Popular summer destinations in Guatemala.
Let’s be honest. The most popular destinations don’t change much year by year. But, we’ll let you into a secret…The top 10 most popular places in Guatemala searched for summer vacation at the moment are:
- Tikal, Mayan Ruins:
Tikal is a large excavated site in Guatemala, where you will find the most fascinating archeological remains of the ancient Maya Civilization.
The first day you will have enough time to discover “Flores” The old part of the city is located on an island on Lake Petén Itza, connected to the mainland by a short causeway. On the mainland is the suburb Santa Elena and, to the West, a contiguous municipality San Benito.
Second day you may be ready for the adventure to discover Tikal, national Park. A shuttle service from you hotel to the reserve, a English, French or Spanish speaking guide to explain you all history, culture and actuality of this site.
Tikal that survived ten centuries of rich history and ten centuries of desolation. We invite you to fly over these incredible monuments of ancient civilization, witness their strength, and imagine many treasures yet to be discovered by Tikal explorers!
- Lanquin And Semuc Champey:
As a painting coming from nature, where the extraordinary landscape that offers this natural limestone bridges with manantials and natural pools reflect the turquoise water flowing tall river….
Semuc Champey is a series of limestone bridges and caves that snakes through Guatemala, tying in with the Cabahón River. When you combine the limestone and the river, you have a series of tiered pools that look like something out of a fairy tale. Semuc Champey is not an easy place to get to, it’s isolated.
- Antigua Guatemala :
Antigua, as it is knowing, is a city in the central highlands of Guatemala famous for its well-preserved Spanish Baroque-influenced architecture as well as a number of ruins of colonial churches. It served as the capital of the Kingdom of Guatemala.
But, is not only architecture that you are going to find there, nature is another reason to visit Antigua Guatemala.
First day you will enjoy and lean a lot of history, culture and traditions with our city tour.
Guatemala is blessed with a diverse and natural landscape with 28 volcanoes that form the backbone of the Guatemalan Highlands. Three of them are located over the city of Antigua Guatemala. Volcanoes: Agua, Fuego and Acatenango. Pacaya Volcano is right in our backyard as well.
- Lake Atitlan, the most beautiful lake in the world:
Imagine an immense lake, sparkling in the sunlight, surrounded by mountains and volcanoes covered with blooming wildflowers.
Panajachel (or Pana, as it is knowing) is the town that most tourists visit. It is a very comfortable place to just hang out and you can usually get whatever you need there.
- Quetzaltenango or Xela:
Visiting Xela you will have the best immersion on Spanish courses as a second language.
Quetzaltenango is the second largest city in Guatemala. Since Xela does not have the constant influx of tourists like the other places aforementioned, it is considered by many an excellent location to study Spanish by immersing yourself in the Guatemalan Culture.
- Hot Springs:
Mineral waters and hot springs , for sure this is the original spas because it have been an important part of stress-relief and healing in many cultures for thousands of years, especially in Mayan culture, where people use them as a natural therapy and medicine. Fuentes Georginas with therapeutic hot springs grew into popular destinations for holiday, relax and medicine treatments.
The health benefits of mineral-rich, hot springs have been well documented over the years. From early Mayan peoples to current day health enthusiasts, Hot Springs around Guatemala are famous for their healing attributes. While stress is relieved by the natural heat, the minerals absorbed through the skin rejuvenate the body.
- Chicabal Lagoon and Volcano:
The Chicabal volcano and lake are considered to be one of the most sacred ecological sites in the Mayan Cosmo vision. They are used for carrying out rituals and ceremonies, especially praying for rain. This picturesque volcano mixes Mayan-Mam spirituality and stunning mountain scenery with the mysterious lake in the crater of the volcano and its mystical cloud forest. On arriving at the site you can see birds such as the Quetzal and many other species of great importance to the national fauna.
- Monterrico Beach:
The coastal area around Monterrico is a totally different Guatemala. Life here is steeped with a sultry, tropical flavor, with rustic wooden-slat and thatched-roofed architecture and awesome volcanoes that shimmer in the country.
Monterrico is a coastal village with a few small, hotels right on the beach, a large wildlife reserve and two centers for the hatching and release of sea turtles and caimans. The beach here is dramatic, with powerful surf crashing onto black volcanic sand at odd angles.
- Sipacate beach:
The feeling the sea breeze, the sound of the waves, causing a moment of relaxation is what all of us deserve.
- Waterfalls La Igualdad
The community of Tocache in the area of La Igualdad is tucked in the foothills of Tajumulco, Central America’s tallest volcano, and surrounded by a dense and little-explored forest that features a beautiful climate and unique local flora and fauna that make the trek to the waterfalls a mystical experience. The waterfalls themselves reach approximately 187 meters – over 600 feet – into the sky, which puts them among the tallest waterfalls not only in Guatemala but in all of Central America.
I can you give you many more reasons to travel to Guatemala but I suggest you contact Travel & Health Guatemala to find out more.
We organize everything and will be with you throughout your adventure in order to make sure you have the best time possible. Transportation, accommodation, Guatemalan food, Spanish, activities and much more.
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