Retalhuleu Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Most buses traveling along the Carretera al Pacífico detour into Reu. Departures include the following:

Champerico (US$0.60, one hour, 38km, buses every few minutes, 6am to 7pm)

Ciudad Tecún Umán (US$2, 1½ hours, 78km, every 20 minutes, from 5am to10pm)

Guatemala City (US$6, three hours, 196km, every 15 minutes, from 2am to 8:30pm)

Quetzaltenango (US$1.50, one hour, 46km, buses every 30 minutes, from 4am to 6pm)

Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (US$2.50, two hours, 97km) Some Escuintla- or Guatemala City–bound buses might drop you at Santa Lucía; otherwise get a bus to Mazatenango (‘Mazate’) and change there.

Local buses go to El Asintal (for Abaj ­Takalik).

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