Managua Sightseeing - Leon Viejo - Leon

Adventure tour in Managua

Tour Price : upon request Duration : upon request Languages: English

Enjoy a hot breakfast buffet at your hotel restaurant, then your Nicaragua travel vacation includes a  sightseeing tour of Managua, Nicaragua's capital city.

You see the Presidential House, Lake Managua Waterfront, Old Cathedral, modern Metropolitan Cathedral, Acoustic Shell, Plaza of the Revolution, Peace Park, historical revolutionary monuments. You see the gigantic statue of Sandino, Nicaragua's national hero, on a hill over the city of Managua. Your Nicaragua tour includes a visit to the National Museum of Nicaragua inside the National Palace of Culture in Managua with a palace guide. Your lunch is included in Managua.

Next, your Nicaragua tour takes you on a scenic drive along the shores of Lake Managua and Momotombo Volcano.

Your Nicaragua tour includes a visit with a guide of the old capital of Nicaragua at Leon Viejo, a Unesco World Heritage Site.  A new paved road to Leon Viejo has just been constructed. Leon Viejo was "founded" by the Spaniards in 1524 on the site of an existing Indian village.  Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba, the brutal Pedrarias Davila, and the "Apostle of the Indians" Bartholome de las Casas, all lived here in Leon Viejo.

Then your Nicaragua travel vacation takes you on a spectacular drive along the Mauribius chain of volcanoes to arrive in the university city of Leon, where you will spend the next two nights on the Nicaragua tour. Leon is the second largest city in Nicaragua.

Your Nicaragua tour stays two nights in Leon, Nicaragua, at Hotel El Convento, a luxurious one story hotel built on the grounds of a 17th century monastery.

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