Granada, Nicaragua - Most Beautiful City in Central America? (Food and City Vlog)

Granada, Nicaragua is one of the most places where we travel to and plan on just spending a few days, and that turns into a few weeks, or longer. It's a gorgeous and charming colonial city, the oldest in Central America. The lively, colorful streets filled packed out with festivals and live music will win you over quickly! This city has the best of Europe and Latin America all in one place. All at the base of an ancient volcano and located on Central America's largest lake.
There's 365 small islands created by ancient volcanic activity nearby called 'the isletas' to explore by boat, where you'll spot birds, fish, and monkeys in the wild.
You can go hiking to view an active volcano lake at Masaya Volcano nearby, one of the only places in the world where you can look down into flowing lava!
You can spend the day relaxing at the nearby Apoyo Lake, which is located inside of a crater inside of an ancient volcano.
You can take a day trip to the capital city of Managua, or the colonial gem, León. You can pay a visit to one of Nicaragua's beautiful beaches, or, our personal favorite option, go visit the beautiful Ometepe Island. Which is a huge island with two volcanoes located in Lake Nicaragua (aka Cocibolca)
There's an INSANE amount of things to do in or nearby Granada, it’s an amazing place to travel.
One of the top attractions in Granada is simply enjoying the city itself, walking the streets, meeting people, and eating the food! This is what we enjoyed the most and the real reason we kept extending our stay. Stay tuned for all the info on all the amazing places you can visit in an upcoming travel guide.
So come along with and spend the day with us exploring one of Latin America's most beautiful cities!
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[@laurenandseth]

Thanks for watching 🙏 Hope you all enjoyed! While we had an amazing time in Nicaragua and actually had some of our all time favorite travel experiences there, it wasn’t all great. We had a few negative experiences in the capital city of Managua, that I think will be important to share so you all can avoid a similar situation. We’re working on a video now explaining this, as well as covering the good, the bad, and the ugly of traveling through Central America. As well as general travel tips we’ve learned along the way for that part of the world, and how to stay safe, have fun, etc. Stay tuned and don’t forget to subscribe to our channel! See you out there! 😊

[@darwinsandino7110]

Nicaragua única linda saludos desde México

[@laurenandseth]

:)

[@spark_6710]

Hello Mexico !! 🇲🇽 I love your people & foods & footballers !! 👍👍🙋‍♀️💜🥁🐉🎤🎶💕💞

[@Vargaseliza]

Tu nombre y apellido se me hace muy nica

[@youtube_locksnag8322]

Great video! Everything seems really affordable and I’d love to try the food.

[@laurenandseth]

Thanks! I really enjoyed the food! What we didn’t show as much of in this video is all of the international food there. There’s lots of stand alone ‘mom and pop’ restaurants who do things pizza, American breakfast, Greek, etc and do it really well. We never had a bad meal there.

[@bluestarfishsea]

Great video!

[@laurenandseth]

Thank you, glad you liked it! 😊

[@bananapatch9118]

Hey guys ! Now you are back closer to our old neck of the woods. Lidia grew up in Corinto, largest port town. How is the heat? 😂 We could end up retiring in Nicaragua but if we do it would be in Matagalpa…get some cooler temps. Any chance you will head up that way ? Even cheaper cost of living…not many expats. That Vigaron in most cities would cost $1-2. Granada is pricey by Nica standards. Nacatomales are nice, but I always have to find the Vegan version. Gallo pinto is yummy and everywhere. 3 months and we retire and head to Mexico first. If you ever find yourselves back in San Cris, we’d love to grab lunch !

[@laurenandseth]

That is really cool! We’d love to check out the largest port town and her home city! For sure, thanks for the top on Matagalpa, I remember you mentioning it before and I made it a mental note to pay it a visit! That’s good to know about the prices, because we definitely want to spend a lot more time in Nicaragua and seeing more outside of Granada. The heat 😂 🥵 it’s too hot in Granada for sure. Reminds us of when we stayed in Merida, Mexico. But how nice everything is kind of makes up for that. Yes, we would love to meet up for sure and get a bite. Keep us updated on your travels!

