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Museo Lacustre Atitlán
Pana's most interesting museum features fascinating displays on the history of the Atitlán region and the volcanic eruptions that created its majestic landscape. A highlight is the collection of ancient Mayan artifacts and ceramics recovered from the lake, as well as a gallery of works by local artists. It's part of the colonial Hotel Posada de Don Rodrigo.
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Museo Raúl Vasquéz
The home, studio, and sculpture and meditation garden of quirky Panajachel artist Raúl Vasquéz is filled with offbeat creations. In the garden there's an eclectic selection of sculptures of deities, from Jesus Christ to Shiva; indoors, you can check out his colorful, abstract paintings.
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Reserva Natural Atitlán
This lakeside nature reserve, a former coffee plantation, makes an ideal outing on foot or bicycle from Panajachel. You can walk the main trail in an hour, over swing bridges and past waterfalls to a platform for viewing spider monkeys. The reserve also has a butterfly enclosure, interpretive center, zip lines, camping, lodges and an aviary.
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San Antonio Palopó
San Antonio Palopó is a larger village than Santa Catarina Palopó but the bursts of color from traditional Mayan dress and the lively weekend markets are no less alluring. Entire families clean mountains of scallions (spring onions) by the lakeshore and tend their terraced fields. Up the hillside, the gleaming white church is the center of attention.
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Santa Catarina Palopó
The lakeside village of Santa Catarina Palopó is a picturesque warren of narrow streets paved with stone blocks, and adobe houses with roofs of thatch or tin. This is a good place to buy the luminescent indigo weavings you see all around Lago de Atitlán. On weekends textile vendors line the path to the lakeside.
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Santiago Atitlán
With an enduring traditional Tz'utujil Mayan lifestyle, Santiago Atitlán is the most visited lakeside settlement outside Panajachel. Women weave and wear huipiles embroidered with brilliantly colored birds and flowers, and the town's cofradías (Mayan religious brotherhoods) maintain the ceremonies and rituals of Mayan Catholicism.
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Volcán San Pedro
If you long to climb a volcano at dawn, this is a good place to start. Volcán San Pedro (3020m/9908ft) looms over the popular lakeside town of San Pedro La Laguna and has recently been placed within an 'Ecological Park' to minimize environmental damage caused by hikers, and to improve the security situation. Don't attempt it without a reliable guide.
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