The firs and most important thing when traveling to Guatemala is to be clear about what you want to visit and the days you have for the trip. In our experience, 10-12 days is enough time to make a route through the essential places to visit in Guatemala .
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In case you have one more week, it is very interesting to plan an escape to Honduras, where you can visit Copán Ruinas , La Ceiba in the Honduran Caribbean and the impressive and paradisiacal Cayos Cochinos , and then fly back to Spain from San Pedro Sula in Honduras.
Most trips to Guatemala start in Guatemala City , where you can fly from the main cities, in most cases stopping over, to start the route through the country from there.
To find the best flight and the one that best suits your needs, we recommend using this flight search engine .
As we mentioned before, the most appropriate thing is to have an agency that takes care of reserving all transport throughout the country, whether in buses, shared vans or private transport, since these are the most common forms of transport among travelers. , both for comfort and safety.
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If you want to visit Flores on your own, it may be advisable to rent a car, since from what they say this is a totally safe area to do it.
Once you have these formalities covered, we recommend you make the reservation of accommodation, especially in high season, which you can look in this search engine with the best prices and options and if necessary, look for the best options for tours and excursions in Guatemala .
Money exchange
The currency of Guatemala is the quetzal and currently its equivalent is 1 euro = 8.67 quetzals. Despite the fact that many travelers go to exchange agencies, after many trips, we always recommend paying as much as possible with a card and withdrawing money from ATMs, in order to have the best change and not pay commissions.
For this reason we always recommend using the N26 card . It is the one that we use, it is free and it will mean a great saving.
You can find more information in this article about the best cards to travel without commissions .
In addition to cards, on a trip to Guatemala it is also necessary to carry cash to make payments in places where they are not accepted, such as some Semuc Champey accommodations, and for the usual tips in restaurants.
How to have the internet in Guatemala?
If you want to have internet in Guatemala , something very necessary today, especially considering the number of applications we use on our trips and the need to be in contact with our family and friends, you can choose several options:
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Buy a SIM card at the airport or at a telephone store in the city.
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Buy a Holafly SIM card , with which you will have internet from the moment you land, saving you all the time of the procedures and making the whole process to have internet in Guatemala much more comfortable, fast and easy.
In this case, with the Holafly SIM you will have several Gb to surf the Internet (depending on the option you choose), they will send it to you for free, you will keep your WhatsApp number and you will have assistance service in Spanish. You can buy your Holafly prepaid SIM card here with a 5% discount for being our reader .
Route through Guatemala
As we mentioned before, when traveling to Guatemala you will probably land in Guatemala City, from where we directly advise you to go to one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Antigua, where you can go directly with this private transfer and where you can make a route for the places to see in Antigua in one day .
From here you cannot miss a visit to the Chichicastenango Market in Guatemala on the way to visit the towns of Lake Atitlán, among which Panajachel, San Marcos la Laguna and Santiago de Atitlán stand out.
After this visit, we suggest you return to Guatemala City and take a night bus to Flores, to visit in the morningYaxhá, the lesser known Mayan ruins in Guatemala .
After this impressive visit and being in Flores, how could it be otherwise, comes the icing on the cake , visit Tikal, the treasure of the Mayans , which is one of the most fascinating places in the world.
After this intense day, we suggest you go from Flores to Semuc Champey , another of the most magical places in the country.
In Semuc Champey, the most beautiful place in Guatemala , you can enjoy a day in paradise and then go from Semuc Champey to Río Dulce and enter Livingston, the Caribbean of Guatemala , where an incredible trip through Guatemala will end.
Travel to Guatemala on your own or organized
Although you can make a trip to Guatemala on your own , we believe that due to the security in the country, it is interesting to book transport between cities with an intermediary agency, in order to ensure any setback, to save time.
In this country, this way of moving is one of the most common for travelers, who directly at a local agency or at the accommodation itself, reserve a place in shared vans, of 10-12 people, to move around the most touristy places from Guatemala.
Gastronomy in Guatemala
Another of the best tips for traveling to Guatemala is without a doubt, enjoy its incredible gastronomy. Although there are hundreds of options, we want to leave you the ones that for us were the most outstanding and tasty and we believe, you should not miss:
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Enchiladas: A kind of tostaditas, to which minced meat, cheese, egg, sauce and sometimes beet are added.
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Kak-Ik: Broth to which meat, vegetables, spices and chili are added as well as rice that serves as a garnish for the dish.
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Cold cuts: Chicken broth with sausage, vegetables and cheese.
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Tamales: Corn dough filled with different ingredients.
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Tortillas: Made of white or black corn, they are what bread would be for us and they usually accompany all meals.
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Hilachas: Beef shredded and cooked with tomato sauce over low heat.
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Chapin Breakfast: This is the traditional breakfast consisting of scrambled or scrambled eggs, avocado, beans, fried banana, cheese, and tortillas.
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