[@spark_6710]

I am vegetarian, but love eating vegan dishes ! I used to be vegan for 17 years ,now 15 year vegetarian !! Where can I find vegan tamales 🫔 in Nicaragua 🇳🇮 !? Very curious as wanting to visit there someday ! 😊 💜🥁🐉🎤🎶✈️🇳🇮🫔💞

[@therehastobesomethingmoore]

@@spark_6710 Depends on the city. Managua, Grenada, Leon, San Juan del Sur….probably can find a few restaurants. Here in Matagalpa there are very few people that even know what Vegan means. We have a few places that veganize dishes for us, like a good pizza place.

[@spark_6710]

Thanks so much for your reply ! I watched so many videos of Nicragua for two days in a row !! Lol But, as soon as I started vegan dishes / vegetarian meals popped out without googling for it !! I got lucky somehow many of the KZbinrs were vegans/ vegetarians, or people like trying them out by accident I found !! San Juan Del Sur & Managua seem to be the places for us !! Thanks 😊 💜🥁🐉🎤🎶💞

[@perlaperezgutierrez4761]

I love the video! ❤ I am from Nicaragua, and you did well visiting the Colonial city of Granada one of the oldest in Central America too. Garden Cafe in Granada good food there! Come and visit again and bring friends.

[@GringoLoco1]

Y'all are in my old town -- owned a bar/restaurant there years ago. Was actually at the grand opening of TGC -- which is more like a jungle now! I loved Granada despite the heat, the bugs, and the F$LN. Actually, I could've lived with the first two 🤨🤪

[@ClifHaley]

Lived there for a year and been back a few times since. Always loved it there.

[@lastlost4629]

Great video. I loved the part when you invited the local poet for lunch, nice to be generous a nice to locals.

[@trendingwwwandw]

Thanks for showingh us Granada Nicaragua beautiful ride at 8:19 georgeous!@! L35

[@curtssallee9807]

LOVE THIS VIDEO GUYS.....NICA!!!!

[@andresmarioruizchavarria8980]

NICARAGUA IS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY ❤🇳🇮👍 granada colonial city NICARAGUA IS BIG CITY IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND HAVE ALOT BEAUTIFUL PLACE

[@andreadistefanoMS]

This is a less known destination but looks so interesting, thanks to your video. Thank you guys!

[@kevinadams9468]

It is the MOST visited tourist destination in Nicaragua, however,

[@spark_6710]

​@@kevinadams9468I KNOW ,right !? I went " What the ...!?" Lol 😆 👍💜🥁🐉🎤🎶✈️🇳🇮💞

[@krystalanderic]

Love the incorporating of the local music/poetry! Lake Nicaragua seems like such a must do - won't be able to forget about lake pirates anytime soon 😂

[@laurenandseth]

Thank you! Haha, yeah it's super unique. Cheers guys!

[@ronaldopenhaim8658]

what a beautiful and sweet video. Thanks for showing a beautiful country. Congratulations.

[@jenifertravelssolo5387]

Looks great!

[@laurenandseth]

:) :)

[@premiaclaro]

Saludos desde Managua

[@spark_6710]

Hello Managua ! 👋 🙋‍♀️👍💜🥁🐉🎤🎶💕💞

[@420bobbob]

Wow! What a great video! Thank you so much!

[@mikecandu3747]

Hey, Good to see you guys out exploring Central America again. We've had Nicaragua in our top 5 expat retirement destinations for a while. We have friends from there and my wife has travelled to Grenada and San Juan Del Sur. The problem is the government. As long as the Sandinistas are in power it's just too risky to establish long term plans in Nicaragua. There are other options such as Panama, Costa Rica , and Belize that just offer more stability.

