Do I need to own a car in Managua, Nicaragua?
Kent Payne
In the city of Managua, you can either have your own car, take a taxi, or take a bus. (Please see the other answers for what its like to take a taxi or a bus.) Most of the expats who live in Managua prefer to have their own car. Pretty much everyone living at Gran Pacifica (out at the beach, about an hour from the center of the city of Managua) has a car and doesn’t rely on a bus or take a taxi on an everyday basis.
...
In the city of Managua, you can either have your own car, take a taxi, or take a bus. (Please see the other answers for what its like to take a taxi or a bus.) Most of the expats who live in Managua prefer to have their own car. Pretty much everyone living at Gran Pacifica (out at the beach, about an hour from the center of the city of Managua) has a car and doesn’t rely on a bus or take a taxi on an everyday basis.
I have been working on some ideas of having a Zipcar type of service where we have a co-op, but so far everyone wants me to fund it and I haven’t. It is a great idea but we don’t have any takers, so we’ll see what happens.
Posted September 5, 2014
Margit Streifeneder - RetirePedia
We didn't have a car for the first 2.5 years we lived in Managua. I had a trustworthy and very reliable taxi driver with whom I organized most of my trips in Managua. We also used the Mini Express buses to get into town and to travel to Masaya, Granada or León. While it is possible to get along without a car, it's far easier when you have one. Especially if you want to go out at night it can be difficult to get transportation, at least when you live in...
We didn't have a car for the first 2.5 years we lived in Managua. I had a trustworthy and very reliable taxi driver with whom I organized most of my trips in Managua. We also used the Mini Express buses to get into town and to travel to Masaya, Granada or León. While it is possible to get along without a car, it's far easier when you have one. Especially if you want to go out at night it can be difficult to get transportation, at least when you live in Carretera Sur, as we do. Despite offering to pay a premium, I sometimes could not find a taxi driver to pick me up from my house in the evening and take me to town. Getting back home from town is easier.
(Bell tower of the Basilica Catedral de la Asuncion, Leon, Nicaragua, pictured.)
Posted August 13, 2015
Alan Makurat
You don't have to own a car if you live in Managua, but it is much easier if you do. And if you don't want to drive in Managua it is possible to hire drivers to do that for you. If hiring a driver (use only someone recommended to you by a trusted person) you can expect to pay about 200 Cordoba for the day (a little over US $7.) (Suzuki Samurai in Managua, Nicaragua, pictured.)
You don't have to own a car if you live in Managua, but it is much easier if you do. And if you don't want to drive in Managua it is possible to hire drivers to do that for you. If hiring a driver (use only someone recommended to you by a trusted person) you can expect to pay about 200 Cordoba for the day (a little over US $7.) (Suzuki Samurai in Managua, Nicaragua, pictured.)
Posted January 17, 2016