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Tours Nicaragua offers only the best hotels in Nicaragua. In Managua, San Juan del Sur and Granada we have a limited variety of choices which meet our clients’ standards, but outside of these three cities we use only the best existing hotel option in each locale. It is important to note that Nicaragua's current level of hotel infrastructure does not allow for a great breadth of quality options and most of the good hotels are of small size. This means space is at a premium for the Tours Nicaragua traveler, a customer that looks for quality, comfort and character. Unlike many tour outfitters in Nicaragua and the region, Tours Nicaragua would prefer to not offer a tour, rather than put one of our customers in a hotel that is not up to standards. For Tours Nicaragua the key is not luxury, but a minimum standard of quality and comfort, and unique character. In some of Nicaragua’s smaller villages or rural areas used in our political history, nature and cultural tours the lodges are quite simple, but always with private bath, clean and friendly. Below are some examples of the hotels we use. This list is not exhaustive, but will help to reference which properties we use most for our guests. We welcome questions on these hotels and others that may appear in your itinerary. Though Nicaragua’s hotels are not normally a reason to visit Nicaragua, most visitors find many of them unique, pleasant and very human, a welcome change from many of the parade of faceless hotels that populate our world’s travel destinations.

LEÓN

Hotel El Convento, connected to the historical San Francisco church two blocks from the cathedral and central park, this could be Nicaragua's most beautiful hotel. A ground-up restoration of the 17th century Convent of San Francisco, this charming hotel has 31 quality rooms around a gorgeous traditional interior garden and is decorated with antiques made in Nicaragua and Peru (made from imported Nicaraguan wood). The rooms all have A/C, private bath with hot water, cable TV and direct phones. The hotel has two restaurants both with view of the garden and features homemade ice cream from Nicaragua's tropical fruits. León's best hotel.

GRANADA

Hotel Plaza Colón, located right on central park, this classic ground-up restoration of a colonial home is our favorite. It features spacious, understated rooms with quality furnishings. Often difficult to find space in popular months, but well worth booking in advance. The most desirable rooms for those who like to watch Nicaraguan life are the balcony rooms on the park, while interior rooms tend to be quieter if that be your priority. Each room has private bath, A/C, telephone, cable TV, swimming pool. Breakfast is served at an adjoining street-side café.

Hotel Patio del Malinche, 2 ½ blocks from central park, this family run hotel is one of the colonial town’s newest and most pleasant mid-priced lodging options. The interior of the hotel is divided into two open-air gardens, one with a swimming pool and the other used for the hotels fine home cooked breakfasts. All rooms have private bath, A/C, telephone, cable TV and wireless internet. The decor of the hotel is classic Spanish colonial, very understated and clean. Rooms are not spacious, but well appointed and the hotel locale is a fine compromise between being close to the center and also being very quiet and peaceful. The Spanish couple which owns and operates the hotel treats our customers like they are guests in their home.

Hotel Colonial, located a half-block from central park, this 27 room hotel is a ground-up restoration of a classic colonial home. The hotel has a great deal of charm with many colonial Nicaraguan touches. The hotel's high quality rooms are decorated with traditional Nicaraguan art and use four-post beds. Each room has private bath, A/C, telephone, cable TV, swimming pool. The hotel restaurant is for breakfast only. This is very comfortable and charming hotel.

Hotel La Gran Francia, located just off central park, this 15 room hotel is a ground-up restoration of a classic colonial home. The hotel has a great deal of charm with many colonial Nicaraguan touches. We feature the hotel's Jr. suites which all have big wooden colonial doors that open out onto balconies with a view to the Cathedral. These top quality rooms are decorated with traditional Nicaraguan art. Each room has private bath, A/C, telephone, cable TV, swimming pool. The hotel restaurant is located across the street and is one of Granada's finest. This is very comfortable and charming hotel.

