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Free booking and cancellationFree payment tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free
Greetings! My name is Manuel, but everyone knows me as Good Guide. Join me on a tour that will undoubtedly make you take a little piece of my beautiful city with you, when you return.
The tour consists of a walk in the historic center of the city.
We start from Plaza de la Independencia, heading towards Lake Nicaragua, on Calzada Street and the Church of Guadalupe, with its Gothic architecture. We will comment on how it was used during the National War against the filibuster William Walker from 1854 to 1857.
We will discuss a brief description of the Lake and its sharks, along with the mystery of the ghost ship and the visit of different pirates during the colonial era.
We will also see a panoramic view of the Islets of Granada, while we walk along the boardwalk, where we will feel the breezes from the lake. We will then arrive at the monument of Former President Emiliano Chamorro, twice president of the country and one of the greatest leaders on the American continent.
We then returned to the church of San Francisco, next to the Convent with the same name and its different uses throughout its history. We will talk about the architecture of what is the oldest church in all of Nicaragua, founded by the Franciscan friars Francisco Botila and Fray Bartolome de las Casas, who also defended the human rights of the indigenous people.
We continue our walk towards the Old Train Station, which today is an open-air museum. We will talk about the architecture of the old building where the railway operated, the turntable and the Poets Park.
We return to the south side, on La Atravesada Avenue, to visit La Merced Tower and take photos around the city, ending the tour in Colon Park or Central Park.
I will be in front of the cathedral, in Independence Square in front of the cross of the century and I usually wear vests and a cap.
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).