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El Malecon and the Crater Lake
atufft Says: El Malecon refers to a promenade along the edge of the massively deep volcanic Laguna de Masaya, or Lake of Masaya, a crater lake of Volcan Masaya. Tree shrouded Red and yellow painted walk has a romantic quality to it. So, the city of Masaya has a waterfront on a lake with...
mircaskirca Says: Mercado de Artesanías, also known as Mercado Viejo, is Nicaragua's most famous market and a major tourist draw. The entire block is a hive of stalls where you find the highest-quality arts and crafts in the country. Built in 1891, the late Gothic walls of the original market...
mircaskirca Says: Masaya has several attractive churches built in the colonial period and in the 19th century. Probably the most beautiful is the Parroquia de la Asunción from 1750, a towering late baroque structure in the northeast corner of Parque Central, officially known as Parque 17 de...
MalenaN Says: Masaya has got many neighbourhoods that were once separate villages with their own church and plaza. Today the centre of town is around Parque Central, also called Parque 17 de Octubre. It is a pleasant park with many benches where you can sit down and watch people. And...
MalenaN Says: Laguna de Masaya is a 27 square km large crater lake situated west of Masaya. Seven blocks west of Parque Central is the malecón with great views over the lagoon and the Vulcán Masaya on the opposite side. From here the lake is 300 metres down. The water is dirty and is not...
Mercado Municipal (Mercado Nuevo)
MalenaN Says: As Mercado Artesanias is quiet and well set up for tourists the Mercado Municipal is where you should come for the real local market experience. Here it is more chaotic and colourful and you can find almost anything. Everything has got its own section so there is one place...
Mercado Artesanias (Mercado Viejo)
MalenaN Says: Inside the black-basalt walls of the Old Market-building is the Artisans Market. Here you will find many booths full of Nicaraguan craft, things like hammocks, ceramics, leather products, paintings, hemp weaving and embroidered blouses. So if you are looking for a souvenir...
Tour from Granada to Volcán Masaya
MalenaN Says: There are several companies in Granada organising tours to Vulcán Masaya. Some of the tours are day tours, some are night tours (actually late afternoon/evening) and some include stops at the market in Masaya or in the Pueblos Blancos.I chose to take a night tour to Vulcán...
MalenaN Says: The Masaya Vulcan is situated about 20 km southeast of Managua. The area around the volcano became a national park in 1979, Nicaragua’s first national park. The national park covers an area of 54 square km and in the park you can find two volcanoes, five craters and several...
MalenaN Says: I had been walking around in Masaya for quite a while when I started to get hungry. I was on my way back to Parque 17 de Octubre when I passed Cafetin Elzabad. It is a small eatery open for lunch and dinner (it is closed a few hours between). I had rice with chicken for 50...
Comidas Criollas: Cheap good local lunches little over 2$US
BrianMcCloskey Says: This local restaurant is open in the afternoons is across from Parque Central and Catherdral next to La Ronda Bar( which has a good crowd in evenings and serves food also) just a few blocks from Old Market,the place is packed with locals at lunch. Meals are cafeteria style...
Horse Cart from the New Market
atufft Says: A the New Market near the bus station, one can easily hire at reasonable price a horse cart for the trip to the Malecon or to the Viejo Mercado. The vendors of these carts vary widely in both cart and care of the horse, so consider carefully which cart you choose. The driver...
mircaskirca Says: It is easy to get from Granada to Masaya by bus. You can take any bus to Managua, they all stop in Masaya. The chicken bus (old American school buses, usually yellow which are very common in this part of the world) leaves from the bus station near the market, just around the...
MalenaN Says: I visited the Masaya Vulcan on a tour from Granada, but another day I took the bus to visit the town. Buses to Masaya from Granada leaves a few block from where I stayed and only a block from the market. There are frequent buses and I didn’t have to wait long until the bus...
Old Craft Market: Tourist Shopping in Center of Masaya
atufft Says: We came across the Old Market on the horse cart ride to the Malecon. On the way back, we stopped and then later walked the half mile or so back to the bus station. El Mercado Viego, originally built in 1891, and restored in 1997 for tourist consumption, has a fine stone and...
New Market in Masaya: Folk Craft in Authentic Market Atmosphere
atufft Says: We took the local bus from Granada to Masaya, ending up at a dusty open lot where the buses park. Then, we looked around for the market and were recommended to walk in a certain direction across the yard to what we now regard as Masaya's New Market. It was fortunate that we...
Mercado de Artesanías: Nicaragua's Finest Handicrafts
mircaskirca Says: Mercado de Artesanías, also known as Mercado Viejo, is certainly the place to buy arts in crafts in Masaya. It's a safe and comfortable place to shop, geared toward tourists. But of course this means that prices are little higher. Here you'll find all manner of delightful...
mircaskirca Says: Nicaragua's most treasured souvenirs are hand woven cotton hammocks which are famous throughout the world for their quality and beauty. You'll find hammocks everywhere in Masaya, but if you'd prefer to see their place of origin, check out the fabricas de hamacas (hammock...
Sininen Says: The central square, Parque de Octubre, was packed with people who had come to see the Independence Day's parade. School children in colourful or white clothes marched through the city, some of them drumming. It was interesting to witness this occasion, though at times I felt...
Helpfulness
"People", meaning tourists, go to Masaya supposedly because of the market. Yes, the market for the tourists is not for you. It has some resemblance of structured market place even a wall has been put up on one of the sides for the sake of beautifying it rather than to protect it. The prices are inflated for the corresponding service. The taxi driver is going to suggest the other one so you go to the market for the locals. Except you are not a local. It is the same as far as the prices are concerned just with worse fare and less oxygen. The filth on the way between the two is instructive for people who come from another environment which might as well be another planet. The heaps of garbage are humongous and seem to be enjoyed by their authors. The only thing to surpass the repulsive feeling about Masaya is to see it in the rainy season, I guess.
Fun Alternatives: Go to the airconditioned splendour of Granada mall served by two local mermaids and buy T-shirt for the same price as in Masaya market. Cheers!
Updated Mar 3, 2009
Masaya is situated 16 km northwest of Granada, on the way to Managua. It rises on the banks of the lake that has the same name. The town is considered the cradle of folklore and is the heart of...
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Volcanoes and Folk Craft Shopping
Masaya is a good day trip from Granada, which is what we chose to do, but there is certainly enough to do in this city to spend a day or so. What we focused upon were the folk art markets, of which......
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