Santa Rosa de Copán Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Buses from Santa Rosa de Copán come and go from theTerminal de Transporte on the main highway, about 1km from the center of town – look for the large ‘JM Restaurante’ sign. La Sultana de Occidente (662 0940) has a ticket office behind JM for express buses to San Pedro Sula, La Entrada, Agua Caliente (at the Guatemalan border) and San Salvador, with connections to Copán Ruínas and Tegucigalpa. Toritos & Copaneca has a stop two blocks down the highway, with buses to San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa (direct and ordinary) plus Gracias and Belén Gualcho. Destinations include the following.

Agua Caliente Guatemalan border; US$3.75, 2½ hours, 110km, 5am, 9:30am, 10:30am, noon, 1pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm, 5pm & 6pm

Belén Gualcho US$2, two to three hours, 10:30 and 11:30am, 4pm from San Pedro Sula

Copán Ruínas US$2, three hours, 107km, 11:30am, 12:30pm and 2pm, or take any bus heading to San Pedro Sula and transfer at La Entrada

Gracias US$1.60, 1½ hours, 47km, 7:10am to 6pm, every 45 minutes

La Entrada directo US$1.60, 45 minutes; ordinario US$1, 1¼ hours, 28km, take any San Pedro Sula bus

Nueva Ocotepeque US$3.25, two hours, 95km, take any Aqua Caliente bus

San Pedro Sula ordinario US$2.75, 3½ hours, 152km, 4:30am-5pm, every 30 minutes; directo US$4, 2½ hours, 6am, 7:30am, 9am, 10am, 11am and 1pm on La Sultana; 8am, 9:30am & 2pm on Toritos and Copaneca

San Salvador via El Poy; US$10, four hours, 8:30am only

Tegucigalpa US$8.50, 6½ hours, 393km, take any San Pedro Sula morning bus and transfer