Western Honduras
History is palpable in Western Honduras.
History is palpable in Western Honduras.
Honduras is filled with natural treasures – biosphere reserves, national parks, wildlife refuges – but most travelers come here for the mother lode: scuba diving on the Bay Islands.
pop 65, 000 Roatán is the largest and most popular of the Bay Islands.
Add the history and culture of Santa Barbara to viticultural and natural attractions, and there’s a lot to do in this part of Southern California.
pop 1, 682, 725 Tegucigalpa – or Tegus, as most people call it – is a bustling city in a bowl-shaped valley with a colonial center and sprawling residential neighborhoods.
La Ceiba is a convenient base camp for a slew of good outdoor excursions, including hiking, canoeing, rafting, canopy tours and butterfly farms.
San Pedro Sula may be second to Tegucigalpa in size, but it is the alpha male in most other respects: Honduras’ booming export industry is based here, the majority of agricultural products pass through here, the airport is larger and more modern,...
Just 1km northwest of Honduras’ most famous Maya site, Copán Ruínas is a charming little town with cobblestone streets, white adobe buildings and red-tile roofs.
Utila is a slow, welcoming place, where the locals and visitors interact much more frequently than on Roatán, mainly because everyone is in the same town.
A quiet coastal town, Tela has a fine beach and several good hotels and restaurants.
Capital of the department of Colón, Trujillo sits on the wide arc of the Bahía de Trujillo.
Santa Rosa de Copán is a small, cool, very Spanish mountain town, with cobblestone streets, clay-tiled roofs and a lovely colonial church with azulejo floors.
Comayagua, 84km northwest of Tegucigalpa, is the historic first capital of Honduras and was a religious and political center for over three centuries, until power shifted to Tegucigalpa in 1880.
The Moskitia, which spans most of eastern Honduras and across into Nicaragua, is the largest rainforest in Central America, indeed, the largest north of the Amazon Basin.
Gracias is a peaceful mountain town with cobblestone streets, colonial churches and a sense that time here moves at a slower pace.
Marcala, the southern end of the Ruta Lenca, is a quiet mountain town with a strong indigenous history and character.
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