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Extract from the Masaya Travel Guides:
Set between the Managua-Granada Highway and the hulking form of Volcn Masaya,
MASAYA
's stirring geography would make it an attractive town to visit even if it weren't also the centre of Nicaragua's artesana production and home to two colourful
crafts markets
. These are of quite recent provenance - only during the Sandinista years did Masaya and the Pueblos Blancos develop their crafts tradition into a marketable commodity - but Masaya is now by far the best place in the country to buy hammocks, rocking chairs, traditional clothing, shoes and other souvenirs. Many of the crafts on sale came originally from the indigen... read the whole Masaya Travel Guides...
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