I thought I visited Guatemala once before, but after my second and most recent visit to this growingly popular Central American destination, I realized that I had seen nothing during my first trip.

Some days at the office, as every member of the work force knows, are better than others. As a travel writer, the world is my office and this was definitely one of the better days. Upon arrival at the ...

When they are not exploring the Mayan towns that line the shore of the lake, Millennials staying at Casa Palopo on Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, can enjoy the main hotel’s solar heated pool. The pool ...

Buried beneath a Central American lake, these Mayan ruins weren't discovered until 1996 when a scuba diver found an ancient, ...

One of Guatemala's most frequently visited sites is Lake Atitlán. To the naked eye, it is stunning. Its teal-colored freshwater sits just over 5,000 feet above the ocean in the highlands of Guatemala.

Seventeen miles long, 11 miles wide, and at least 1,115 feet deep in places, Guatemala’s Lake Atitlán is likely one of Central America’s largest lakes. Located at 5,125 feet above sea level and ...

In his 1934 travel book Beyond the Mexique Bay, Aldous Huxley compared Guatemala’s Lake Atitlan to Italy’s Lake Como. The Italian body of water, he wrote, “touches the limit of the permissibly ...

Around the shores of this lake in southwestern Guatemala, Maya artisans have come together to showcase their crafts, be it by painting villages, updating pottery traditions or pouring elixirs so ...