Country Info
- Tegucigalpa
- Capital
- Lempira (HNL)
- Currency
- 6,406,052
- Population
- HN
- Country Code
Copan Slideshow
Top Hotels in Copan
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Clarion Copan Ruinas
94 reviews -
Hotel Camino Maya Copan
28 reviews -
Hotel Graditas Mayas Copan
24 reviews -
Hotel Madrugada Copan
4 reviews -
Hotel Mar Jenny Copan
16 reviews
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Hotel Marina Copan
99 reviews
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La Posada Copan
2 reviews
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Hotel Calle Real Copan
11 reviews
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Yat B'alam Boutique Hotel Copan
120 reviews -
Hotel Acropolis Maya Copan
7 reviews
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Hotel Yaragua Copan
10 reviews
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La Posada De Belssy Copan
24 reviews
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Hotel Brisas De Copan
7 reviews
Copan
Travel Blogs from Copan, Honduras
18 Rabbit Wuz Here
This is a top pick! ... Tela headed for the north-coast beach town of Omoa. Our miserable Lonely Planet guide described Roli´s place as "the best hostel in Honduras", and like the fools we are, we fell for it and three busses later (one air-conditioned!) we made it there. ...
Eighteen Rabbit.
This is a top pick! ... a Gado Gado. I know, it's a pretty typical Indonesian dish and I'm located in the beautiful cobblestoned village of Copán, Honduras, set in a serene landscape surrounded with green rolling hills. I couldn't resist, I was craving Asian food. My absolute ...
Smooth sailing...
This is a top pick! ... to figure it out though. In town, I found a hotel for 50 Lempiras. There are 18 Lempiras to the dollar which makes Honduras a great, affordable place to travel. A welcome relief after budget busting San Salvador! The hotel manager was pretty cool. When I ...
Mayan Ruins
This is a top pick! I stopped in Copan Ruinas to check out the famous ruins here. These are some of the best preserved and the most studied ruins in the Mayan world and are not to be missed. The small tourist town here is pretty nice and a cool place to meet other travelers. ...
Copan Ruinas and La Ceiba
This is a top pick! We had ANOTHER early start in order to make our way to Copan Ruinas, just over the Guatemalan border, in Honduras. Fighting the urge to return to sleep, we rose at 5.30 am and quickly packed up and checked out of the hotel. Waking up a hotel employee to ...
Hippies with cell phones
This is a top pick! ... path north is taking me along la Ruta Maya - the region formerly inhabited by the Ancient Maya - running from Western Honduras through Southern Guatemala and reaching its fascinating and impressive end in the central Yucatán Peninsula. I started at the ...
Lou and Lynn update
This is a top pick! ... great holiday with a camper vehicle, perhaps buying the vehicle in the USA and travelling through Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and then selling the vehicle in Panama. It would be a great adventure. There are also ...
Copious fun in Copan
This is a top pick! We spent most of the day traveling from Quirigua to Copan Ruinas in Honduras. Crossing the border, we were a bit wary when the Honduran official would not stamp our entry into the country, saying that new agreements as of this July allowed people ...
Recovering in Copan Ruinas
This is a top pick! The journey to Copan, Honduras began in Lago de Atitlan with a three hour journey back to Antigua. Then the plan was to take another bus to Copan so all in all the journey should have taken approximately 6 hours. However, as we are in Central ...
Copan is cool too!
This is a top pick! ... black beard. I looked ridiculous. We didn't leave the room again that night. *** The border crossing into Honduras was pretty easy. There were four windows. Enter Honduras, Leave Honduras, Enter Guatemala, Leave Guatemala. It ...
my Ruta Maya is now complete
This is a top pick! ... a robber and shut the car door, a few steps later I thaught to myself 'I shoulda slammed the fucker on him' So I reached copan after a relaxing ride with Sultana buses, cheap, clean and has a better drop off spot than the overpriced hedman alas.. My ...
Civilizations: Ancient and Modern
This is a top pick! ... Honduras, like the rest of our world, is now part of a new global economy and inter-related civilization. The economy of Honduras has long been influenced and controlled from the US - mainly through companies such as Standard Fruit and United Fruit - ...
We have de-railed..............
This is a top pick! ... hammocks. Sad to say goodbye, but we know we have to leave now or take the risk of getting stuck forever. Now, we are in Copan and just finished visiting the ruins and doing a bit of shopping. And, in about two hours, a little local boy is bringing ...
