Travel Reference
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Managua's Peace Park, with its signature lighthouse, is a lasting symbol of the challenges
and hopes facing a poor nation emerging from war. The park was inaugurated in 1990 by
then President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro. The concept in and of itself is quite beautiful.
Within the park, they interred machines guns, pistols and even a tank in concrete - sym-
bolically burying Nicaragua's bellicose past. Since then, the reflection pool has been
drained, every brass plaque has been stolen, and even the generators and wiring for the
lights have been pinched. This park is notorious for muggings - come in the middle of the
day, without valuables and in a group. Try asking a guard to walk with you.
National Assembly Pedestrian Walk
(Avenida Central)
East of the National Assembly along Avenida Central is a pedestrian walk
with open-air exhibits on Nicaragua's history, featuring everything from historic photos of
Sandino to evocative pictures of pre-Earthquake Managua. It is sometimes closed to the
public.
PUBLIC ART
Puerto Salvador Allende
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BOAT TOUR
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( 2222-2745;
www.epn.com.ni
)
This relatively modern port offers 45-minute boat tours
Tuesday to Sunday to Isla del Amor at 11am, 1pm, 3pm and 5pm (US$3 to US$5). You
can also head out Friday to Sunday at 10am and 1pm for a two-hour tour to the small vil-
lage of San Francisco Libre (US$8).
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Other Neighborhoods
Huellas de Acahualinca
( 2266-5774; admission US$4, photography fee US$1; 9am-4pm)
Discovered by miners in
1874, these fossilized tracks record the passage of perhaps 10 people - men, women and
children - as well as birds, raccoons and deer across the muddy shores of Lago de
Managua some 6000 years ago. Despite early speculation that they were running from a
volcanic eruption, forensics specialists have determined that these folks were in no hurry
- and oddly enough, were fairly tall, between 145cm and 160cm.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
