Some Useful Guatemala Hotel and City Information
Last updated 04/14/08
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There is no effort here to list a lot of hotels, just ones that look interesting or inexpensive for the off the beaten
path traveler. As for availability, just showing up and actually seeing a room and selecting it is usually the best way
to pick one, except sometimes around holidays or in January or February, but see below to have a feel for what is there. It is also fun to dream about that next possible trip and look over some websites in the process. To find a website
dealing with the city or area, click on info for that name if there is a link.
This will at no point be a comprehensive list. I will list hotels that are inexpensive and good or have some particular asset or charm to them. Being online, having a common kitchen and being inexpensive or affordable almost certainly merits inclusion here. I have decided to begin prioritizing hotels that include drinking water, because such places help
travelers limit leaving a trail of disposable water bottles.
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Ashanti's Place looks nice, provides water and has kitchen access. Be sure to have
the address written out for cabbies who don't know where it is.
Black Cat Hostel looks quite livable.
Hostal El Montañes looks fine.
The Jungle Party Hostel even sounds noisy.
Posada la Merced looks good for a splurge and has a kitchen.
For a change of pace outside Antigua,
Earth Lodge sounds interesting.
Looking for a long term rental for a house or apartment there?
Chimaltenango
Chiquimula
Hotel Estancia El Virgen had an empty pool when we stayed there in 2005 and was not terribly friendly.
Cobán
www.infocoban.com en Español
also has descriptions of smaller municipalities in the Verapaces.
Budget Hostal D'Acuña has e-mail.
Finca Chipantun is north Of Cobán.
Hotel Central is not online, but has affordable private rooms, water for guests and is right downtown.
1a. Calle 1-79 zona 1
Teléfono: (+502) 7952 1442
San Juan Matalbatz is friendly, nice and affordable (7951 0811)
Restaurant recommendation: Xkape Koban at Diagonal 4 is not far from the plaza. ,5-13, zona 2 for excellent comida típica
Near Cobán
San Juan Chamelco
See Petén Page
See a list of Apartment Hotels in Guate,
but most are without websites.
Some hotels in zonas 1 and 4.
(Use that link to access other zonas)
Zone 1
Hotel Capri looks nice, doesn't cost much and has a restaurant, so you don't have to go out at night.
Hotel Quality Service looks quite good and not expensive.
Hostal Don Pedro is not expensive.
Zone 9
Monthly stays at Armadillos Suites sound great. Monthly as of October, 2006, run $550 for an efficiency
for two at six different levels up to a regular apartment for up to four people at $1200.
Zone 10 (La Zona Viva)
Apartamentos Las Torres sounds quite nice for short stays.
Uxlabil has monthly rentals ranging from $500-$1000.
Also see description below
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Ten minutes from the airport, Xamanek Student Inn is quite nice, friendly, multi-lingual, provides drinking water and it is inexpensive. Best of all it is in the Zona Viva, where you reasonably can go out at night. There is a kitchen and drinking water for guest use and a good supermarket 3 1/2 blocks away. Although it in an area of expensive restaurants, there is an inexpensive one on the next parallel block over, and if desperation is in play, McDonald's is a block away. Following some excellent directions, I was able to walk to the Ixchél and Popul Vuh museums and to take a bus to the Mercado Central on another day. On another day, my wife and I walked to the Archaeological museum and the zoo. There is DSL Internet access included and you can make online phone calls anywhere for $.30 US a minute using Skype. If you don't qualify for the free shuttle, you could just walk out of the airport and cross the road to get a taxi for 30 Quetzal to take you there. You might even try for the 30 Q price at the airport first. If it is one of those few that use a meter, it will likely cost you the 25Q minimum. You should make a reservation, but you can do this via e-mail. There are five dorm rooms, but they add newcomers to empty rooms first, so unless it is crowded, you and your party will have a room to yourselves. There are also two private rooms. Be sure to have the actual street address on you in case the cab driver does not know where it is.
This place is great. I highly recommend it unless you are arriving late at night and are merely moving on the next day. Then the usual airport options are okay.