[@irmapalacios6911]

Really nice video, beautiful my Country

[@exodia9645]

I really appreciate the fact of you spend your time and make those awesome videos and reviews of Nicaraguan environment... Thank you guys

[@hg2614]

Beautiful 😍!!

[@marcorios7522]

Great video you guys. You encouraged me to visit Granada on my next trip to Nicaragua ❤ I loved that you actually got to try nacatamales even tho they didn’t have it on the menu 😅

[@therehastobesomethingmoore]

What’s going on guys ? We have now been in Matagalpa in 3 weeks and really enjoying this Nicaraguan mountain city. Where are you two these days ? Scott n Lidia

[@-True_Trading-]

Yo I live 20 mins out side of Granada!

[@alexanderdeserteagle]

Beautiful

[@pamelalueschen1062]

Excellent video you guys! ✌️ Thanks so much.

[@laurenandseth]

Thank you! 😊

[@eveliojosepereirasalgado6281]

*Sehr schön*

[@hathawaydj1]

Thanks for making this. Well done. Love the blend of food, meeting people, and locations.

[@user-gq9fd8ok6x]

Just a couple of points to sort of clarify. The vigoron.The ingredients are simple and in abundance: boiled yuca, the root,not to confuse with yucca the ornamental plant; pork rinds (chicharrón )topped with shredded cabbage, chopped onions and tomato marinated in vinegar and salt and if you like you can ask to have chile pequin added, very small, like a pea almost and hotter than jalapeños. So, yuca instead of potatoes. Nacatamal. No nacatamal from any fancy restaurant is going to compare to the nacatamal from a traditional nacatamaleria, a place that all they cook is nacatamales, unless the fancy restaurant buys the nacatamal from one of those places and that is probably the case since the process to prepare, wrap and cook the nacatamal it's a very long and tedious one, and the price presently is no more than 50 Cordobas. Also it's a meal that we eat traditionally on the weekend only. Accompanied by either tortilla or bread, black coffee or soda, coke or your preference. No gallopinto with nacatamal. Never. Any city, no matter how small, you ask anyone on the street to tell you where nacatamales are sold you'll be given directions to the best place to buy the best nacatamal, and everyone has a favorite place because there are always more than one to choose from for sure. Glad to see people discovering the things that we nicas love about our little, suffered but beautiful land. Welcome and enjoy your stay with us.

[@stevejefferson3250]

Great video guys....Granada is a beautiful town

[@MsOncology]

Thanks for visiting my beautiful country 🇳🇮❤️ , that Nacatamal.was kind of pricey at the Park maybe cause it's a tourist area, a Nacatamal usually cost only 40 or 50 cordobas , and btw the owner of that Kiosk called "El Gordito" just died last week , but his family will keep running the business , a little history fact , Mark Twain went through Nicaragua , also a Merchant who had a ship from NY (Vanderbilt )from the famous Vanderbilt Family, relative of the famous designer Gloria Vanderbilt, he was buried at a small cementery in San Juan del Norte , I hope you guys return again and visit the north side where I'm from ,greetings from Los West Los Angeles , it was a nice video 🙋❤️❤️

[@maroroarocha]

Hello😊

[@erickhernandez3006]

🙏 fr visit my country.

[@bananapatch9118]

Where are you guys now ? We’ll be in Matagalpa in 6 days !

[@erlynggarcia8555]

Quiero vigoron😂😂

[@krisztiannagyszeder1095]

How did you felt about saftey in Nicaragua?

[@christopherhouse7937]

Guy’s would you rather live in Nicaragua or Mexico? As far as getting residency, and staying a minimum of 1 year?.

[@germancruz4910]

C$180 cordobas un nacatamal 😱, normalmente un nacatamal cuesta C$60 e igual proporción

[@glorianica428]

I don't think, this man had ever been to NY., there are bike, lots of bikes, taxi bike & horse carriages for the tourist in Manhattan, are they from the U.S.A.

