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...and sometimes rainy, or bright and sunny with marvelous clear mountain air. Guatemala’s most impressive festival of Indian traditions, the national folklore festival of...

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...Hwy 17) leaves the Carr al Atlántico at El Rancho, 84km from Guatemala City. It heads west through a dry, desert-like lowland area, then...

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...them from March to June. If you’re really keen to see Guatemala’s national bird in the wild, contact Proyecto EcoQuetzal in Cobán.It...

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...local Ixil Maya people, though they suffered perhaps more than anybody in Guatemala’s civil war and are still very impoverished, cling proudly to many...

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Quite unlike anywhere else in Guatemala, this largely Garífuna town is fascinating in itself, but also an attraction...

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Guatemala’s most dramatic region – the highlands – stretch from Antigua to the Mexican...

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Guatemala’s most dramatic region – the Highlands – stretches from Antigua to the Mexican...

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The coastal area around Monterrico is a totally different Guatemala. Life here is steeped with a sultry, tropical flavor – it’s a...

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...more mountainous and generally less frequented by tourists than regions closer to Guatemala City. The scenery here is incredibly beautiful, and the indigenous culture vibrant...

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...Chichicastenango can seem isolated in time and space from the rest of Guatemala. When its narrow cobbled streets and red-tiled roofs are enveloped in...

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Guatemala’s largest lake, to the north of the Carr al Atlántico, is...

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...al Atlántico. It is a major market town for all of eastern Guatemala, with lots of daily buying and selling activity. For travelers it’s...

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...untouched. The Garífuna enclave of Lívingston shows a whole other side to Guatemala and the little-visited ruins at Quiriguá have some of the finest...

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...owned vast plantations in the Motagua valley and many other parts of Guatemala. The company built railways to ship its produce to the coast, and...

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...itional and close-knit but friendly community. Todos Santos suffered terribly during Guatemala’s civil war and is still very poor. To supplement their subsistence...

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...or from Mexico – the logical place to spend your first night in Guatemala. The town is also the perfect staging area for forays deeper into...

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The prettiest, most popular natural spa in Guatemala is Fuentes Georginas (admission US$2.50; 8am-5pm Mon-Sat, 8am...

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...still very finely done. When these ‘Mexicans’ settled in this pocket of Guatemala, and where they came from, is not known, though connections with Mexico...

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...on the El Salvador border. The 250km from Ciudad Tecún Umán to Guatemala City can be covered in five hours by bus – much less than...

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Quetzaltenango, which the locals kindly shorten to Xela (shell-ah), itself an abbreviation of the original Quiché Maya name, Xelajú, may well be the perfect Guatemalan town – not too big, not too smal...

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Capital of the department of the same name, Zacapa is just east of Hwy 10 a few kilo­meters south of Estanzuela. This town offers little to travelers, though the locals do make cheese, cigars and supe...

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San Miguel Totonicapán is a pretty Guatemalan highland town known for its artisans. Shoemakers, weavers, tinsmiths, potters and woodworkers all make and sell their goods here. Market days are Tuesday ...

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