Dos Lunas Guest House is a budget B&B near the airport. However, I understand that breakfast is from 8-10 am, so anyone taking a flight early the next morning is out of luck. See directions to Dos Lunas
Hostal Los Volcanes. This one offers the usual breakfast after the flights to Flores leave, and free shuttle, water and Internet. Dorms $15, singles $20, doubles $30.
The Hotel Aeropuerto advertises being 150 yards away from the airport and charges from $35 a room for up to 3 persons and advertises 5 am breakfasts. Directions to Hotel Aeropuerto
Hotel Casablanca is a newcomer to the scene and I understand it charges $25 for a double. It looks quite nice and appears to be very close to the airport.
Patricia's B&B does an airport shuttle and charges $10 per person.
Casa de Familia seems a bit pricey, but could be useful if you have a late arrival and need to be at a bus station the next morning. |
Huehuetenango
Business
Directory (in Spanish)
Hotel List (some showing e-mail)
(The prices are right, but no email)
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Lake Atitlán Area
Lake Map Showing Village locations The Lake Atitlán Reference Guide is quite interesting and detailed about the Atitlán area. I could debate some of the author's emphases in general info about the Maya, but it looks like a great intro to the area. Apartment Rentals in Atitlán area ________________________________
Jaibalito Posada Jaibalito is in the village is inexpensive for short or long term stays in rooms or small houses..
See a long hotel list including nearby towns. See another. __________________ Economical online accommodations: Los Tarrales Reserve offers rooms, mountain biking and climbing and local hiking tours and is not very expensive. Search for a hotel.
San Marcos La Laguna Hotel Unicornio sounds great and has a common kitchen.
San Pedro La Laguna Finca Bosque is close to town and as of June 2007 is charging $20 per double with breakfast. It looks pretty good.
Santa Cruz la Laguna You can help the local children's library Arca de Noe is good, but the supper takes a long time with many courses, but it is not necessarily filling. La Iguana Perdida looks inexpensive there with higher end options as well and is a good place for happy hour. Hotel Isla Verde looks quite nice for the price. Casa Rosa is kind of expensive, but nice.
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Lanquín
This is the logical place to stay if you intend to spend
the night after seeing Semuc Champey.
Here is a good hotel list.
Many will recommend El Retiro, but it is a good walk from the village of Lanquín
Hospedaje El Centro is right downtown.
Posada Las Marias is about a KM from Semuc Champey, has a kitchen
and is right next to the river with rope swings, from which you can jump in.
Hotel List (scroll down a bit)
Hotel Ecológico Salvador Gaviota is inexpensive, has e-mail and sounds interesting.
Hotel Cafe del Sol looks nice, is not very expensive and has a pool.
Hotel El Caracol looks interesting and is inexpensive.
Johnnys' Place sounds highly affordable
and offers a daily shuttle from Antigua.
Media Luna Medio Sol Hostel also has private rooms, a kitchenette and is close to a restaurant.
See that Page.
Puerto Barrios
Quetzaltenango (see Xela) Here
Hotel Y Cafeteria El Eden
7947 8536
Posada de Quiriguá looks to be located one KM south of the KM 205 turnoff to Quiriguá.
Hotel Royale (specifically not recommended)
How to get to the Cancuén ruins.
This is a great stopover location for seeing the Cancuén ruins or for a stop if you
are heading to Semuc Champey from the north or want to head north after Lanquín.
Hotel El Amigo is a lot nicer and friendlier than you might expect in this dusty little town
or even in many places, has a pool and provides purified drinking water.
Hotel Cancuén seems a bit grim, especially compared to El Amigo, is at the north edge
of town and is one of the two Internet providers in town.
Local Online Newspaper in English
Finca Tatin looks like a great option.
Hotel Backpackers appears to be a hostel with some private rooms.
Tijax Jungle Lodge sounds interesting and not overly expensive.
Bruno's looks good for a splurge.
El Sombrero is not cheap, but it is the only place to stay near Yaxhá and it is quite nice.
For long term house and apartment rentals, contact English speaking Alberto Sujuy, at QMEC Real Estate ; 6a Calle Poniente #50A, Antigua tel # 502(Guatemala country code) - 5992-0874 or : 502-7832-8105. To paraphrase someone I have great confidence in; he specializes in rentals while other agencies tend to want only to sell property or to rent the very expensive places.