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Latest San Juan del Sur hotel reviews
Pro
Laid back, good food, great sunsets and swimming beach
Con
poverty, disease, natural disaster and encroaching crowds
In a nutshell
Beautiful bay with a few things to hang out and enjoy.
Adventure Seekers A to Z Guide to San Juan del Sur
SamOnTheGo Says: Kite Surfing and Rappelling can now be added to the Adventure Seekers "A to Z List of Things to Do" in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. Check it out!According to the U.S. based Adventure Travel Trade Association, adventure travel may be any tourist activity, including two of the...
SamOnTheGo Says: You Don’t Have to Be Buff and Twenty-Something to Be Adventurous in NicaraguaSure, there are plenty of hard-bodied sun-kissed twenty-somethings in the back of open-air trucks heading out on adventures in San Juan del Sur, but that didn’t need to exclude me did it? Absolutely...
Malecka Says: There are some amazing beaches close to San Juan del Sur. Now, reaching them might be somewhat tricky... If I remember correctly, there are some boat-tours, but in the end we decided to pay a cab driver and go to Marsella, one of the beaches close to San Juan del Sur.There...
Horseback riding on the beach with Rancho Chilamat
NicaBlue Says: Riding on the beach is a 'bucket list' dream for many, and Rancho Chilamate is who to do it with. Happy, healthy horses ride off the ranch through the local barrio, along ox cart trails in the tropical forest en route to the beach. If you dare, you can run your horse on the...
MalenaN Says: San Juan del Sur is situated in a crescent shaped bay with a long beach, where it is nice to walk from one side to the other. The sea is calmer here in the bay, it is good for swimming but not for surfing. It was low tide in the morning and the beach was very broad. In the...
Have a drink and watch the sunset
MalenaN Says: San Juan del Sur is on the Pacific Coast so you will see beautiful sunsets here. In July, when the sun sets late, the sun will disappear behind the peninsula before it sets, but you will still see the colourful sky. Along the beach there are many bars and restaurants where...
Spending the day by the pool at Piedras y Olas
MalenaN Says: Before coming to San Juan del Sur I had read that you could pay to use the pool at Piedras Y Olas for the day. It tuned out they had a promotion when I visited and if you drank or ate for 10 dollars in the bar/restaurant, you didn’t pay anything for staying the day by the...
el comedor del mercado: food in the marketplace
Malecka Says: Basically, as part of the market-place, in San Juan del Sur as well as all other places, there is this so-called comedor or: a bunch of tables and benches, where you can sit and eat the food prepared by several ... "establishments" which I really wouldn't know how to call....
there are many: restaurants on the beach...
Malecka Says: I know the tip is titled "restaurant review" but I am not going to do that.:-)In San Juan del Sur there are many restaurants along the beach, those were the ones we visited. All nice.We ate at three different places and they were great. One was actually a restaurant of Cuban...
Barrio Cafe: Relaxing Cafe good food and no hassles
Spacemanspiff Says: Good food and coffee. Some days the coffee was like cappuccino and other times it came as coffee with milk on the side both were good. This cafe had a no panhandlers addmitted policy which I much appreciated. No need to contiuously shoo and beg off the relentless trinket...
MalenaN Says: There are now many restaurants along the beach in San Juan del Sur. Most of them have an open veranda under a thatched roof so you can look out on the beach. When I visited 20 years ago there was only a few.Besides El Timón (which has great food) I visited a few more. At...
MalenaN Says: I came to Piedras y Olas twice to use the pool for the day and at the time there was an offer that you could use the pool for free if you bought drinks and food for 10 dollars in the restaurant. The first day I bought things for just 10 dollars, a coca-cola, an orange juice...
MalenaN Says: El Gato Negro is a very nice café and bookstore. If you are running out of books to read during your holiday you will probably find something new to buy here. I came here twice for breakfast. One morning I had a pithaya juice and a bagle with egg, tomatoes, cheese and...
From San Juan del Sur to Isla de Ometepe
MalenaN Says: Buses leave San Juan del Sur about every half an hour for Rivas. The bus ride takes 45 minutes and cost 15 cordobas (July 2009). At the bus station in Rivas I asked for a bus to San Jorge, from where the ferries leave for Isla de Ometepe, and was told that there are...
To San Juan del Sur from Managua airport
MalenaN Says: I arrived to Managua early in the morning. The exchange offices had not opened jet, but I found an ATM in the departure hall. I was approached by a taxi driver who showed his badge and told me he drove an official taxi (with red plates). He wanted to have 16 dollars (July...
Beast Says: Like many port towns, drugs are part of the scene. At any given hour you'll likely run into a few guys that are "trippin". They are mostly harmless. Just give them some extra room to avoid contact. Do not leave your car parked, unattended over night. Make sure you have...
Beast Says: Just remember when you are just about anywhere on the Pacific Coast of Nicaragua that you are a long way from good medical attention. San Juan has a few doctors and a health clinic. Keep that in mind as you travel in these regions. You need to go prepared for all scenarios...
Beast Says: shorts, swim wear, t-shirts, sandals; you're on the beach man. If you stay at one of the nicer resorts, you will need to have some nicer clothing on hand. Mosquito repellant and any other prescription stuff you need. Not a lot of options to replace meds here. Minimal...
Malecka Says: It's just a wonderful sensation to be walking barefoot on the sandy beach of this place. And, although I'm pretty sure things've inevitably changed, this village is still massive-tourism free and therefore a morning spent at the beach is a delight. When enjoying the...
Malecka Says: This small, fishermen village is located near the frontier between Nicaragua and Costa Rica, in the San Juan del Sur bay, which automatically tames the ocean a little bit and makes this town's beach a popular surfers' destination. At the far left end of the bay the town's...
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At two blocks north from Casa de Oro Guesthouse, and also two blocks east from the beach, you'll see the nice breakfast- and lunch place El Gato Negro: "the...
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Q: I'm going to San Juan del Sur with a couple of friends mid November for a little over a week. We were thinking of basing there,...
A: I went to Nicaragua in November and the weather was great -sunny every day and no rain. Re fuel prices , this website has approx fuel costs per country on its facts and...
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Where you count your days by the sunsets!
San Juan del Sur is on the Pacific side of Nicaragua. So, of course, you can't expect a white sand beach with turquoise water. What you can expect is a laid back little town with a wide...
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Best beaches in the Nicaraguan Pacific.
San Juan del Sur is a coastal town located 150 kms from Managua. The town is situated in a beautiful bay surrounded by lush mountains, and is famous for it´s great beaches nearby very popular among......
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