Country Info
- Guatemala
- Capital
- Quetzal (GTQ)
- Currency
- 12,974,361
- Population
- GT
- Country Code
Panajachel Slideshow
Top Hotels in Panajachel
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Porta Hotel Del Lago Panajachel
40 reviews -
Hotel Atitlan Panajachel
132 reviews -
Hotel Regis Panajachel
38 reviews
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Posada de los Volcanes Panajachel
57 reviews
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Posada Monte Rosa Panajachel
1 review
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Rancho Grande Inn Panajachel
25 reviews
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San Sebastian Hotel Panajachel
1 review
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Hotel Dos Mundos Panajachel
48 reviews
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Villa Lupita Panajachel
4 reviews
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Hotel Galindo Panajachel
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Villa Santa Catarina Panajachel
27 reviews
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Hotel K'amol B'ey Panajachel
7 reviews
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Hotel Kakchiquel Panajachel
13 reviews
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Hotel Montana Panajachel
4 reviews
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Hotel El Chaparral Panajachel
3 reviews
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Hotel Monterrey Panajachel
4 reviews
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Hotel Regis Panajachel
38 reviews
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Hotel Primavera Panajachel
22 reviews
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Grand Hotel Panajachel
4 reviews
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Hotel Real Santander Panajachel
5 reviews
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Hotel San Buenaventura de Atitlan Panajachel
29 reviews
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Hotel Utz Jay Panajachel
58 reviews
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La Riviera Atitlan Hotel Panajachel
8 reviews
Panajachel
Travel Blogs from Panajachel, Guatemala
Happy 35th amigo!!!
This is a top pick! I have just "chicken bused" myself down from Chichicastenango to the shores of Lake Atitlan (Panajachel). If you want to spend your 35th birthday downing Gallo (local beer) while toe-dipping by a lake, I guess this must be it. Lake Atitlan is just as ...
A bloody hard hike and other stories.
This is a top pick! ... who have stayed here for months or even years. Although it was nice, I only stayed for two days, and instead opted for "cosmopolitan" Panajachel. A town most travelers claim they don't like, but still end up staying in for a few days. Me being honest, I ...
The Most Beautiful Lake in Guatemala and the World
This is a top pick! ... , Tecpan (where Guatemalan wagons are made), Canton Chupol, and Solola as we ended our journey in the lake town of Panajachel. Our first stop was a delicious Chapin breakfast with a beautiful view of the lake. We delighted in savory eggs, ...
Country number 4 - Guatemala
This is a top pick! ... we will reserve judgement. I can also only assume Aldous saw the lake in the summer season when it wasn't covered by cloud! Panajachel is nice enough but thoroughly aimed at the getting the tourist dollar, the main street is covered in shops selling local ...
Panajachel
This is a top pick! ... to the rain pour down as we watched a few films. When we got up the next morning, the main street of Panajachel had been transformed from looking fairly drab and dingy the previous afternoon to a vibrant, colourful thoroughfare lined by market stalls ...
The First Breakdown
This is a top pick! ... us, a coil was not one of them, and neither was there a suitable replacement to hand in Panajachel. A new one would have to be ordered from Guatemala City, and likely wouldn't arrive until the following Wednesday. Thus, arms laden with things we needed ...
At Home and Away
This is a top pick! ... and stopping for a sandwich in an undeniably "gringo" restaurant, we made our way back across the sun-streaked lake to Panajachel. We collectively decided that Chichicastenango on a bustling market day had to be included on our "to visit" list, even ...
The Lake from another perspective
This is a top pick! ... programme we could get hooked on. Weds Up early again and we sort out our onward travel and more internet before our long journey ahead - Shuttle to Antigua Another to Guatemala City Overnight bus to Flores Minibus to Tikal I can hardly ...
The last days have been spent around lake ...
This is a top pick! ... from the shade of a tree or sitting on the end of a pier was very welcome and was followed by some explorations of the markets. Panajachel has street vendors along the main road, and in the artisans market every day of the week, so there's no shortage of ...
Gringo and Gringa arrive in Guatemala!
This is a top pick! ... were more than the USA, so we cut our losses and headed into Guatemala - a fair bit cheaper. ************************UPDATE****************************** ****** Panajachel is known locally as Gringotenango! And for good reason. The whole town ...
Saying good bye to Lago Atitlan
This is a top pick! ... night for sure. Sunday the 29th we had our last breakfast with Maria and said our goodbyes to the family and got a boat to Panajachel. We stashed our packs at the front desk of some fancy hotel and walked to the Reserva Natural Atitlan. This was a ...
Lago de Atitlan
This is a top pick! This weekend, several of us took off for Lake Atitlan, specifically the town of Panajachel - sometimes called "Gringo-tenango" due to the number of American tourists here. The town became a hippy hangout in the 60´s and 70´s and is still famous for ...
