Useful contacts in Nicaragua

International Living's Nicaragua Rolodex

Architect and Builder

Attorney

Business and Investment

Embassies and Consulates

Guides

Health Insurance

Hotels and Guesthouses

Maps

Realtors and Buyer's Agents

Title Insurance

Tourism Investment

Travel Arrangements

Travel Insurance

Architect and Builder

Silvio Lacayo; tel. (505) 266-4649, 277-2232, fax 266-2611.

Attorneys

Dr. Emelio Barrios, Barrios and Associates; Calle Seductor, Los Robles 2da. Etapa, P.O. Box 4874, Managua, Nicaragua; tel. (505) 278-0019 ext. 217, fax 278-6576; email: barrios@ibw.com.ni.

Emiliano Jarquin Ocon or Terencio Garcia Montenegro, Zurcher, Montoya & Zurcher; Edeficio Delta, Km. 5 Carretera a Masaya, Modulo 11, Managua, Nicaragua; tel. (505) 270-2566 or 278-3763, fax 270-4574; email: ejarquin@munditel.com.ni or tours@internationalliving.com.

Business and Investment

U.S. Embassy Managua, Commercial Section; Unit 2703 Box 2, APO AA 34021; tel. (505) 266-6010 ext. 4641, fax 266-9056; email: usbusiness@amemb.org.ni.

Nicaraguan American Chamber of Commerce in Miami; 444 Brickell Avenue, Suite 51-168, Miami, FL 33131; tel. (305) 448-2495, fax 375-0362.

Corporacion de Zona Francas; Km. 12-1/2 Carretera Norte, Managua; tel. (505) 263-1530, fax 263-1700.

Centro de Exportaciones e Inversiones; Del Hotel Intercontinental, 2c. al sur, 1c. abajo, 1c. al sur, Managua; tel. (505) 268-3860, 268-1064, fax 268-1063.

Olof Palme Convention Center Managua; tel. (505) 228-1037, fax 222-5423.

Embassies and Consulates

Embassy of Nicaragua, Consular Services; 1627 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20009; tel. (202) 939-6570; fax (202) 939-6542.

Consulate General of Nicaragua (Los Angeles); 2500 Wilshire Bl., Suite 915, Los Angeles, CA 90057; tel. (213) 252-1170.

Consulate General of Nicaragua (Miami); 8370 W. Flager St., Suite 220, Miami, FL 33144; tel. (305) 220-6900.

Consulate General of Nicaragua (New Orleans); World Trade Center, 2 Canal St., Suite 1937, New Orleans, LA 70130; tel. (504) 523-1507.

Consulate General of Nicaragua (New York); 820 Second Av., Suite 802, New York, NY 10017; tel. (212) 344-4491.

Honorary Consul of Nicaragua (Pittsburgh); Miles, Inc. Building 4, Mobay Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15205; tel. (412) 777-2000.

Consulate General of Nicaragua(Houstan); 6300 Hillcroft, Suite 470, Houston, TX 77081; tel. (713) 272-9628.

Embassy of the United States in Nicaragua; APO AA 34021; tel. (505) 266-6010, ext. 4641, fax 266-9056.

Guides

International Living's Discovery Tours; tel. (800) 926-6575 or (561)243-6276, fax 278-8765; email: tours@internationalliving.com; website: www.ildiscoverytours.com.

Ivette Fishing in San Juan del Sur; tel. (505) 0458-2104; email: fishing@ibw.com.ni.

"Porky" (Osmond Wells) in Bluefields; tel. (505) 822-1291.

Careli Tours for help throughout the country, ask for Juan Carlos Mendoza or Henry Sequeira; tel. (505) 278-2572, fax 278-2574; email: info@carelitours.com

Health Insurance

Expacare International Health; tel. in England (44) 1483-717-800.

Goodhealth Worldwide Ltd; tel. in England (44) 1403-230-000.

IHI Danmark; tel. in Denmark (45) 33-15-30-99.

Hotels and Guesthouses

Camino Real in Managua; tel. (505) 263-1381, fax 263-1380.

Inter-Continental in Managua; tel. (505) 228-3530/3539, fax 228-5208.

Norome at Lake Apoyo; tel. (505)882-4816, fax 249-4360, website: www.norome.com

Montelimar Resort on the Pacific Coast; tel. (505)269-6769, fax 269-7669.

Nicarao Lake Resort on La Ceiba Island in Lake Nicaragua; tel. (505)228-1316 or 1317, fax 222-2706 email: nlr@ns.tmx.com.ni.

Hotel Colonial in Granada, call tel. (505)552-7299.

Hotel Alhambra in Granada, tel. (505)552-4486/6316, fax 552-2035.

Hotel Casablanca in San Juan del Sur, tel. (505)458-2135
email: casablan@ibw.com.ni.

Hotel Villa Isabella in San Juan del Sur, tel. (505)458-2568
e-mail: villaisabella@aol.com.

Tia Irene's, in Bluefields; tel. (505)822-0120, fax 822-2143.

Hotel Paraiso, on Big Corn Island; tel. (505)285-5111, fax 285-5125.

Casa Iguana on Little Corn Island; from the United States call Larry Knutson; tel. (717)677-0947; email: catgran@iname.com; website: www.casaiguana.net.

University of Mobile Hotel in Jinotepe; tel. (505-4)12-2026, fax 12-3512.

Rancho Santana, on Nicaragua's Pacific coast; tel. (505)863-2570; website: www.ranchosantana.com

Maps

International Travel Maps, 345 West Broadway, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V5Y 1P8; tel. (604)879-3621, fax (604)879-4521; email: order@itmb.com; website: www.itmb.com

Real Estate

International Living's Nicaragua Office ,  Granada, Nicaragua, e-mail: Nicaragua@InternationalLiving.com.

Rancho Santana, Pacific coast of Nicaragua, website: www.ranchosantana.com.

Norome Villas, Lake Apoyo, Nicaragua, website: www.norome.com.

Title insurance

Turalu Brady Murdock, First American Title Insurance Company, Caribbean - Central American Operations, 268 Ponce de Leon Ave., Suite 1406, San Juan, PR 00918; tel. (787)641-6767, tel. toll free from the U.S. (877)641-6767, fax (787)641-6768; e-mail: tmurdock@firstam.com.

Tourism investment

Martha Luz G. de Barrios or Carlos Harding, Resp. de Inversiones, Instituto Nicaraguense de Tourismo, Apartado Postal 5088, Managua, Nicaragua; tel. (505)222-4334, fax 222-6610; e-mail: inversion@intur.gob.ni.

Travel arrangements

Agora Travel and International Living Discovery Tours, Barbara Perriello and staff; tel. (800)926-6575 or (561)243-6276, fax 278-8765; e-mail: tours@internationalliving.com; website: www.ildiscoverytours.com.

Travel insurance

Universal Travel Protection Inc, 1133 15th St. N.W., Suite 400, Washington, DC 20077-2186; tel. (888)795-1561, fax (877)322-5021; website: www.utravelpro.com.