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Surfing in Popoyo, Nicaragua
Popoyo, the nearest town, 2 km away. Photo: Dylan Wooters, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Popoyo

Surf and kitesurf town · Nicaragua

Score a trip to Popoyo

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Beds: 24 places

24 places to stay within 2 km.

Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.

Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).

All 24 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 10 places in 2 sports

Surf · this week

  • Hongo Reef · about 25 min by car · stays in Las Salinas

    80 out of 100
  • Playa Amarillo · about 25 min by car · stays in Las Salinas

    79 out of 100
  • Pie De Gigante Point · about 25 min by car · stays in Las Salinas

    78 out of 100
  • Santana · about 15 min by car · stays in El Limon

    78 out of 100
  • Colorado · about 20 min by car · stays in Las Salinas

    77 out of 100
  • Astillero · about 10 min by car · stays in El Astillero

    76 out of 100
  • Chacocente · about 20 min by car · stays in El Astillero

    76 out of 100
  • Playa Guasacate · about 5 min by car · stays in Guasacate

    74 out of 100
All 9 surf spots
  • Popoyo · about 5 min by car

    74 out of 100

Kitesurf · this week

  • Popoyo · 8.9 km · stays here

    0 out of 100

Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Popoyo.

Places to eat

6 near Popoyo

Places to eat near Popoyo

  • La Vaca LocaBreakfast and brunch · 1.6 km from the centre
  • Dutchy's Deli1.8 km from the centre
  • Taquería El Guajilloin the centre
  • Guasacafé - Nicaragua0.2 km from the centre
  • Resto-bar Nica Vibe0.4 km from the centre
  • Xalli restaurante1.4 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Map

the town and every place near it

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 20 km from Popoyo.

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About Popoyo

where it is, what is near

Popoyo is a town in Rivas Department, Nicaragua.

From Popoyo you can reach 9 surf spots and 1 kitesurf spot.

The nearest is Playa Guasacate, a surf spot 0.8 km from the centre.

Overture lists 24 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.

The nearest airport is Augusto C. Sandino (Managua) International Airport (MGA), 74 km away.

In Rivas Department · Nicaragua

  • 24 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Augusto C. Sandino (Managua) International Airport (MGA), 74 km, Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR), 117 km, Nosara Airport (NOB), 174 km

Forecast updated . Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).