Leon City: Private Walking Tour Covering 495 Years of History From Colonial Slavery to Revolution
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León

Discover the 495-year journey, starting from colonial enslavement, experiencing North American’s intervention, the Sandinista revolution, the Contra revolution, and much more…

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Museum of Legends and Traditions (Museo de Tradiciones y Leyendas) - It was a prison bulited in 1921, known by the locals like “La 21”

Used to held political prisioners during the Sandinista Revolution 1979.

Let’s learn about the prison itself and the differents tradition of the city.

  • Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Let’s learn about the secrets of this interesting church, hiking to the roof and enjoy of a fascinating view of the city and volcanoes.
  • Central Building UNAN-Leon. - Learn why Leon is know as the university town,

UNAN the second oldest university in Central America founded in 1812, let’s learn the influence of this university in the country.

What's Included
  • Bottled water included
  • Entrance fees covered
Location
Catedral De Leon Nicaragua
If you are not in a hotel we can meet at Leon Catedral to start our Tour
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Paradise48856985145
Apr 8, 2024
Super!!! - It was a really nice experience! I learned about history, I got to know some strategic points and with a very cool guide!
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Sandra_b
Apr 4, 2024
love the city of Leon - Sergio is a great tour guide; he and I connected on several levels. Speaking of levels... The view from the top of the Basilica is outstanding.
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Salsa248
Mar 16, 2024
Don't tour on a Sunday but do use this company. - We did this walk on a very hot Sunday. Sadly all the buildings we were to visit were closed. Miguel did his best to alternate with the art gallery, it was very good. The next day Franklin made the effort to get us on top of the church first. We appreciate all they did to help us. Great guys & recommend,
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Franklin
Feb 25, 2024
Intelligent caring attentive guides - triple wow!! - Franklin runs an amazing company - Vamos travel. We did many of the activities. His walking tour was thorough and Franklin is very knowledgeable and well read. His team of guides were consistently kind, attentive, and adaptable to our preferences. We travel a lot and we like to have more of an intelligent conversation with guides and that’s what we got. Every guide was personable and really listened to what we wanted to do. The volcano was so much fun for all ages. Every event we did — the timing was perfect. Our guide Sergio made sure we hit the sunset for our volcano slide. He also noticed what we were interested in and made changes to the itinerary based on our interests. He talked our way into seeing the new Managua cathedral which was closed but the guards opened it for him and us. In Granada, we felt like we were walking with the unofficial mayor of the town since it seems everyone knows our guide Julio. Julio knew we liked churches and designed a driving tour of 16 churches before timing it just right to see the lava in the Masaya volcano. He also made dinner reservations for us and everyone in the restaurant greeted us by name and mentioned how they liked Julio. Finally, I️ have to say that Franklin is one of the most meticulous travel guides and agents I️ have ever met and he is very calm too. He always responded quickly on WhatsApp and he got all the details right. His company is a reason to come to Nicaragua. I️ can’t recommend him and his team highly enough. Triple wow!
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Explorer42478695478
Nov 18, 2023
Franklin is a wealth of knowledge. He has inspired us to further continue our study on Latin American history. - The tour was brilliant . I strongly advise a private tour with Franklin . His passion for Leon was infectious and his knowledge outstanding. An intelligent young man who represented his city well. He patiently answered all our questions and inspired us to learn more.
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Chynai2019
Oct 3, 2023
Recommended if you are in Leon - The guide was very considerate and although the temperature outside was hot, there was no difficulty walking. I would recommend if you are in the Leon area.
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Marisalya2023
Jul 9, 2023
Beautiful views of Leon - I enjoyed my tour in Leon, my guide was Freddy and he was very knowledgeable of the town and knew so much information. I booked the 9am tour, which was perfect. I was able to tour the Catedral de Leon with hardly anyone there and the weather was not too warm. The view was breathtaking, with surrounding views of the city is just incredible. You do have to walk up a few flights of stairs, but its not too bad. It is definitely worth the view. We walked around town, it did seem to go a bit fast, I would of liked more time to stay at the Catedral and explore the town more. I recommend a longer time to stay and observe the town and Catedral it is just beautiful.
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Joesoni
Apr 7, 2023
Joe - It was an amazing tour with knowledgeable Mr. Wilfredo who explained everything about the old and new Leon, it’s history and presented the best of this beautiful city.
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Edwardwh3950jx
Mar 14, 2023
Would highly recommend this guide and tour - An informative and interesting tour which was greatly enjoyed by the group and added background to the history of the country
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Jananddianne
Apr 7, 2024
Informative - The best part of this experience is walking on top of the Bascillica. Lots of fascinating information given by our very knowledgeable guide Sergio(who was also our guide for the horse riding). Actually only visited one other place which was an interesting and rather strange museum of myths, legends and prisoners.
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