The Republic of Guatemala, Capaital city Guatermala, extends over an area of
110,000 km2 where live about14,000 people who practice different religions:
a mix of Mayan and Catholic, Pentecostal and Roman Catholic, as well!
Official language is spanish, but others are also spoken!
The country offers a lot: active and high volcanoes, astonishing Mayan remains,
highly destructive earthquakes and its history, unforgettable, still at present!
Tourists are usually sound and safe in Guatemala, but better is not to get around
at dark especially in Guatemala City, the administrative, business and commercial
centre, which little has to offer as a tourist resort!
Not to forget, anyhow, the Museo Nacional de Archeologia y Etnologia as well
as The Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno where both objects form Mayan times and
20th guatemalan art can be admired!
Highly humid all year round with temperetures up to 100° F, better the dry
period!
Weather conditions vary on the highlands where it is generally freezing at night,
slightly wet and coolish in the rainy season, nice and warm between the end
of september and mid – may!
Guatemala City is the capital with about 2,500,000 people inhabitants. It is
a great metropolis and the main commercial, business and political centre of
the Nation.
It consists of two distintive areas:
- The Old City, the true Guatemala with its own antique buildings, where though
life is quick and pushing, tourists have the opportunity to get through it by
bus or on foot, no problem.
- The New City whose restaurants bars and clubs offer a wide variety of possibilities
to night goers. Deserve a visit the museums and the historical sights present
in the area.
It is known that in Central America two are the main seasons: the rainy season
and the dry season. As a matter of fact, for all those who dislike too crowded
places it is better the rainy season, in spite of the fact that some restaurants
may be closed and not all restaurants offer tourists the same treatment all
year along, but nice is to enjoy both the beaches and the Maya remains in full!.
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