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Where would you travel in Guatemala?

Travel Info
I am an American traveling in Guatemala this summer with another woman companion. I am looking for interesting and safe places to visit in Guatemala and nearby areas. We are interested in ruins, good food, market places, and anything that encompasses the native culture.

Travel Tips

We spent a week in Antigua, Guatemala in September. You must go there. It is a great Colonial town. There is a great fabric museum on the edge of town that was very interesting. Hotels are good and cheap. There are more than 20 Spanish Language Schools catering to young through old.

You really need to go out to the market in Chichicastenango on Sundays or Thursday and if at all posible go to Tikal to see the Mayan ruins there. We loved everything in the country, except the airport in Guatemala City.

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Guate airport has to be one of the most helpful and polite airports I have ever been to, and show that the friendliness is consistent throughout the country.

Panajachel is beautiful, and so is the rest of the Lake Atitlan region. Tikal has pyramids. As far as Guatemala city goes, Zona 10 is safe, but it's not the real "Guatemala."
personal experience
My brother was supposed to go to G .. but there is unrest there for Americans so the trip was cancelled so I would ask .. where are you from and where are you going
Panajachel for good native culture...Antigua for markets (They've got the greatest stuff)...Anywhere for good food off the streets (but be careful!!! a must try, Tacos mexicanos or "Gringas"... everyone I've met loves them) and for ruins Tikal...or Xichimche (i'm not sure on the spelling).