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Jinotega is in Nicaragua.



When To Visit


Get in

From Managua there are direct buses several times a day. If taking a taxi, ask for bus terminal Mayoreo or simply for the terminal from where the Jinotega buses leave. Fare is 70 Cordobas, or about $4. At the Mayoreo terminal there is a counter where you can purchase your tickets to Jinotega. The expressos are nice because they make fewer stops and you don't have to change busses in Matagalpa.

Also you can arive from other towns in the north such as Matagalpa or Esteli (via Matagalpa or via a northern route).

Get around

Taxis are prevelent and cost 6 Cordobas ($0.35) per person anywhere in town. Fares are around 10 at night.









I didn't like Restaurante el Cony when I first tried their fish soup (it was a fish in a la soup), but their chuleta de pollo a la plancha wasn't bad and they have some neat historical photos of Jinotega. From the rotary, head west, through the narrow alley that runs on the north side of the river, and then keep going west.

Everyone talks about Soda El Tico, but I don't see what all the fuss is about. They have decent breakfasts and I go there when I want to enjoy a cheeseburger. Ask them to give you more than three french fries. The vaca negra is a cool way to end the meal.

Similarly, La Colmena is supposed to be the nicest restaurant in town, but it's gone downhill I've been told. If you're going for expensive, heavy meats, I prefer Restaurante El Tico. The fillet mignon there was quite good. It came with four french fries. Father and son own Soda and Restaurante, but I forget which is which.

I haven't tried Hotel Cafe, but looking at the menu it seems overpriced and very ordinary.



For a good burger and beer in town (La Pererra has excelent ones), Country Burger, a few blocks north of Esso Central, gives you one with lots of veggies and decent (non-limp) fries.



Roca Rancho has C$12 Victorias and live music on Thursday nights starting at 8pm.


Hotels run from $4 to $100 a night and are easy to come by. If you brought more collared shirts than non-, stay at Hotel Café. If you have a beard, Chacos, and a ten-year-old Arc'teryx backpack, stay at Hotel Central.


Of all of the places in Nicaragua to do volunteer work, Jinotega is perhaps the most worthy. Due to its problematic history Jinotega has suffered through a serious decline in infrastructure. Jinotega is a place largly forgotten by the outside world.


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