Matagalpa
About 120,000 people.
Matagalpa is a cool mountain city surrounded by green hills and coffee farms. It is often called the Pearl of the North for its lovely scenery.
You can tour a coffee farm and see how beans are grown, hike misty cloud forests full of birds, and enjoy the cooler mountain weather.
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Coffee
The green hills around Matagalpa grow some of Nicaragua's finest coffee.
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Cloud forest
Nearby nature reserves are full of misty forests, waterfalls, and colorful birds.