Stelae and cowboys
This is a top pick! ... days off our trip. Not wanting to be rash and shorten our lovely holiday, we continued onward to Copan Ruinas, Honduras, known for the Mayan ruins. Copan Ruinas is a quaint town settled on a mountainside overlooking the Copan Valley. ...
Here to see Copan - UNESCO Heritage site!!
This is a top pick! ... and coffee just outside of Chiquimula and then made the journey speedily to the border. We paid our border fees and into Honduras we went, the town of Copan Ruinas was only 10 minutes or so from the border and we were in town, in a room by 11am. That ...
Visiting Copan Ruinas in Honduras
This is a top pick! ... a significant role in the overall effort to break the Maya code. After having survived the trip from Antigua, Guatemala to Honduras without being robbed and assaulted by armed men (which just happened two days before my departure from Guatemala to two ...
Honduras
This is a top pick! ... guards posted outside who are very friendly but I am not sure if they make me feel safe or unsettled. So into Honduras we go on the 24th of October to Copan. We spend two days here, just on the other side of the border, with the purpose of seeing some ...
Seeing the ruins of Copan
... , I need not get a stamp either. I cried all the way to San Salvador.........well, replace cried with slept! One thing I love about Honduras is that every pick up truck you see on the road or motorway, has a family or a bunch of workers sat in the back. ...
Breaking into Copan Ruins!
This is a top pick! ... does not really have alot to see unlike its neighbors Gautamala and Nicaragua. There are basically two main sites in Honduras...... The Copan ruins and the Bay Islands.... Since the ruins are basically on the way to the Bay Islands, Tim, ...
Hey its england! (and Cold)
This is a top pick! ... . We piled onto a minibus and made our merry way to Honduras. No problems except at the border, where the woman from the Honduras border refused to stamp our passports, saying it wasnt necessary. We werent convinced...but she wasnt having any of it. We ...
The Copan Companions
... weekend for the massive Peace Corp Halloween weekend, an annual event in Copan. This is when all the Peace Corp workers in Honduras meet up for a crazy weekend of drinking and partying in fancy dress, a time to let your hair down and go wild. ...
Bienvenido a Honduras y Copa Ruinas
... in kriminala (gangov). Gospodarstvo: zelo pomemben je izvoz banan, vecinoma v lasti Americanov. Tudi sicer je bil Honduras zgodovinsko zelo pod vplivom Americanov, ki so ga izkoriscali za borbo proti Nikaragvi in njenih sandinistov. Civilne vojne z ...
On to Honduras
... delicious. I finally felt some rain in Antigua, which I actually quite enjoyed. We have now moved onto Honduras, which is a gorgeous country. We stopped at Copan for a night, which was just the right amount of time to see the Mayan ruins there and the ...
And another country again
From Guatemala City it was just half a day journey to Copan Ruinas in Honduras, the main purpose of my flight to Guatemala and travelling to Honduras. Since I was a bit more efficient at the border than the Gringos (Green(dollar)-go, Mexican expression ...
Copan Ruins
Almost everyone told me that Copan is a disappointment after seeing Tikal. And in some ways they're right. Copan isn't hidden away in the forest, and there are no monkeys or crazy birds. And I would say it would be literally impossible to get lost in ...
Mayan Ruins and Early Morning Buses
It was our aim to be in Utila, an island off the north coast of Honduras, by Christmas. Our first stop on the way was Copan, the site of some ancient Mayan ruins just over the border in Honduras. Our bus departed Antigua at the painful time of ...
Pics from Semuc and travel to Copan Ruinas
... van with 12 seats. lol. Anyway border was uneventful, pay to get out of Guatemala and pay to get into Honduras. Arrived in Copan Ruinas at about 8PM. Found a cool little hotel, nice restaurant, nice bar, and decent room with the tipco ...
Bus adventures,Maya ruins and a leftover hurricane
... the city suffered from famine and disease. The guide was very knowlegable, and pointed out to us the special features of Copan, including the hieroglyphic staircase, a series of steps made up of 3000 glyphs telling the entire story of the place and its ...
Honduran Hombres
... the streets. We then made the somewhat controversial decision not to visit the Bay Islands (besides Copan, the other big tourist card for Honduras). We had received mixed reports about the islands and felt that perhaps our Caribbean island paradise ...
Mayan Ruins at Copan
... Antigua, which is our next and final destination. Copan Ruinas is a small charming town with steep cobbled streets in Honduras' western highlands. Although much smaller in scale compared to Tikal's ruins, these ruins impress with their detailed and deep ...