Nicaragua 3 (inglés) (Lonely Planet Travel Guide)

I brought this book with me on my three and a half week trip to Nicaragua. It was very helpful. I was able to travel all over the country with the use of this book. Even not so common tourist destinations like Rama, Bluefields and a trip down Rio San Juan to el Castillo. I even took the overnight cross Lake Nicaragua trip on the ferry. I slept on the outside deck on the ferry hanging in a hammock just as the book talks about. I just bought the Moon Guide for Nicaragua for my next trip in March just to see how it compares to the Lonely Planet book. I will write a review on that book when I get back.

I love these books, I have one for every country I have visited. I was recently in Nicaragua, the recommendations and tips are exactly what you need to get through your trip. It does say that renting a car is more hassle then its worth and public transport is better, I HAVE TO STRONGLY DISAGREE. All the travelers who did not have cars regretted it. The country is huge and the public transport is not as reliable as reported. I rented a car in Managua at the airport and even took the car across the ferry to Ometepe. It was not as bad as the book made it sound. I recommend using this book in conjunction with Trip Advisor website. Volcano Boarding with Bigfoot in Leon, this is a must do! The information is in the book!Nearly every single traveler I see on my adventures has one of these guides in hand- they are a great resources!

I've been backpack traveling for 20 years and this was my fourth trip to Nicaragua. It's a great adventure and still very authentic.Decided to get this book, since it was just released. Years ago, the LP books were just great. Gave you insight to all of the interesting nooks and cranny's of your destination country and gave lots of accurate travel and lodging information.That has steadily gone down hill and this has got to be the worst. I'm pretty sure these people never even visited some of these places - or they sent someone else or it had been visited years ago.Many of the facts [bus times, boat times, boat types, etc) are just wrong - and I'm talking about things that haven't changed since my first trip in 2006!The book doesn't even highlight or provide information on some of the best activities - I mean some really cool things to do - it's not even in the book. Doesn't make sense.Even the top 10 destinations are poorly covered. Take Vulcan Masaya - listed in the front on its own page as one the top things to do.Terrible. Everything from correct information about the "parrots" at night, lack of information about the lava tunnels, vague information on how to walk to the top (books says "it's a long hot walk"....Come on, give me some facts, it's 3 miles and 2000 ft elevation change and will take you 1.25 hrs on average), lacking transport information on how to hop on buses that pass every 2 minutes that will take you there for $0.25 from Masaya [or even Granada]And the reviews of the hotels / places to stay are TERRIBLY wrong.For example, we stayed at place not so highly rated by LP at Laguna de Apoyo. Well, that SAME place was rated a nearly perfect score on Trip Advisor AND voted BEST place to stay at Apoyo. So, How was the place? AWESOME. We extended out stay there twice. It was really good.At the beach town of San Juan del Sur, there's a beach shuttle from one of the hostels. The time of shuttles are on this home made wooden sign hanging high above. It's the same sign from before 2006. The times in the book are wrong! Thank god that we had so little faith in the book we decided to stop by early and check the time. If we hadn't we would have missed the only ride out to the awesome beaches on our last day. Unbelievable.I can go on and on. I cannot recommend this book.Why two stars vs one. Well if you had nothing or this book, it's still worth having. Only if you have no other choices.It really should be one star.

While I had my entire trip planned prior to the new edition coming out, I still got the book to enhance what I already knew and assist me day to day with maps and additional resources. I did find a TYPO, which just made me chuckle. Looking forward to my next adventure and next LP book! My only complaint is that since we are moving to a more visual society, that there arent more photos. Id be happy to shoot and contribute. I think user or member photos can really impact adventure using LP books.

The third edition was printed in 2013 and after recently returning from the country, you'll just want to double check with a local source that the restaurants listed are still in operation and at the same location. This is more of a nitpick than anything, overall the information was quite accurate, but there were one or two restaurants that we found had moved or closed.

Love the Lonely Planet series and this is a useful travel guide, however we found some of the recommended restaurants and cafes to be out of date (closed, moved etc.) on a couple of occasions (it was purchased ahead of a trip in late 2015). Suggest waiting for the next version to be published later this year before buying if possible.

If you're visiting Nicaragua, you need a travel guide, and you need the newest available information, especially in Nicaragua since things are constantly changing--a two or three year old travel guide is essentially useless. And this guide does work. That said, it looks to me that the writers more or less just banged out this guide without doing the amount of work on the ground we users have a right to expect. My recent experience was that sometimes the hotel or restaurant or museum may not be located where they say it is, could be closed forever, could be a block or so away. The accommodations could be a lot less than described. And so on.Guys, next edition, spend a little more time checking your maps, checking out the rooms and facilities, checking out new options, etc.My experience using this edition was in the Northern Highlands. Perhaps a better job was done in other regions.

This is very up to date regarding prices etc. and is proving very useful for planning our future trip. It's not a very thick or heavy book so it should be fine for slipping into a day bag whilst traveling.

Great travel guide, full of details for every type of traveller. And, of course, about a great country to visit!

This is an excellent guide but needs updating.

Very helpful

ich war im september in nica und das buch hat mir geholfen; leider waren die informationen nicht immer aktuell - was kein wunder ist, denn im oktober kam ja der neue führer raus... ob ich empfehlen würde, diesen führer nochmals zu kaufen, wenn es eine neuauflage gibt, weiß ich nicht ;) lonely planet macht aber total super führer und ich bin immer froh, einen dabei zu haben.Kaufempfehlung für einen LP Nica: ja, wenn auch wsl eher die neuauflageEMPFEHLUNG: Unbedingt nach Nicaragua gehen! UNBEDINGT :)