Managua Attractions
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Masaya Volcano
The Masaya Volcano - just over 12 miles from Managua - is one of the most accessible on earth. In fact, while you can plan hiking day trips on the volcano, you can even drive right up to the ... Read more
Huellas de Acahualinca
Walking in the footsteps of those who went before you can help inform you about a place - and it’s hard to have a more literal experience in this regard than at Managua’s Huellas de Acahualinca. A ... Read more
Lake Managua (Lake Xolotlán)
In most cases, a city right on a lake - as Managua is right on Lake Managua - would be a city embracing its waterfront. In Managua’s case, for many years the lake was used as a dumping ground for ... Read more
Loma de Tiscapa (Parque Histórico Nacional Loma de Tiscapa)
The rim of the Tiscapa Lagoon, formed when a volcano blew its top more than 10,000 years ago, is a great spot to get a view overlooking Managua. Perhaps the city’s most iconic symbol, a statue of ... Read more
Metropolitan Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana)
Managua’s new cathedral, the Metropolitan Cathedral, was built in the early 1990s to replace the Old Cathedral, which had been destroyed in the 1972 earthquake. After years of promising to rebuild ... Read more
Old Cathedral of Managua (Catedral de Managua)
The facade and bell towers of the Old Cathedral of Managua may look impressive, but get closer and you’ll see there’s almost nothing else left of the structure. The 1972 earthquake all but destroyed ... Read more
Ruben Dario in Managua
Managua’s Ruben Dario National Theater, built in the 1960s, is considered the most important theater in Nicaragua. It was one of the few buildings in Managua that didn’t crumble in the 1972 ... Read more
