The Hotel Granada de Nicaragua, built in 1976, is the biggest hotel in the city with a total area of 14,782 square meters. Since its beginning, this hotel has been the forerunner of tourism in the city of Granada and was the property of the family Lopez-Cisneros for  over 20 years. However, in May of the year 2005, the well-known Hotel Granada was acquired by the hotel chain Campos Boutique Hotel's whose main office is in the city of New York. From that time on, all the areas of the hotel have been remodeled to highlight the colonial style and the elegance that distinguishes it , but we also offer all the modern facilities  of a  Hotel Boutique.

With an unbeatable location in front of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Church, the Hotel Granada has the privilege of being within 3 blocks from the historic center of the city and 2 blocks from the Gran Lago de Nicaragua. This hotel is distinguished by the comfort, peacefulness and the professional level of its staff.

The city of Granada was founded by the Spanish conqueror Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba in 1524 between Xalteva(Jalteva) and the Cocibolca or Gran Lago de Nicaragua, and became one of the oldest  colonial settlements in Central America.

During the colonial period, Granada became one of the most important commercial harbors in Central America. In this same period  the Plaza Mayor and Plaza de los Poderes began to be built in the center of the city , at the beginning under strict standards due to the  urban Spanish architectural tradition.

The increase in commerce through the Gran Lago and San Juan River and the rivalries between Spain and England, and  The Netherlands and France brought about at least 3 pirate attacks that destroyed Granada. So, in June 1665 Jean David, a Jamaican pirate attacked and plundered Granada , which made almost no resistance.

On November 22 1856, under the orders of William Walker, the filibuster Henningsen set fire to Granada causing huge damages to the buildings. Walker's army, before withdrawing from Granada, wrote these words "Here was Granada" (Aquí fue Granada). After the National War, Granada began to be rebuilt and became the political capital until 1893, when it lost its political hegemony caused by the Liberal Revolution of  the General Jose Santos Zelaya.

In the XX century the city has had other kind of development. It continued with its industrial and  commercial activities, lost its political hegemony, but it did not lose the characteristic  of an old colonial and neo-classic city. At the beginning of the XX century, Granada was considered the richest city in Nicaragua. In the following years, It has been working on saving and keeping its historic center which not only shows the achievements of many managers, artists, businessmen and famous people, but the desire of  preservation , for the future, of  the city of Granada---- a treasure and cultural patrimony.