Quezaltenango, Guatemala Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

In the corner of a small agricultural plain, 5km from the Carretera Interamericana at the foot of the mighty Cuchumatanes mountain range, lies HUEHUETENANGO , capital of the department of the same name. Though Huehue is the focus of trade and transport for a vast area, its atmosphere is provincial and relaxed. Before the arrival of the Spanish, it was the site of one of the residential suburbs that surrounded the Mam capital of Zaculeu, and under colonial rule it became a small regional centre with little to offer other than a steady trickle of silver and a stretch or two of grazing land. The supply of silver dried up … more »