San Juan Del Sur, Rivas, Nicaragua

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SJS Sunset

Marsella Beach

Located on the Pacific coast and south of Nicaragua, this is one of the most famous beaches and eager to be known by foreigners.

It is a quiet fishing village with a small port, with a horseshoe-shaped bay surrounded by mountains. The bay is adorned with beautiful yachts in regular sizes of private property and vessels engaged in commercial fishing.

Weather
With a pleasant climate that varies by day and 35 degrees Celsius at night in 27 degrees Celsius, the waters of the bay are considered by Nicaraguans cold they are used to the waters of Pochomil, but is usually a temperature of fresh water.

Things to do
1. Walking along the promenade is one of the main things to do in town, during week-end the city is crowded with lots of Nicaraguan visitors, it´s funny because they park their cars in the malecón, and make picnics around them.

2. sight seeing the many beautiful and amazing scenery from the beach and from the top of the mountains over there.

3. Enjoy the beach, the restaurants, the resprts, the hotels, the people, the streets,and the little town.

4. Going to a trip to the seaturtle reserve Refugio de Vida Silvestre La Flor. Turtlespotting can be arranged at Casa Oro Guesthouse. From here a nighttrip departs several days a week for about 15 dollars. In the reserve you can see the Olive Ridley turtle laying their eggs and the young hatchlings making their way into the water.

5. Gamefishing, that can be arranged anywhere in SJDS: a boat will take you onto the ocean for half a day of working hard and hopefully catching some big ones. Prices would be around 40 dollars for half a day.

6.You can swim, surf, snorkel and have a drink or a meal at one of the beachfront cafes and restaurants. The water seems to be calmer in the morning (low tide). An hour or so before sunset, when the temperature drops a bit, some local boys play soccer on the beach. They don't seem to mind foreigners joining them. People also come out and jog along the beach.

Accomodations
Nicaragua hotels are inexpensive in comparison to similar level resorts in Mexico and Costa Rica. The natives are friendly and enjoy helping out and interacting with visitors.


Take the south high way 141 km, there, you will find signs to turn right, this new road will take you half an hour more.

If you are leaving from Granada, you should take the road that leads to Nandaime, at the end you will find the south high way 60 km distance from Granada.)

From Managua it takes a couple of hours to reach San Juan del Sur.

There are companies that rent cars like Budget and Dollar rent a car, if necessary.




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