El Tamarindón

El Tamarindón is a huge tree where Adiáct, cacique (chief) of the Subtiava tribe during the Spanish conquest, was unceremoniously hung so his people would see him as weak. It didn't work, and today 'The Big Tamarindo' is a rallying point for indigenous locals, who placed a plaque there in 2003 that declares 'This tree was the cross of he who is our light,' and they sure as heck weren't talking about Jesus. There are a few benches underneath and a market every third Sunday in April.

It's a solid 20-minute walk or a taxi ride to Subtiava from the León cathedral, or you can take one of the covered trucks plying the streets. Catch a Subtiava-bound truck at the southwest corner of the parque central (in front of Sandinista headquarters) and yell 'Catedral Subtiava' as they haul you inside, probably while the truck is still moving. Hang on!