Nicaragua may be one of the continent's last untarnished jewels that hasn't been flooded with foreign tourism. Lying just to the north of Costa Rica, it can be managed on an extremely low budget. If ...

Granada, Nicaragua, is an almost 500-year-old city revealing rainbow-tinted facades and terracotta-tiled roofs, with horse-drawn carriages traversing the narrow, cobblestone streets. An epicenter of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was the “universal head nod” of acknowledgment and a wave of hellos to two Black travelers as my friends and I walked into ...

In November of 2013, I was renting my first apartment in Costa Rica, and I was restless. There was so much to see, not just in Costa Rica, but beyond its borders as well. My friend Bill Holman wrote ...

Few destinations in Central America balance authenticity and discovery quite like Nicaragua’s colonial cities.

If you’re planning a trip to Central America, make sure to include Granada, Nicaragua, on your itinerary. This enchanting city, situated on the shores of Lake Nicaragua, offers a blend of colonial ...

GRANADA, Nicaragua – I happened to arrive in Nicaragua’s oldest city a day before of the anniversary of Central American independence. As I checked into my hotel, La Gran Francia, a building dating ...

While it may not get as many tourists as its southern neighbor Costa Rica, Nicaragua is quickly becoming one of the hottest places to travel in Central and South America. Also known as "The Land Of ...

Some of Nicaragua’s most memorable moments happen away from the coast. Laguna de Apoyo, a deep crater lake formed by volcanic ...