Nicaragua: (En Espaņol) This country has a population of some 6, 000, 000 comprised of the following ethnic groups: Mestizos 69%, White Descent 17%, African Descent 9% and Amerindians 5%, Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America having a land mass of 130, 668 km ², a little less than England. Our lowest point is sea level, Nicaragua's water bodies, made up of fresh-water lakes and lagoons, cover 9,240 km², the lake of Nicaragua is the largest lake in Central America and the eighth largest in the world cover 8,264 km ², and the lake of Managua covers some 1.064 km ², and the remaining bodies of water are dozens of crater lakes located in volcanoes which have been extinct for thousands of years.

Nicaragua's official language is Spanish. However, due to the influence of the British during their periods of occupation, English is widely used languages are used in most of the indigenous communities throughout the Atlantic region. Nicaragua's national flower is the Sacuanjoche, our national bird is the Guardabarranco and our national tree is the Madroņo. When you visit Nicaragua, be sure to leave room in your luggage so that you can purchase a beautiful handicraft, a hammock, or a carved wooden figure and why not a Marimba, our national musical instruments!.

Granada: founded in 1524, is the oldest colonial city in the Western Hemisphere. The Tiled Roofs remind us of the colonial days wherever we look, relive those by-gone days by taking a spin in a Horse-Drawn Carriage leaving from Columbus Park and on your ride enjoy looking at the churches and other old buildings with their beautiful doors and windows.
The Convent and Church of Saint Francis, founded in 1529, is the oldest church in Central America as well as being one of the area'smost important colonial buildings. It houses a Museum which contains much of the priceless pre Columbian Nicaraguan Statuary