Guatemala: The Heartbeat Of The Maya

If warm spring weather all year, amazing volcanoes, tropical rain forests, an ancient Mayan culture, historic cities from the 1500's, and thousands of other things sounds good to you, then I encourage you to visit the lovely little country of Guatemala. People come to Guatemala only to return again often, or in some cases to they stay. You can see many beautiful things in Guatemala. Geographically this small country allows you visit many different diverse places in one short trip

You will see the culture of the Maya around every turn. Towns and Villages in Guatemala still follow pre-Spanish culture even to this day. A well planned trip can take you from one coast to the other. You can see the rain forest, the volcanoes and the black sand beaches of the west coast all in 1 week.

Here are a few of the highlights of this Central American cultural hub.

Antigua or La Antigua is a city in the central highlands of Guatemala. Antigua is famous for colonial Baroque architecture as well as ruins of colonial churches which can be seen very easily on your walks throughout the City. It was originally founded in it's current location in the year 1543. Antigua has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Antigua is a large hot spot for tourism as it is a clean, beautiful and safe city. Also a large Ex-patriot community resides in Antigua. Antigua is located about 40 minutes by car from La Aurora International Airport (Guatemala City).

A visit to Tikal National Park where you are able to see the largest excavated site on the American continent, at a size of over 560 square Kilometers. A trip to Tikal in the jungles in the province of Peten is many tourists highlight of their trip to Guatemala

Guatemala has black sand beaches along is picturesque west coast. This is where one can lay back in a hammock and relax and enjoy the waves crashing down onto the beach. There are a number of small towns along the coast of Guatemala's pacific ocean that have beautiful beaches.

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by: Oscar M Total views: 10 Word Count: 343 Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010

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