Guatemala. A voyage to Guatemala, Central America - Guatemala City, Mixco, Villa Nueva, Petapa, San Juan Sacatepéquez, Quetzaltenango, Villa Canales, Escuintla, Chinautla, Chimaltenango...

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If you’re into the Maya, the mountains, the markets or a million other things, you’re bound to be captivated. People come and they stay. Or they leave and return. There's almost too much going on here, and even the shortest trip takes you completely different places, with new challenges and surprises. Students of Spanish flock to <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=358404">Antigua</a>, a gorgeous town nestled between three volcanoes, while those travelers seeking more off-the-beaten-track destinations might head to lesser known places like <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=358411">Lago de Izabal</a> or <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=358425">Nebaj</a>, a Maya village hidden in a remote fold of the Cuchumatanes mountains. And sooner or later, just about everyone ends up in the Highlands – Lago de Atitlán being an irresistable drawcard...<br /><div class="mpuWrapper " id="mpuInContent"><div class="mpuInner"><div class="adContainer" id="adContainer_mpuInContent"><noscript><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/click%3Bh%3Dv8/3ddc/3/0/%2a/b%3B269996589%3B0-0%3B4%3B56852950%3B4307-300/250%3B53450621/53369465/1%3B%3B%7Eokv%3D%3Bctt%3Dcentral-america%3Bcnty%3Dguatemala%3Bthm%3Dwildlife%3Bthm%3Dbig-trips%3Bthm%3Dvalue-travel%3Bthm%3Dhoneymoons%3Bthm%3Dadventure-travel%3Btnm%3Doverview%3Btile%3D4%3Bsz%3D300x250%3B%7Esscs%3D%3fhttp://track.adform.net/C/?bn=1635580;C=0" target="_blank">< img src="http://track.adform.net/adfserve/?bn=1635580;srctype=4;ord=4343784" border="0" width="300" height="250" alt=""/>< /a></noscript> <noscript> <div> <a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/2009.lonelyplanet/rest-of-site;dcopt=ist;ctt=central-america;cnty=guatemala;thm=wildlife;thm=big-trips;thm=value-travel;thm=honeymoons;thm=adventure-travel;tnm=overview;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?"> <img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/2009.lonelyplanet/rest-of-site;dcopt=ist;ctt=central-america;cnty=guatemala;thm=wildlife;thm=big-trips;thm=value-travel;thm=honeymoons;thm=adventure-travel;tnm=overview;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?" alt="Advertising" width="300" height="250"/> </a> </div> </noscript> </div></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkG_TZQg-9XYtSbM5FPwCAJtylqZqRttWgPaCUYv_89DZMq1tOd38l8pnx3JbPUELnlh8XKOsFnU8DaGD6V8KL7Wh7O4VyhwF1U6N5BE6A5u8bJawuuO2-6oNWTyazb23pNUAPDaWCD_u/s1600/Guatemala+10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkG_TZQg-9XYtSbM5FPwCAJtylqZqRttWgPaCUYv_89DZMq1tOd38l8pnx3JbPUELnlh8XKOsFnU8DaGD6V8KL7Wh7O4VyhwF1U6N5BE6A5u8bJawuuO2-6oNWTyazb23pNUAPDaWCD_u/s320/Guatemala+10.jpg" width="320" /></a>Guatemala's Maya heritage is everywhere. El Petén's remote archaeological sites are unmissable; the fascinating town of <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=358424">Chichicastenango</a> adheres to pre-Hispanic beliefs and rituals even now. <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=358431">Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa</a>, on the other hand, provides a glimpse into the mysterious Pipil culture, with some interesting carved stone heads and relief scenes to be found in fields and <i>fincas</i> (plantations) around town. <br />Sure, Guatemala’s got its problems (most visible in its sprawling capital, <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=358409">Guatemala City</a>), but it isn’t the scary place your mother fears it is. 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'Land of Lakes and Volcanoes' indeed, you think, as the rolling waves of Cocibolca (an ancient indigenous name for this 'Sweet Sea') rock your suddenly tiny ferry into unspeakable admiration. For these symbols of the nation - wind over water, fire from the earth - convey the elemental significance of Nicaragua's most powerful passions, poetry (don't get them started, unless you want to) and revolution.</div><div class="mpuWrapper " id="mpuInContent"><div class="mpuInner"><div class="adContainer" id="adContainer_mpuInContent"><noscript> &lt;div&gt; &lt;a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/2009.lonelyplanet/rest-of-site;dcopt=ist;ctt=central-america;cnty=nicaragua;thm=wildlife;thm=big-trips;thm=value-travel;thm=honeymoons;thm=adventure-travel;tnm=overview;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?"&gt; &lt;img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/2009.lonelyplanet/rest-of-site;dcopt=ist;ctt=central-america;cnty=nicaragua;thm=wildlife;thm=big-trips;thm=value-travel;thm=honeymoons;thm=adventure-travel;tnm=overview;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?" alt="Advertising" width="300" height="250"/&gt; &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; </noscript> </div></div></div>If you climb Concepción you'll look out over gorgeous colonial <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=358491">Granada</a> and her hundreds of tiny tropical <i>isletas</i> (islets), across the slender isthmus pockmarked with crater lakes to where the Pacific breaks hollow on sandy cove beaches. Beyond, red-and-black Volcán Momotombo towers above Lago de <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=358497">Managua</a> - its counterpoint is Sandino's massive iron silhouette, conscience of the nation and solemn defining feature of the <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=358497">Managua</a> skyline. Proud <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=358495">León</a> also beckons with its churches and museums, while the cloud forests, frothing waterfalls and incredible coffee of cool, green <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=358498">Northern Nicaragua</a> may tempt you upwards. Here, in the mountains and lakes, <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=358197">Central America</a>'s mightiest rivers begin their journey across the autonomous, indigenous-owned rolling hills of the <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=358485">Caribbean Coast</a>, to the sea.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2SUt4NJBW4wj3M9XeBluWKGQQkWFCVINmjyUvH2qYt80akJBx6niz_WXVqbbk0ZQjS7NlAyoG2NHZclxxfeMbiy073NDHcnRpsFsy9eOD9M97zngohE4vzfqnjQ7rD7JLYOUsHbJZ0YNv/s1600/Nicaragua+22.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2SUt4NJBW4wj3M9XeBluWKGQQkWFCVINmjyUvH2qYt80akJBx6niz_WXVqbbk0ZQjS7NlAyoG2NHZclxxfeMbiy073NDHcnRpsFsy9eOD9M97zngohE4vzfqnjQ7rD7JLYOUsHbJZ0YNv/s320/Nicaragua+22.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>For visitors of a certain age, just the name Nicaragua - taken from a tribal chief of such wisdom and power that he may never fade from this nation's collective memory - evokes grainy footage of camouflage-clad guerrillas, punctuated by gunfire and a 1980s soundtrack. 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