[@fourthdeconstruction]

Tamale or tamal is actually a Nahualt word. The only people that spoke Nahault dialect (Nahualt is not a language) were the Aztecs and other groups that live in central Mexico. So no matter what other Centro Americans say a tamal is Mexican. Aztecs never lived in Guatemala, Honduras o El Salvador. So there are no cousins that are only fake tamales. A lot of the food and beverage are copied from Mexico in Centro America and South America. Also, Mexicans, contrary to what we believe in the States, are NOT big rice & beans and/or plantain eaters like they are in other parts of the Americans.

[@uchihadabba699]

Jjjjjjj. Puro pedo

[@isabelflores4223]

Nacatamales no tamales es comida hecha de masa de maiz, grasa de cerdo, achiote, naranja agria, salt hierbabuena, papas, arroz, chile de pelotitas, chile dulce, rodajas de tomate, tocino de cerdo,cocinadas en hojas de platano al vapor desde que tengo uso de razon se cocina es una herencia de nuestros antepasados indigenas nacatamal.

[@rodolfoarana4676]

En lengua nahoatl NACATL quiere decir CARNE o sea tamal con carne ..

[@NoSetbacksTv]

nicaragua is nice country but the government and police aren't very nice but I love the beauty

[@laurenandseth]

Yeah, we did have a bit of a negative experience in the capital city of Managua, but overall loved the country. Especially everything outside of Managua.

[@NoSetbacksTv]

@@laurenandseth yes its definitely beautiful country !

[@maribelcalens6514]

That statement is wrong. The police is fine.

[@NoSetbacksTv]

@@maribelcalens6514 ok your opinion

[@jorgemelendez3710]

Es tu opinión, pero gracias al gobierno y la Policía vivimos en paz y tranquilidad, gracias a éso muchos turistas, como ésta pareja, pueden documentar, sin ningún problema, sus vivencias en mi bello País. Lógicamente para los que quieran sembrar el cáos, la destrucción y muerte en el país, el gobierno y la Policía siempre serán: no very nice.

[@alexandrogranado3256]

In the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua there are many people who speak creolle english cuz british pirets trade slaves from Jamaica to Nicaragua(So there are many mestizos,African-nicaraguans, Indegenous,miskitos!!!

[@laurenandseth]

Interesting, thank you for sharing! :)

[@allanchamorrogutierrez7227]

Those nacatamales dosen't gets huevo duro in it, and what about it la chilera

[@scoobydoo7535]

Every central , south american country has their cuisine. Not relatable in anyway to each other cept for the ingredients. Once you taste the nacatamal im sure you noticed it, it taste nothing like a tamal you would of had anywhere else. Nicaragua has its own well known, copied and even out right stolen recipes that other countries are starting to claim as their own, like the tres leches cake.

[@laurenandseth]

I didn’t realize that about tres leches cake. Thanks for sharing 😊

[@isabelflores4223]

Nacatamal no tamal desde que tengo uso de razon se cocina en nicaragua y hay registros en la historia, herencia de nuestroš aņtepasados indigenas, junto a muchisima comida como el indio viejo,, carne en vaho,cuznaca, sopas de gallina india,chicha, chicha de maiz negrito, pozol, fresco de cacao con leche, tiste, pinol, pinolillo, semilla de Jícaro, tortilla de maiz, chanchó con yuca, gallo pinto, arroz aguado, sopa de iguana, iguana en pinol, quesillo y muchas más cada pueblo tiene su cultura, comida y tradiciones propias, se sabe que Nicaragua es y ha sido uno de los mas ricos en gastronomia en céntroameriça y en folkclor.

[@MAAU-tz1yc]

I think I saw you filming this video when I was walking down the streets, wanted to say what’s up but idk I’m socially introverted. Glad you’re liking it, as a friendly tip, try local street vendors, food is cheaper and a lot of the times they’re wayyyy better🫶🏻 You should definitely go to cañon de Somoto, Volcán masaya (active volcano) or cerro negro (you can go sandboarding).