If you hit only one sight in Tegus, head here. The museum is housed in the gorgeously renovated 19th-century former Palace of Ministries. It's a superb…
Must see attractions in Tegucigalpa
- Top ChoiceMuseo para la Identidad Nacional
- PParque Naciones Unidas El Picacho
This small hilltop park 6km from downtown has busy walking trails, but the main reason to visit is to stand at the feet of the approximately 20m high El…
- PPlaza Morazán
At the center of the city is the Plaza Morazán, often called Parque Central by locals – this is Tegucigalpa's hub. A statue of former president Francisco…
- CCentro de la Cultura Garinagu de Honduras
It's well worth dropping by this cultural center, and situated right on the Parque Morazán, which is handicrafts, clothing and tools on display, as well…
- BBasílica de Suyapa
The most important church in Tegucigalpa – and therefore in Honduras – is this neo-Gothic basílica. La Virgen de Suyapa is the patron saint of Honduras;…
- IIglesia Los Dolores
This striking church, which dominates an otherwise unremarkable plaza, has some attractive religious art. Its facade contains figures representing the…
- IIglesia La Merced
In 1847, the convent of La Merced was converted to house Honduras' first university; the country's national gallery was established there in 1996, but…
- PPalacio Legislativo
This unusual modern building on stilts (next door to the Parque La Merced) is the Palacio Legislativo, where congress meets. It was here in December 2009…
- MMonumento a La Paz
This monument, inside Tegucigalpa's largest park, was erected in 1996 in the name of eternal peace between the 'fraternal nations of Central America.'
- MMonumento a Simón Bolívar
This monument to Latin America's great liberator straddles a busy junction in Tegucigalpa's well-to-do Colonia Palmira area.