Guatemala Archive

The 3 Best Guatemala City Luxury Hotels

Some capital cities in Latin America have so many high-end hotels that we have trouble keeping up with them. In others your choice of where to stay is much simpler because there are only a few to choose from. With our latest addition to the reviews, we’ve gone from only having two in Guatemala’s capital [&hellip

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Take a Tour of Two Outstanding Lake Atitlan Hotels

We recently visited one of our favorite places in Central America, Lake Atitlan, and the only downside was that the visit was too short this time. We spent a couple of nights at the newest resort on the lake, the lovely Kula Maya, then traveled by boat to one we hadn’t been inside of for [&hellip

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A Rum Lovers’ Lounge at the Guatemala City Airport

Imagine rolling into the airport lounge before your flight and instead of the bottom-shelf liquor, cheap wine, and bad beer you’ll find included in U.S. lounges, you get to sip the best rum in the world instead. It’s not a dream: that’s the setting of the Ron Zacapa Casa de Ron in the Guatemala City [&hellip

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Central America Cruises – the Definitive Guide

On this blog about luxury travel in Latin America, we talk a lot about hotels, tours, and real estate, but only occasionally touch on cruise ships. Part of that is because cruising is not as prevalent in the Americas once you get south of Mexico and the Caribbean. There are Central America cruises out there [&hellip

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The Ruined Churches of Antigua, Guatemala

The historic city of Antigua, Guatemala is one of the country’s tourism gems, a popular spot for vacationers and expats alike. The ruined churches of Antigua stand as testaments to centuries of shaking ground, however, in a major earthquake zone in Central America… When the windows rattled and I felt the floor moving underneath me, [&hellip

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The Best Central America Luxury Travel Locations

Finding the best Central America luxury travel locations isn’t as difficult as it can be in a much larger geographic area, or even a single country like Mexico or Argentina. All of Central America could easily fit into one of those two countries and you could drive from one end of any of them to [&hellip

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