Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
BICYCLE
While bicycling in town might require nerves of steel, there are several mellow bike rides
from town, including Laguna de Apoyo, Peninsula de Asese, north of the Centro
Turístico, and for strong bikers any of the Pueblos Blancos. Most tour operators and some
hotels rent bikes for around US$1 per hour.
BOAT
Ferries leave the
ferry terminal
(Calle La Calzada, final; 8am-1:30pm)
at 2pm Monday and
Thursday, stopping at Altagracia (Isla de Ometepe; lower/upper deck US$2/5, three
hours), San Miguelito (lower/upper deck US$3/7.50, nine hours) and San Carlos (lower/
upper deck US$4/9, 14 hours). First-class seats, on the upper deck, have padded chairs
and access to the TV, which will be on all night. Stake out a sleeping spot early and don't
forget your seasickness medication. If you're thinking about doing the
Granada-Altagracia run one way only, it's best to leave from Granada - you travel in the
day, get some views and arrive late afternoon. Leaving Altagracia for Granada, you travel
at night and arrive in the early hours of the morning.
Puerto Asese about 2km southeast of town, has boats for the Las Isletas and Parque Na-
cional Archipiélago Zapatera.
BUS
has buses to Costa Rica (US$29, eight hours) at 6am, 8am (express to San José) and
for San José (US$29 to US$40, eight hours) at 7am and 1pm. For other international ser-
vices, you'll need to go to Rivas or Managua.
US$.075, one hour, 4am to 7pm, every 20 minutes), arriving at Managua's Mercado
Roberto Huembes, depart from the lot just north of the old hospital on the western edge of
town. Microbuses to Managua (US$1, one hour, 5am to 7.30pm, every 15 minutes), arriv-
ing at UCA in Managua, leave from the convenient lot just south of the Parque Central on
20 minutes) leave from two blocks west of the Mercado Municipal, around the corner
from Palí.
across from the Shell station.
