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Museo Digital de Copán
This brand new museum opened in late 2015 as a gift to the people of Copán from Japan and contains some interesting old photographs of Copán. The main reason to visit, though, is to watch the excellent virtual visit to the Copán archaeological site, which can be enjoyed in either S
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Museo de Arqueología Maya
The Museo de Arqueología Maya is a little dated but still worth a visit. The exhibits include excavated ceramics, fragments from the altars and the supports of the Maya ruins, an insight into the Maya’s sophisticated use of calendars and a re-creation of a female shaman’s tomb. Som
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Centro Cultural Kumool
Housed in the Radio Ixil building, this small museum displays a collection of mostly ceramic objects excavated in the Ixil region, all arranged by historical period. Among the more interesting pieces are a ceremonial ax with a skull handle and a giant funerary urn with a jaguar fac
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Museo del Ferrocarril
This is one of the citys more intriguing museums. Documented here are the glory days of the troubled Guatemalan rail system, along with some quirky artifacts, such as hand-drawn diagrams of derailments and a kitchen set up with items used in dining cars. You can go climbing around
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Casa MIMA
A wonderfully presented museum and cultural center set in a house dating from the late 1800s. The owners of the house were collectors with eclectic tastes ranging from French neo-rococo, Chinese, and art deco to indigenous artifacts. The place is set up like a functioning house, fi
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Playa Blanca
Beaches in Lívingston itself are disappointing, as buildings or vegetation come right down to the waters edge in most places. Those beaches that do exist are often contaminated. The best beach in the area is Playa Blanca, around 12km from Lívingston. This is privately owned and you
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Palacio de los Capitanes Generales
Dating from 1558, the palace was the governmental center of all Central America, from Chiapas to Costa Rica, until 1773. The stately double-arcaded facade that anchors the south side of the plaza is all that remains of the old palace, recently under renovation. When the upgrade is
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Semuc Champey
Semuc Champey is famed for its great natural limestone bridge, 300m long, on top of which is a stepped series of pools with cool, flowing river water good for swimming. Though this bit of paradise is difficult to reach, the beauty of its setting and the turquoise perfection of the
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Centro Turístico Cueva de las Minas
This has a 50m-deep cave (bring your own light), grassy picnic areas and the Río El Milagro, where people come for a dip and say its miraculous. The cave and river are half a kilometer from the entrance, which is behind the basilicas cemetery, 300m south of the turnoff into town on
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Museo de Historia Natural
The universitys Museo de Historia Natural is at the same site as the Universidad de San Calos botanical garden where the admission price covers both.
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Los Vahos
Just a short hike south of town are the rough-and-ready sauna/steam baths at Los Vahos (the Vapors). These natural saunas are just two dark stone rooms behind plastic curtains - occasionally the vents are carpeted with eucalyptus leaves, giving the steam a herbal quality. The baths
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Museo Regional de Arqueología
Facing the plaza, along with the church and the modest Palacio Municipal, is this small, modern museum which houses some fascinating archaeological finds. The star of the show is an exquisite jade mask. Smaller figures, yokes used in the ball game, relief carvings and other object
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Galería Pop
On the way down the hill to the shrine at Pascual Abaj, you might stop into this interesting gallery. Developed as an art institute for local children with the backing of Project Guggenheim, it holds a small but sui generis collection of oil paintings by the artist brothers Juan an
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Museo Lítico
The larger of Tikal’s two museums is in the visitor center. It houses a number of carved stones from the ruins. The photographs taken by pioneer archaeologists Alfred P Maudslay and Teobert Maler of the jungle-covered temples, in various stages of discovery, are particularly striki
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Museo Lacustre Atitlán
Inside the Hotel Posada de Don Rodrigo, this museum has displays on the history of the Atitlán region and the volcanic eruptions that created its landscape, plus a collection of ancient artifacts recovered from the lake. A hall below the main gallery covers Samabaj, an ancient cere
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Iximché Archaeological Site
The remnants of the Kaqchiquels’ 15th-century capital stand some 15km due east of Lago de Atitlán. The ‘palaces’ and temples uncovered here are modest in scale but ensconced in a serene, park-like setting. Iximché remains an important ceremonial site for indigenous pilgrims, who
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Palacio del Ayuntamiento
This double-arcaded structure on the north side of the park dates from the 18th century. Besides town offices, it houses the Museo del Libro Antiguo , showcasing the early days of Guatemalan printing, with a replica of Guatemalas first printing press. One of its earliest products i
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Casa del Tejido Antiguo
This space is like a museum, market and workshop all rolled into one, with exhibits on regional outfits and daily demonstrations of backstrap weaving techniques. Founder Alicia Pérez, an indigenous Kaqchiquel woman, is an expert on the significance of designs that appear on the toc
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Tuj Kman Txun
This ceremonial site, 500m up the uphill street beside the central plaza among trees on the left of the road, consists of a few grassy mounds and two crosses with indications of contemporary Maya offerings. The more recently installed cross commemorates the incidents of August 1982
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Museo Arqueológico Regional
Chichis archaeology museum holds the collection of Hugo Rossbach, a German who served as the towns Catholic priest until his death in 1944. It includes some beautiful jade necklaces and figurines, along with ceremonial masks, obsidian spearheads, incense burners, figurines and meta
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