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Sleeping

2 Hotel Bosawás B2

3 Hotel Café B4

4 Hotel Central B3

5 Hotel Primavera B1

6 Hotel Sollentuna Hem B2

Eating

7 La Casa de Don Colocho C4

La Terraza (see 8)

8 Soda El Tico B3

Drinking & Nightlife

9 Bar Jinocuba A2

10 Café Flor de Jinotega C2

11 La Taverna A3

Sights & Activities

The beauty of Jinotega's Catedral San Juan OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP (c 1805) is in the
sanctuary, where you'll marvel at the chestnut and gold-leaf altar, pristine white arches
and rows of heavenly saints, sculpted with so much life and light they make spiritual
peace contagious. Opposite the church is a terrific, split-level parque central shaded by
palms and towering laurel trees.

Cerro La Cruz
A steep yet worthwhile hour's hike from the cemetery and embedded in a boulder-crusted
ridge is the town's cross, originally placed here in 1703 by Franciscan Fray Margíl de
Jesús. The view of the layered Cordillera Isabelía and Jinotega from up here is unreal.
Take the center path through the cemetery and begin the sweaty climb. When you emerge
from the trees and come to a plateau, hug the ridge tightly and keep climbing. If you land
here during Jinotega's biggest party, the Fiestas de la Cruz (April 30 to May 16), which
peaks on May 3, you can follow the abuelas (grandmothers) as they ascend, ever so
gingerly, en masse.

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