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Ocean Home | Coastal Openings

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Coastal Openings

January 28, 2013 by · Leave a Comment 
Secret Retreat – Boutique luxury debuts in Nicaragua
The first luxury boutique hotel in Nicaragua opens in February at Guacalito de la Isla, a 1,670-acre, $250 million low-density private beach community created by Nicaraguan entrepreneur Don Carlos Pellas. Located on a four-mile white sand beach on Nicaragua’s Emerald Coast, Mukul Luxury Resort & Spa features 37 freestanding accommodations, with ocean views, pools, and private staffs.
The Emerald Coast is a 30-mile stretch of Pacific shoreline dotted with jungles, cliffs, fishing villages, and untouched beaches. Mukul Luxury Resort & Spa sits directly on the beach and encompasses more than 1,600 private acres of lush vegetation. Facilities include Spa Mukul, a beach club, a swimming pool, nature trails, and the 18-hole Guacalito Golf Course.
Spa Mukul comprises six spas in one location. Guests can reserve a spa casita for several hours, during which they can enjoy a series of treatments, then relax in its private garden, which features shaded lounging areas and a monsoon shower.
The open-air Mukul Luxury Resort & Spa Beach Club allows guests to enjoy tastings of rare Flor de Caña rums in the split-level lounge, as well as lunch and dinner at the Beach Terrace Grill or Mukul Restaurant. Much of the food will be locally sourced from the resort’s organic farm, daily catches by local fishermen, and grass-fed Nicaraguan cattle. The beach club also features a lounging area, swimming pool, and kids’ area. A casita by the beach provides surfboards, paddleboards, snorkel gear, and kayaks.
The first luxury property in the country, Mukul, the Mayan word for “secret,” is an eco-friendly paradise ready to be discovered. Real estate opportunities are also available at Guacalito de la Isla.

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Where to Go in 2013: Travel Agents’ Edition | AFAR.com

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Nicaragua
Nicaragua certainly deserves to be noted as an up-and-coming destination for 2013, especially thanks to entrepreneur Carlos Pellas and his new luxury Mukul Resort and Spa. Nicaragua offers a diversity of virtually untapped adventure, the splendor of hiking volcanos, canopy tours and zip-lines, biking, scuba, and the best surfing in Central America. Plus, easy access from the United States. Enjoy Lake Nicaragua, with numerous fresh-water islands and views of Mombacho Volcano, howler monkeys, and an abundance of  tropical birds. Visit the colorful colonial city of Granada, dating back to 1524, with immaculate, colorful historical buildings. —Susan Sparks, Points of Interest Travel/Brownell Travel

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9 Most-Anticipated Hotel Openings in 2013 | Travel News from Fodor’s Travel Guides

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Mukul Luxury Resort & Spa

Rivas, Nicaragua
Opening Date: February 2013
Details: Enough with the rustic eco-lodges. Soon travelers to Nicaragua will have a premium option: the country’s first boutique hotel, with a dozen beachfront villas. Mukal Resort, along Nicaragua’s Emerald Coast, will have all the bells and whistles of luxury lodging, including a spa (where all massage treatments use a locally grown blend of organic therapeutic herbs and plants) that includes a hammam, “healing hut,” rainforest setting, and a two-story crystal casita (with crystal singing bowls and a gemstone bath). Lodging is in beach villas with chandeliers crafted from mussel shells, or private homes or the penultimate: a 20,000-square-foot oceanfront compound (Casona Don Carlos).

Little chair <…> silla pequeña

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As I was wondering through the backwoods of Los Cerros, Rivas (near the Nicaragua tourism area known as Tola), I saw this little wooden chair, typically called a ‘grandmother’ chair here in Nicaragua.  This one was special though cause it was not ‘grandmother’ size but rather granddaughter size.

Mientras vagaba por la selva de Los Cerros, Rivas (cerca del tremendo lugar de turismo en Nicaragua que se llama Tola), vi esta silla de madera, típicamente conocida como una ‘abuelita’ en Nicaragua.  Sin embargo, esta era especial porque no era del tamaño ‘abuelita’ sino de nietacita.

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Tip Top Nicaragua

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Tip Tip, a local fast food chain in Nicaragua specializing in fried chicken, has received a lot of bad press lately, especially with the Matagalpa worm scandal.  However, being objective, Tip Top has a lot going for it.  A recent trip to the Tip Top in Rivas netted the following: a breaded chicken breast with tomatoes, lettuce and ranch dressing wrapped up in a wheat tortilla.  It comes with an order of french fries (ask them to bring them hot) and a drink for C$76 ($3.27).  It was quite tasty and yes, I would repeat it.  Oh yeah, and I washed it down with a caramel flavored coffee frappe (C$45). 

Tip Top, una cadena de comida rápida de Nicaragua especializando en pollo frito, ha recibido un montón de prensa mala últimamente, especialmente con el escándalo de los gusanos en Matagalpa.  Sin embargo, con miras a ser objetivo, Tip Top tiene muchas cosas buenas y un modelo de negocio exitoso.  En una visita reciente al Tip Top de Rivas, me comí lo siguiente: una pechuga panizada junto con tomates, lechuga y un aderezo ‘ranch’ envuelto en una tortilla de harina.  Te lo sirven con papas fritas (pedílas calientes) y una bebida por C$76 ($3.27).  Estuvo rico y sí, lo volvería a pedir.  Ahh, a propósito terminé de comer con ese café frappé de sabor caramelo (C$45).

San Jorge Ferry–Moyogalpa, Ometepe

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We hopped on the Milton Arcia Ferry (leaves San Jorge at 10:30 a.m. and arrives at around 12:00 noon).  A personal vehicle costs C$420 ($18) and each passenger costs C$70 ($3).  It’s always an adventure crossing the great Cocibolca but this time that water was fairly calm and emerald green.

Nos montamos en el ferry Milton Arcia (salida de San Jorge a las 10:30 a.m. y llegada a Moyogalpa a las 12:00 m.)  Un vehículo personal cuesta C$420 ($18) y cada pasajero paga C$70 ($3).  Es siempre una aventura cruzar el Gran Cocibolca pero esta vez el agua estaba bastante calma y verde como esmeraldas.

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