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Marley T-shirts. But even with big business, wide tree-shaded brick city streets, an attract-
ive Catholic church and solid infrastructure, Rama is still a scruffy port town that does not
generally inspire travelers to extend their layover on the way between Managua and Blue-
fields.
Sights & Activities
The
Catholic church
, about two blocks downriver from the dock, is outfitted with funky
stained-glass picture windows and a neon cross. It opens onto a cheery, palm-shaded
Parque Central. You can climb the big hill just east of town,
La Loma
(Cerro de Rama),
but you'll need to navigate the port-town slums.
Sleeping & Eating
Hotel Rio Escondido
( 2517-0287; rioescondidohotel@yahoo.es; Enitel, 1c E, 30m S; s/d/tr US$11/12.50/17.50, r with
air-con US$17; )
This choice new hotel has spacious rooms with high ceilings, spot-
less tiled bathrooms, flatscreen TV and wooden beds with firm sprung mattresses.
HOTEL
$
Hotel Doña Luisa
( 2517-0073; frente Muelle; d with/without TV US$8.50/7)
Large, clean rooms with fans and
cable TV convenient to buses and boats.
HOTEL
$
Oasis Hotel del Caribe
( 2517 0264; Muelle, 2c E; s/d US$8.50/12.50, with air-con US$12.50/21; )
Profession-
ally run hotel offering comfortable rooms with cable TV in a quiet location. Second-floor
rooms open onto a common terrace with leafy, sunset views.
HOTEL
$
Eco-Hotel El Vivero
( 8535-1276; s/d US$8.50/12.50, with air-con US$14.50/25; )
Set in the woods 3km, and a
US$1 taxi ride, west of town, these wooden
casitas
(cottages) are a little run-down but are
still elegant with hardwood floors, beamed ceilings and rocking chairs on the front porch.
It's a little complicated to get into town for the early
panga
.
HOTEL
$
Comedor Silvia
NICARAGUAN
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