The City
Most things of interest to visitors lie within a relatively small area of the city around the shady and pleasant Parque Central , with its pools of terrapins and a slumberous-looking caiman or two. The unremarkable whitewashed and powder-blue Cathedral sits on the southeast corner, diagonally opposite the Gran Hotel Paris . Running north from the Parque almost to the seafront, Av San Isidro, Av Atlantida and Av 14 de Julio form the main commercial district, lined with shops, banks and a couple of supermarkets. It's worth a look around the bustling main general market which sprawls along the streets around the decrepit old wooden, market building on Av Atlantida. For a more sanitized shopping experience, check out the vast new Megaplaza mall on the southern outskirts of town, where there's also a cinema, supermarket and restaurants. Night action takes place along 1 C , which runs parallel to the seafront. Nicknamed the "Zona Viva" due to its preponderance of bars and clubs, 1 C extends west from the old dock and over the river estuary into Barrio La Isla , a quieter residential district, mainly home to Garifuna, once it leaves the seafront. All the beaches within the city limits are, sadly, too polluted and dirty for even the most desperate to want to brave the rough water. Better by far is to head east to the much cleaner beaches a few kilometres out of town.
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