Granada, Nicaragua Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Set on the western shore of Lago de Nicaragua some 45km southeast of Managua, GRANADA was once the jewel of Central America. The oldest Spanish-built city in the isthmus, it was founded in 1524 by Francisco Hernández de Cordoba, who named it after his home town in Spain. During the colonial period Granada became fabulously rich, its wealth built upon exploitation: sited only 20km from the Pacific, the city was a transit point for shipments of gold and other minerals that were mined throughout the Spanish empire, with the help of indigenous slave labour. Laden Spanish galleons would sail from Granada across … more »