare it right there. The Xiloa Tourist Center is the quintessential spa for the inhabitants of Managua and its municipalities.
Open from Monday to Sunday, from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Free pass.
Located on Avenida de Bolívar a Chávez, you will find the Casona del Café and the Casona del Maíz, inspired by the vernacular contemporary architecture of the old traditional hacienda houses of the Nicaraguan countryside. These mansions have a rectangular shape with wide spaces, high walls, painted white, hipped roofs with large eaves, wooden roof structure, covered with clay tiles, with wide roofed corridors around the house. Here you can taste all the varieties of coffee produced and elaborated by Nicaraguan producers from Nueva Segovia, Jinotega, Matagalpa, Estelí, Ocotal, El Crucero, as well as delicious hot or cold drinks and delicious desserts. You can also see its preparation or order it to take it home.
At La Casona del Maíz you can enjoy all the foods and drinks derived from corn, the staple food of typical Nicaraguan cuisine and the culinary culture inherited from our ancestors. In this place you can find delicious foods, drinks and desserts made from corn at very affordable prices and in a fresh, natural and safe environment.
Opening hours:
Monday to Sunday: 08:00 a.m. to 09:00 p.m.
On Avenida de Bolívar a Chávez you will find the Plaza del Alba, a recreational space with monuments dedicated to the heroes of the countries that make up the alliance of countries of the Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas, ALBA, the figure of the martyr of public liberties, Pedro Joaquín Chamorro. In the place you can watch skateboarding or mono skating, and if you like you can practice this extreme urban sport. And to mitigate the heat you can enjoy a delicious ice cream or fruit smoothie alone or mixed with milk and sweets in the ice cream parlor “Hormiga de Oro”, children's games for boys and girls.
Free pass
Opening hours:
Monday to Sunday: 08: 00 am to 09: 00 pm
Recreational, gastronomic and cultural space created for the exhibition and sale of typical gastronomy, handicrafts, ornamental and fruit plants, ice cream, clothing textiles, footwear, wood art, natural medicine, dairy products, all of national origin from all the departments of the country , produced and elaborated by the laborious hands of Nicaraguans.
And to the delight of the whole family; cultural artistic presentations every weekend. It is located 300 meters from the traffic lights of the Sandino Memorial. to the west, 300 meters. to the south, in Managua.
Free pass.
Opening Hours Head Office Saturday and Sunday 09:00 a.m. to 07:00 p.m.
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This temple of the arts in Nicaragua began to be planned in 1964, when a group of people associated with the Pro Arte Rubén Darío Institute became interested in providing Nicaragua with a theater dedicated to the arts in memory of the universal Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío. The theater opened its doors to the public on December 6, 1969. Concerts and exhibitions of national and international artists are held here every month of the year. With an acoustic volume quality of approximately 340.000 cubic feet that is comparable to the Vienna Opera and the Milan Scale, as well as the stage, sound and lighting equipment, it is among the best on the American continent. The rooms are: stalls, first balcony, second and third balcony, as well as the Hall of Crystals and the Pilar Aguirre Experimental Room where exhibitions of pictorial art, poetry, theater and dance are held.
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The ancient Acahualinca Footprints are human footprints located near Lake Xolotlán or Lake Managua. They were accidentally found in 1874 by workers. They are 6,000 years old, making them the oldest human footprints on the American continent. Initially, it was believed that the footprints corresponded to about 10 people (men, women and children) who were trying to escape the eruption of a nearby volcano, but a study ruled out this idea and the hypothesis is that the people were not escaping from any eruption, they were simply on their way to the lake in search of food and water. In honor of this event, the Acahualinca Footprints Museum was created, located 4 blocks west and 1 block north of the Santa Ana Church, in the municipality of Managua.
Hours: 08:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m.
To the southeast of the capital you will find the Roberto Huembes Handicrafts Market, a large and pleasant space where you can buy handicrafts from different localities made by Nicaraguan artisans, such as souvenirs, embroidered clothing, leather art, wood, clay, Nicaraguan music, sweets . If you want to take a souvenir from Nicaragua visit this safe space where you will find more than what you are looking for offered by the laborious hands of our artisans.
