Chichicastenango, Guatemala Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

The road for Chichicastenango and the department of El Quiché leaves the Carretera Interamericana at the Los Encuentros junction, thirty kilometres past the Iximché turnoff. Heading north from Los Encuentros, the highway drops down through dense, aromatic pine forests, plunging into a deep ravine before bottoming out by a tributary of the Río Motagua. Continuing upwards around endless switchbacks, the road eventually reaches CHICHICASTENANGO , Guatemala's "mecca del turismo". If it's market day, you may get embroiled in one of the country's very few traffic … more »