Send Flowers to León, Nicaragua

León is Nicaragua's university city and its intellectual capital, a hot, proud colonial town of churches, murals and poets. Rubén Darío grew up here and is buried in the cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage site whose white rooftop can be walked. The national university, UNAN-León, fills the centre with students from every department, while the old indigenous quarter of Sutiaba keeps its own church and traditions on the western side.

León is also the birthplace of La Gritería. On the evening of 7 December families set up altars to the Virgin Mary, decorated with flowers and lights, and neighbours go from door to door singing; a smaller Gritería Chiquita follows on 14 August. Flowers for these altars, for graduations, for Mother's Day on 30 May and for patients at the city's teaching hospital are the most common requests for flower delivery in León.

A florist in the city makes each arrangement by hand and takes it to colonial houses, student lodgings, offices and hotels. Orders received before 11:00 am local time are delivered the same day, Monday to Saturday, and later orders the next day, never on Sunday. León is among the hottest cities in the country, so choose a time when someone is home to receive the flowers.

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