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León & Cerro Negro

A grand colonial city beside Central America’s youngest volcano, where travelers "volcano-board" the black ash slopes.

León is a grand, intellectual colonial city with the largest cathedral in Central America and a fierce revolutionary history.

Just outside town, Cerro Negro — the youngest volcano in Central America — is where travellers hike up the black ash cone and “volcano-board” back down.

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