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| If you have to spend the night in Guatemala City we have a few suggestions about places to stay. If this is your first time in Guatemala, you are unsure of your Spanish speaking skills or you are a woman travelling alone we highly recommend Hostal Los Volcanes. You can reserve a room on-line, they will pick you up at the airport, and the next morning they will connect you with the correct transportation to get to San Pedro. They are clean, safe and not terribly expensive (about $20). | |||||||||||
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you would rather stay in a hotel in San Pedro rather than at a room at the
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| The other hotels we recommend are in the center of the city, Zona 1, and you will get a real feel for the city if you stay at one of them. Although the bus stops in front of the airport, unless you know your way around Guatemala City we advise a taxi to wherever you will be staying. The ride from the airport to any Hotel in Zona 1 should amount to no more than about 40 quetzales (about $6). | |||||||||||
 This
map shows the central part of Guatemala City. The map is marked with four
good hotels, several visual landmarks, and a market for traditional
crafts. I prefer to stay in this part of the city because one can easily
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| Hotel Pan American: This is the good old hotel. It has an extensive collection of the Mayan traje [traditional dress] which is exhibited on the walls. The employees all wear traje from different towns. The restaurant is one of the best in town and features a pianist every evening. Employees at the desk speak good English and can help you arrange the rest of your trip. If your room is on the side of the hotel near the park, you will wake up to a symphony of hundreds of exotic bird songs in the morning. There are now many much more expensive modern hotels in Zone 10, but at about $45 a person a night this one beats them all. | |||||||||||
| . | 9a Calle 5-63, Zona
1, Guatemala City, 502 232-6807 Fax 502 232 6402 email info@hotelpanamerican.com http://www.hotelpanamerican.com |
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| . | Both the Hotel Chalet Suizo and the Hotel Colonial are good hotels with hot water and a restaurant. They are around the corner from each other. The Chalet Suizo additionally has parking. I believe they run about $30 a night. | ||||||||||
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| . | Hotel Colonial 7a. Avenida 14-19, Zona 1 Tel: 011-502 232-6722 Fax: 232-8671 |
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| Hotel Chalet Suizo 14 Calle 6-82, Zona 1 Tel: 011-502 251-3786 Fax: 232-0429 |
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 The
Spring Hotel: This Hotel which is beyond the arch of the post office
[photo left] and around the corner to the right, is
the hotel where many peace corps workers stay. They offer some dormitory
style rooms so it is quite economical for a group of friends. At about $10 a
night for a single room it is the most economical. It is located on 8
Avenida between 12a and 13a Calles.
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| . | The Hotel Fenix: There are many cheaper hotels in this part of Guatemala City and I give as an example the Hotel Fenix. They all have problems: among them lack of running water, shared bathrooms, fleas, noise and/or prostitution and thieves. The Hotel Fenix's main problem (which I know of) has been running water, but at about $3 a night it is cheap and relatively safe. These are the hotels at which most Guatemalans and other Central Americans stay. Try to avoid hotels with metal doors as the noise from them will wake you up at night. The Hotel Fenix is two blocks from the Hotel Colonial and is at the corner of 16 Calle and 7a Avenida. | ||||||||||
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