SAN JUAN DEL SUR

Hotel Piedras y Olas (Pelican Eyes), located 5 blocks from the beach on a bluff overlooking the bay, this hotel is also known to many as Pelican Eyes. The best hotel inside the town of San Juan del Sur, this property offers a mixture of rooms, suites, homes and villas, all done if fine style with quality materials and built around beautiful grounds that sport 3 swimming pools, a restaurant and fine views of the bay of San Juan. Owned by a North American, each hotel room and villa sports wireless internet, private bath with hotel water, A/C and cable TV. The hotel restaurant is set around an infinity pool that drops off to a view of the boats anchored in San Juan and offers some of the towns best dishes.

Posada Azul, located 1 block from the beach, this intimate and decidedly low key bed and breakfast of 7 rooms is a nice alternative for visitors who want to be close to the beach and first rate, very personal service. This charming home built around a deep blue swimming pool with a thatched roof bar has bright rooms decorated with Nicaraguan art and a/c, private bath and no TV. There is a TV in the common sitting area.

PACIFIC COAST

Morgan's Rock, located on southern Pacific Coast beach of Playa Ocotál. This hotel is Nicaragua's entrance in the heady world of sustainable eco-friendly beach hotels, built on a private beach reserved for hotel guests only. Opened to the public in July of 2004, the all inclusive hotel with 15 private cabins, a reforestation project, 800 hectare private nature reserve and educational programs. The beaches of this zone of Nicaragua's coast are the finest on Central America's Pacific Coast. Nicaragua's finest beach hotel and one of its two best ecolodges.

OMETEPE ISLAND, LAKE NICARAGUA

Hotel Villa Paraiso, located above the Santo Domingo beach on the isthmus between the two volcanoes that make up the island. Truly a paradisiacal location with a year-round breeze off the great lake, many exotic plants and outdoor beach and lake view eating in thatched huts. Owned and operated by an Austrian-Nicaraguan couple, this lodge has great access to attractions on both side of the dual volcano island and a good kitchen with a varied menu. Rooms are simple bungalows made of wood and brick with private bath and surrounded by lush gardens. The complex has 12 cabañas, private bath, A/C and a full menu restaurant. Three hotel cabins have heated showers (these are called “suites” by the hotels, though we find this an exaggeration, they are the best cabins on the island) and that is what we always reserve for our customers. If one of these “suites” is not available we will offer a cabin with unheated water if you wish. Ometepe Island's best hotel with the best location.

MATAGALPA, CORDILLERA DARIENSE

Selva Negra Mountain Resort, located in the mountains above the city of Matagalpa on a sprawling gourmet coffee hacienda and private cloud forest reserve. Owned by grandchildren of German immigrants, this precious property is Spanish for Black Forest. The coffee hacienda grows 100% organic shade coffee and could be the most ecologically responsible in Central America. The Selva Negra hotel restaurant sits in front of a mountain pond wrapped in cloud forest. Selva Negra's private cabins of the hotel are also set in the forest with lush gardens and flowers growing out of the cottages' Bavarian style roofs. Each cabin has a living room with cable TV and a bedroom and private bath with hot water. The cloud forest reserve has 14 trails that are crossed by howler monkeys, the quetzal and wild cats among many other species. The best cloud forest lodge in Nicaragua.

MANAGUA

Hotel Los Robles, located near the new center of Managua, just two blocks from many fine restaurants and bars, 5 minutes from the new cathedral and 25 minutes from the international airport. This is Managua's most stylish bed and breakfast style hotel with a good location and personal, efficient service. 14 rooms high quality rooms, private bath with hot water, A/C, telephone, cable TV, safe deposit box and cellular telephone. The beautifully decorated rooms are set around a quiet interior garden. This is a classy little hotel, Managua's best bed and breakfast.

Hotel Seminole Plaza, owned by the Seminole Indians of Florida and located in the new center of Managua, next to numerous new restaurants, three blocks from the new cathedral and 20 minutes from the international airport. This is Nicaragua's newest 3-star hotel and it is in a great location for walking to go out for dinner and/or a drink at night, with friendly and efficient service. 86 quality rooms, private bath, A/C, telephone, cable TV, wireless internet, swimming pool, restaurant, gym, and all the amenities of an international 3 star. Managua's most personal of its traditional multi-story hotels.

