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Granada is a lovely city, famed for its colourful colonial architecture and cobbled streets, with the\u00a0 backdrop of a towering volcano and the beautiful shores of Lake Nicaragua. Three of the four days I spent in the city were dull and overcast but thankfully my last day was beautiful, bright and sunny. I spent that morning on a delightful solo boat tour, exploring the 365 islands of Granada \u2026and the afternoon retracing some of my steps of the previous days so I could take pictures of the views I loved in the sunshine. Yes, I am that kind of crazy \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n

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On the boat tour<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The journey from Ometepe to Granada was fairly uneventful – a ferry from Moyogalpa (Ometepe) to San Jorge port (mainland Nicaragua), a bus from Rivas to Managua (the Nicaraguan capital) and another bus to Granada. I met a couple of other travellers on the bus, and the hours raced by as we swapped travel stories. Serendipitously one of them, Robin, and I were booked at the same hostel, Selina, and so became travel buddies for the few days our trip overlapped.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pro-tip<\/strong>: Selina is a well-known co-working and travelling hospitality brand that I would recommend to any first time backpackers.\u00a0 They have accommodation in over 60 countries, ranging from budget friendly dorms to luxurious private rooms. Their hotel-hostels are always beautifully decorated, have fantastic wifi and friendly and knowledgeable staff. Also, they often have organised tours and other community activities, so are a great place to meet other travellers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Selina in Granada is in a beautifully restored colonial building, with a light-filled foyer, a lovely interior courtyard garden, swimming pool, yoga room etc but one of the best things was its location. It overlooks \u2018Parque Central\u2019, and the strikingly beautiful \u2018Catedral Immaculada Concepcion de Maria\u2019, an iconic Catholic Church in Nicaragua, with its distinctive rich yellow and white walls. <\/p>\n\n\n

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View of Catedral Immaculada Concepcion de Maria from the Central Park<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The porticoed entrance to the hostel is lined with comfy couches and hanging hammock chairs and I spent many hours people-watching from a hammock or wandering the streets in and around that square –\u00a0 peeking into the interiors of grand colonial houses, many now turned into hotels and shops but still retaining their charm of yesteryears. On the west side of the square there is always a line of horses and carriages. Decorated to evoke the romance of a bygone era, they offer tourists rides around the city. Horse and carriage rides were also a popular tourist activity in other colonial cities in the Americas, like Cartagena (Colombia) and Antigua (Guatemala).<\/p>\n\n\n\n