Travel to Guatemala: Lay of the Land and What to Know

Guatemala is the most multi-cultural and multi-lingual (more than 20 Mayan languages are spoken) of all of the Central American countries and offers incredible geographical diversity. Long avoided by American travelers because of its previous civil war, which ended in 1996, and because of ongoing State Department warnings against travel, it feels like an undiscovered gem, with a number of sophisticated and authentic hotels and restaurants in the main tourist areas of Antigua and Lake Atitlán. Ab...