JINOTEGA, CORDILLERA DARIENSE

Hotel El Café, located in the peaceful highland coffee center of Jinotega, El Café is the region's best hotel and very centrally located. All rooms have private bath with hot water, air-conditioning, telephone, cable TV and quality beds. The hotel has internet rental, laundry service, pleasant décor both in the rooms and common areas and a very friendly staff. El Café has a good restaurant that serves breakfast, lunch and dinner from a varied menu. The best lodging option in Nicaragua's northern Jinotega province.

El Jaguar Coffee Hacienda, located high in the remote mountains north of Jinotega, El Jaguar is a private cloud forest reserve that combines with an organic shade coffee farm. The El Jaguar cloud forest reserve is located at 1,300 meters above sea-level his home to pre-historic ferns, giant oaks of up to 50 meters high, strangler figs, bromeliads, orchids and more than 150 species of birds. The climate is exceedingly fresh for the tropics and the farm's local brew of coffee is superb, winning taster's awards at numerous international contests. Access to the farm/reserve is over very rough dirt and mud mountain roads in the far northern province of Jinotega. Lodging is in 2 rustic cabins, with lantern lighting, private bath with heated water and kitchenette. The property and cabins have spectacular views of the surrounding countryside and bird life and the hospitality of the owners is first class.

ESTELÍ, CORDILLERA ISABELLA

Hotel Los Arcos, located the northern mountain valley and cigar capitol of Nicaragua, Estelí, near the Pan-American Highway. All rooms have private bath with hot water, air-conditioning, and cable TV. The hotel has a good restaurant that serves breakfast, lunch and dinner from a varied menu. The best lodging option in Nicaragua's northern Estelí province.

OCOTAL, CORDILLERA ISABELLA

Hotel Frontera, located the far northern valley of Ocotal, Nicaragua, on the Pan-American Highway. All rooms have private bath with hot water, air-conditioning, telephone and cable TV. The hotel has a restaurant that serves breakfast, lunch and dinner from a varied menu. The best lodging option in Nicaragua's far northern Nueva Segovia province.

RIO SAN JUAN

Hotel Posada de Rio, located river in the town of El Castillo and new at the end of 2007, this small, intimate hotel is right beneath the historic 17th century Spanish fortress and has a deck right on the river to watch life float by (see blue house in the photograph). This ground-up restoration o fan old wooden river house has 5 rooms and a breakfast area, each room with a/c, TV and private hot water bath. El Castillo is located just up river from the Indio-Maíz Biological Reserve so we often use it to explore the western part of the reserve.

Rio Indio Lodge, located on the Bahía de San Juan between the Indio River and the San Juan River, near San Juan del Norte. This spectacular multi-million dollar lodge is one of the most comfortable and ecologically sound jungle lodges in Central America. This ambitious project was designed for upscale fishing packages but also is excellent for wildlife safaris, birding, rainforest walks and cultural-historical excursions. Nicaragua's Rio Indio Lodge has 20 big all wood cabins. All rooms are screened and equipped with two queen sized beds, ceiling fans, running hot water and a private nature viewing porch. Meals are served in a big dinning area buffet style. Nicaragua's finest rainforest jungle lodge.

SOLENTINAME ARCHIPELAGO, LAKE NICARAGUA

Hotel Celentiname, located on the most densely forested part of San Fernando Island, this tiny lodge has cabins that look out on Lake Nicaragua and an adjacent island with hundreds of nesting ducks. The lodge grounds are shaded by 20 meter high trees, draped in vines and home to many iguanas and flowers that are frequented by hummingbirds. Each cabin has a private bath with unheated water, simple beds, sparse lighting, screened windows and a deck above the lake shore. This homey hotel has a very friendly staff and Solentiname's finest lodging location.