Says the New York Times:

"$599,000

This three-bedroom three-and-a-half-bath home is just behind the main cathedral in the center of Granada’s historic district. Built at least 250 years ago, it was restored in 2006, with conveniences like central air conditioning and wireless Internet access.

Many of the historic district’s colonial houses have been turned into hotels; this house, currently used as a vacation rental, could still function as a single-family home.

A typical Spanish colonial, it is made of adobe, with an unadorned 12-foot-high exterior wall facing the street. Visitors pass through two sets of wooden doors into a courtyard at the heart of the house, where a tiled swimming pool is crossed by a wooden bridge. A poolside bar opens into the kitchen, which has a view of the bells and stained-glass windows of the cathedral. The main floor also has a dining area, a living room and a gym. Upstairs, the master bedroom has a street-side terrace and a second patio overlooking the pool. The en-suite bathroom has a shower and a bidet; the other two bedrooms also have en-suite bathrooms.

The house is within walking distance of the open-air market in the town square. The shores of Lake Cocibolca (also called Lake Nicaragua) border the city. The house is about an hour’s drive from the international airport in Managua. The popular beach town of San Juan del Sur is an hour and a half away.

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