Gringoville!
This is a top pick! ... change once more in Solola. The views as we came down the mountain were incredible. We could finally see the Lago de Atitlan. Panajachel itself is a rather unappealing town. Full of hippies who came for a few days and haven't left. The amount of them ...
Mystical Lago Atitlan
This is a top pick! ... a week) in tow we visited Lake Atitlan for a couple of days and stayed at the beautiful Hotel Atitlan just outside of Panajachel. Atitlan is definitely one of the most beautiful lakes in the world with amazing volcano views and a magical aura about ...
Loving Lago de Atitlan
... with only $4k Aussie dollars, she knows she'll need to work or couchsurf her way throughout expensive Europe. We finally arrived into Panajachel and headed towards the Lake. I had already researched a place to stay but it took a while to get there while ...
Lago de Atitlan
This is a top pick! ... pain I thought. The 6am bus was full of foreigners, all heading to the lake, I guess that's why the nickname of Panajachel is also called Gringotanengo. The bus ride was the best I have experienced in Guate, occasionally some Mayans would get on carrying ...
villages at Lake Atitlan
... good internet conection, but we are back now.) Well let´s see what day is this? Today is Thursday, but we arrived in Panajachel Tuesday. What a trip that was from Antigua to Panajachel! First, Fred and I were packed in with the rest of the ...
Pleased to be in Pana
We are still alive, safe, and well in Gautemala, now in a town called Panajachel. It's on Lake Atitlan, which is dramatically surrounded by mountains and volcanoes - a beautiful setting. We spent the last 2 days at markets in different towns. The ...
Verschüttete Straße nach einem Erdrutsch
... in direkter Nähe der Hauptstadt. Dort hätten wir übernachtet und wären dann morgen in aller Ruhe die kurze Strecke nach Guatemala-Stadt gefahren, wo unser Fernreisebus nach Costa Rica abfährt. So war mein Plan. Natürlich kommt es anders. ...
Current Projects around Lake Atitlan
... and economic barriers, The Childrens' Intercultural Exchange, or "interculturalidad de niños". We are bringing 5 boys, ages 10 - 13, from Guatemala City to the pueblo, San Juan la Laguna, to live with 5 similar boys there for three and a half days and ...
Amazing stories that I have witnessed
... for the tourist trade of the area as it provides a base for visitors crossing the lake to visit other towns and villages. Panajachel's economy is primarily based on tourism. And that is what you can see here, a lot of shops and street vendors. A ...
Another Volcanic Crater Lake
I stayed in a different lakeside town on Lake Antillean each of the past three nights thinking there may be something more interesting in the next town up. San Pedro, San Marcos, and Panajchel. As it turns out, since I had already stayed at two volcanic ...
Panajachel
Tracy here. We have been in Panajachel (aka Pana) on the shore of Lake Atitlan in the south west of Guatemala. The lake boasts several volcanoes and a few pueblos that can be visited in a short boat ride from our base. We have been ...
Casa Redondo Life
After a month in the hotel I moved out mid-March and moved into a dream! Yes, I'm in a small round room in a small tower on a knoll in the middle of a garden. There is another room above me, but the tenant is out of the country. It is in Barrio Norte on ...
¡El Horror! ¡El Horror!
... I was just kind of stunned, sitting there watching the cleaning women scrubbing the blood off the patio. But Guatemala isn't all about dicks falling off. Everywhere around the Lake is very Mayan. The place I'm staying at ...
Last day in Pana
OK...I think I promised a bank horror story. I swear to god..Walkalloverya has to be importing tellers from here. The banks have been pretty much a horror story, but this morning I wanted to exchange travelers checks for quetzales. I ...
Frontera Guatemala y Chicken buses viajes
... srecni navkljub vsemu. Skratka cudovita izkusnja tale transfer, sedaj pa sva pristala v enem izmed najlepsih mest v Guatemali: Panajachel, kjer je situacija povsem turisticna, polno belcev in turistov, turisticne ponudbe in hrane in zraven prelepo ...
Back to Guate and finally to Panajachel
... in the same town, I decided not to go back to Xela but to start my new life by a lake right away. I heading for Panajachel, Pana for short, on Lake Atitlan -- finally! Unfortunately, the boat out of Punto Gorda was having some engine trouble and for ...
Met up with Don
We met up with our friend Don for a day on his deck in Santa Cruz la Laguna and a night in ...
Mystical Land of Sinkholes and Landslides
... seemingly fearless Guatemalan kids, sharing the left lane next to a treacheous three hundred foot drop. So, somehow I made it to Panajachel intact, but my hotel was in Santa Cruz, which requires a 10 minute boat ride on the lake. I ...