• Our author, a longtime resident of Central America, hits all the highlights, from Lake Atitlán to the Pacific coast. He''s checked out all of Guatemala''s fascinating regions, has visited the best hotels and restaurants in person, and offers authoritative, candid reviews that will help you find the choices that suit your tastes and budget.
• You''ll also get up-to-the-minute coverage of shopping and nightlife; in-depth coverage of Maya archeological sites; extensive information about outdoor activities and hard-to-reach natural areas; and advice on planning country-wide itineraries.
• Frommer''s Guatemala includes several pages of accurate, detailed maps, as well as all of the information you need to plan a successful trip.

Don''t miss Antigua''s striking Santa Catalina Arch, with itsdramatic backdrop of Volcan de Agua. See chapter 6.

• Detailed maps throughout

• Exact prices, directions, opening hours,and other practical information

• Candid reviews of hotels and restaurants,plus sights, shopping, and nightlife

• Itineraries, walking tours, and trip-planning ideas

• Insider tips from local expert authors

Eliot Greenspan is a poet, journalist, and travel writer who took his backpack and typewriter the length of Mesoamerica before settling in Costa Rica in 1992. Since then, he has worked steadily as a travel writer, freelance journalist, and translator, and has continued his travels in the region. He is the author of Frommer's Belize, Frommer's Costa Rica, Frommer's Guatemala, Frommer's Ecuador, Costa Rica Day By Day and Costa Rica For Dummies, as well as the Venezuela chapter in Frommer's South America.

Our author, a longtime resident of Central America, hits all the highlights, from Lake Atitlan to the Pacific coast. He's checked out all of Guatemala's fascinating regions, has visited the best hotels and restaurants in person, and offers authoritative, candid reviews that will help you find the choices that suit your tastes and budget. You'll also get up-to-the-minute coverage of shopping and nightlife; in-depth coverage of Maya archeological sites; extensive information about outdoor activities and hard-to-reach natural areas; and advice on planning country-wide itineraries. "Frommer's Guatemala" includes several pages of accurate, detailed maps, as well as all of the information you need to plan a successful trip.