Free pass.
Opening hours:
Monday to Saturday: 08: 00 am to 06: 00 pm
Sunday: 08: 00 am to 01: 00 pm
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Located in the municipality of Tipitapa, North highway km 39 ½, 3 km. to the south, we find a cultural and historical heritage of Nicaragua. In this place, one of the most important events of national sovereignty was fought, the Battle of San Jacinto, where the courage of the Nicaraguan army in the fight against foreign intervention was highlighted. It consists of a colonial-style hacienda house with a stone fence, three exhibition rooms: an exhibition room for antique items and models, a room for national symbols, and the third room on the hacienda and the battle. In its surroundings you can go hiking in the surrounding hills.
Opening hours:
Tuesday to Friday 08:00 a.m. to 04:00 p.m.
Saturday to Sunday 09:00 a.m. to 04:00 p.m.
Free admission for children under 8 years old.
This building was the Gran Hotel de Managua before the 1972 earthquake. It is currently the headquarters of the National Orchestra and the National Choir of Nicaragua. Here the Dance, Music and Theater Schools are open to the public, where you can take classes every day or Saturday. Galas of national artists and the graduation of students from different disciplines are held. It is open from Monday to Saturday from 08:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m., and on Saturdays from 08:00 a.m. to 02:00 p.m.
Admission is free.
Apoyeque Volcano Viewpoint in Mateare
The Apoyeque Volcano is one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world, it has a lagoon and a protected area with majestic flora and fauna where you can do adventure tourism, hiking, rappelling, bird watching. It has viewpoints with an impressive view, where you can see the Momotombito island, the Momotombo volcano and the rest of the volcanoes of the West and to the east the Masaya, Mombacho volcano and the Concepción summit. It has archaeological sites, an area of indigenous settlements where you can find arrowheads or pots while you go down its trails.
El Chocoyero Wildlife Refuge - El Brujo
This natural attraction is part of the National System of Protected Areas of Nicaragua. Here you can see more than 180 species of resident and migratory birds, more than 50 mammals such as anteaters and howler monkeys; more than 30 reptiles such as garrobos and armadillos and more than 10 amphibians characteristic of the dry tropical forest. Its main attraction is the El Chocoyero Waterfall, where the "Pacific parrots" or chocoyos nest. It is located at Km. 21.5 on the highway to La Concha, in the municipality of Ticuantepe. Adventure tourism, ecotourism and scientific tourism activities can be carried out.
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Managua and its Pacific beaches
On the beaches of Masachapa and Pochomil, located in the municipality of San Rafael del Sur, 64 km from Managua, you can access true natural paradises, enjoying different beach sports and horseback riding along the extensive coasts. On its shores you will find a range of small restaurants under typical ranches that offer shaded areas, freshness and rest in hammocks where you can taste delicious seafood at reasonable prices recently extracted from the sea by the fishermen of the area. These beaches are the most popular with the capital's residents and inhabitants of the surrounding departments in the summer season.
In the municipality of Villa El Carmen, 49 km away on the same road, you will find the San Diego beach, Salamina and Asuchillo, 27 kms. of virgin beaches where you can enjoy rest ranches, restaurant service, camping, massages, surfing and surfing classes, Temascal indigenous sauna, live alternative music on weekends and the observation and conservation of sea turtles in danger of extinction.
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National Zoo of Nicaragua
The zoo, located at kilometer 16 on the highway to Masaya, is the largest in Nicaragua and exhibits more than eight hundred species of national fauna, most of them wild and some domestic, as well as several exotic specimens from far away places such as Africa, Asia and Australia. Some of the animals that can be observed here are species that are even in danger of disappearing, and that can only be found in minimal numbers in the thickest parts of some of the country's forests and jungles. There you can see peacocks, a Bengal tiger, African lions, a mandrill, a playful chimpanzee, a green monkey, some water buffalo, as well as a variety of multicolored birds. During the tour, visitors are given an explanation, cage by cage, about the animals, their current state, and their habitat. They can also show videos and printed support materials. For those who enjoy observing the colors and designs of butterflies, orchids and small birds, the Zoo offers the public an independent tour of its butterfly and orchid garden.