San Juan La Laguna
This small but delightful hotel has a delightful setting, with blue rooms along a patch of lawn high above the lake. A plant-laden lounge/restaurant…
Must-see hotels in Guatemala
Monterrico
This is one of the swankiest hotels in town, with lovely landscaped grounds and spacious, simple and beautiful rooms with netted beds. It's got the best…
Panajachel
On Pana's main drag, Mario's rooms are arranged on two floors facing a plant-filled courtyard. Despite being in the middle of everything, it somehow…
Guatemala City
In a quiet corner of Zona 10, this chic and sleek 22-room hotel goes out of its way to please, with rainforest showers and Egyptian cotton bedding…
Guatemala City
The spacious, good-looking rooms here make up for the slightly out-of-the-way location. Some rooms have wooden floorboards and a balcony. There's a…
Lívingston
Experience the forest at this rustic B&B at the confluence of Ríos Dulce and Tatin, 10km from Lívingston. Four-hour guided walks and kayak trips, some…
Monterrico
This bungalow-hotel east down the coast from Monterrico near Las Lisas, overlooks the Pacific on one side and mangroves on the other. There are a dozen…
Caribbean Coast
On the Río La Colocha, just across the water from El Castillo de San Felipe, this beautiful, simple Australian–Mexican-run place is built on stilts in the…
The Pacific Slope
This working coffee, macadamia and rambutan (among other crops) farm has been converted into a private nature reserve. Accommodations are in a stylish,…
Caribbean Coast
This 500-acre hacienda, a two-minute boat ride across the cove from Bruno's, is a special place to stay. Activities include horseback riding, hiking,…
Flores & Santa Elena
Far and away the most popular backpackers' haven in El Petén, this hostel has grown organically in its 15 years of existence and now includes various…
Alta & Baja Verapaz
The best hotel in town is a family-run affair on the outskirts of town (a two-minute walk from the center). Rooms are clean and well decorated (air-con is…
Monterrico
Johnny's is the first place you come to turning left on the beach. It's got a decent atmosphere and attracts a mix of backpackers and family groups. The…
Lívingston
This beautiful, secluded hideout is a five-minute boat ride from Finca Tatin. The ambience is superb – relaxed and friendly. The whole place is solar…
Alta & Baja Verapaz
A few kilometers from the pools, this has a wonderful tropical feel to it. Accommodations are in big, rustic thatched-roof huts. Reservations are…
Caribbean Coast
A large, classically tropical wooden building with mosquito-screened corridors, the century-old Hotel del Norte is in a class by itself. Its weathered and…
Caribbean Coast
A path leads down from the northwest end of the bridge to this riverside hangout for yachties needing to get some land under their feet. The dorms are…
Quetzaltenango
A few blocks below the Teatro Municipal, the colonial-style Modelo offers 19 atmospheric rooms with wooden floorboards, firm beds and spacious bathrooms…
Lívingston
The 45-room Villa Caribe is a luxurious anomaly among Lívingston's laid-back, low-priced Caribbean lodgings. Modern but still Caribbean in style, it has…
El Petén
Featuring his signature blend of exclusivity and adventure, film director Francis Ford Coppola has created a lodge of rustic luxury about 13km west of El…
Guatemala City
With a beautiful courtyard setting, the Spring has a lot more style than other Zona 1 joints. It has central but quiet sunny patios. The 43 rooms vary…
Cobán
This place is peaceful despite being on busy 2a Calle. After walking through two courtyards, you come to a lush garden packed with fruit and hibiscus…
Caribbean Coast
A small family-run operation, Brisas is humble and charming, offering clean, simple cabins on the lakefront and good home-cooked meals in the restaurant…
Antigua
This impressively restored property echoes Antigua's past: the city's signature arch is outside the front door, built for the nuns of the convent the…
The Pacific Slope
This comfortable option is about 1km down the beach to the left from the main street. The bungalows here have two double beds, a sitting room and laid…
Lívingston
Beautiful simple wood and bamboo rooms set back 200m from a reasonably clean beach. Day-trippers going to and from Los Siete Altares drop in for meals …
Lívingston
A five-minute walk from the main dock, this happy-to-admit-it party hostel offers good-value cabins, camping and hammocks. The cabins are wooden affairs,…
San Marcos La Laguna
This ramshackle locale by the lakefront east of the center has a theatrical flair, with impromptu performances on a regular basis. Enthusiastically…
Flores & Santa Elena
One of the best reasons to stay in Santa Elena is this tropical-chic resort spreading over a landscaped marsh by the waterfront. The big-top dining room…
Panajachel
This stylish Norwegian-owned hotel near Pana's main intersection just feels right. Ten large rooms with plant-filled window boxes, soft lighting and…
El Petén
Set back from the road in lush, jungle grounds, this spot is so tranquil that you'll find it hard to comprehend you're just 50m from the immigration booth…
Semuc Champey & Around
About 100m short of the entrance to Semuc Champey, this is the obvious choice for convenient access to Semuc. There's only electricity from 6pm to 11pm,…
Lanquín
This sublimely located hotel is about 500m along the road just outside town on the main route west. Dorm rooms have 10 or 14 beds. Decor includes some…
Antigua
This is a well-managed establishment in a refurbished old home that for generations belonged to an aristocratic Nicaraguan family. All rooms are decorated…
Antigua
One of Antigua's original boutique hotels, this little place near Parque Central combines a designer's eye with colonial charms. Each room has a unique…
Guatemala City
Guatemala City's only luxury hotel before WWII, the Pan American is one of the few hotels in the city with any air of history. There's a fine, art deco…
Cobán
Just off the plaza, this colonial-style hotel is Cobán's best, though streetside rooms suffer from traffic noise. Its colonnaded porches are dripping with…
Western Highlands
South of the plaza, up a side street that branches left, this trusted hotel has small and bare but well-scrubbed rooms with tile floors and firm beds. It…
Antigua
This low hacienda-style hotel arranges itself around a beautiful flower-filled garden, with each room having a small bench outside to enjoy the setting…
Quiché
Located on a dairy farm started by Italian immigrants in the 1930s, this rural retreat enjoys a superb alpine-like setting. A pair of chalet-like…
