If you’re the sort of traveller who seeks out real gems, you’ll find the Hotel Los Robles could be the perfect antidote to huge, impersonal hotels with miles of silent corridors that are differentiated only by the numbers on their doors. Los Robles is stylishly quaint, with coloured steps leading to a red tiled entrance porch, flanked by ornate window grills. Inside is at atmosphere of coolness and calm and charm – aided by original wooden furnishings, white walls and stone floors. At the back of the hotel is a secluded pool with a thatched bar and walled garden

So it may come as something of a surprise to remember that this particular gem is to be found in downtown Managua – conveniently close to just about everywhere.