Best Travel Destinations - Guatemala
Monterrico is situated on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala about 100 miles south of Guatemala City, the country’s capital. The sprawling black sand beaches are lined with inexpensive, brightly painted hostels (a hammock on the beach can be rented for a few bucks per night) and bars. In recent years Monterrico in Guatemala has become a mecca for backpackers and adventure seekers from around the world. The beaches of Monterrico have another frequent visitor that has become a far less common sight due to the fishing industry and an increasing population with a demand for a traditional, local delicacy. Sea turtles once came to these beaches by the thousands to lay their eggs from June to October. Sea turtle eggs are harvested along both the ...
Lying in the heart of the jungle region of Peten, in Northern Guatemala, Tikal offers a mystical journey into Mesoamerican history to the time of the great Mayan civilization. Tikal is the largest known archaeological site in Central America, spanning sixteen kilometers squared, and it contains some three thousand structures, most of which still lie uncovered in the dense jungle. Tikal became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1979, and has since become a national park and popular destination for travellers. At the heart of Tikal National Park, which spans about 570 square kilometers, is the Tikal epicenter which archaeologists have discovered was the capital of the most powerful Mayan state. The site dates back as early as the 4th Century B.C. but archaeological evidence ...
If you’ve had a bad year and want to set things right, then Guatemala’s Burning Devil Festival (Quema del Diablo), may appeal to you. Held annually on December 7, in Antigua, and other regional centres, at exactly 6pm an effigy of the Devil is set alight to represent the purging of evil. Originating in colonial times Quema del Diablo is done in preparation for the Feast of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, the patron saint of Guatemala. In those times, people who could afford it, adorned the fronts of their houses with lanterns, but eventually, the poor who could not afford lanterns began piling all the year’s rubbish in the front of their houses. Over time, it was formalized and individuals started burning garbage ...
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