El Remate Hotels - Reviews and Rates

As soon as Jody and I got to the top of the crumbling stairs of Sak Luk, the place we had ear marked to stay for our first night in Guatemala, we knew we had made a mistake Dripping in sweat and exhausted from the long journey from Mexico we decided we couldn't face the trudge back down to the main road to find somewhere else. So we stayed.
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The drive through the countryside in Belize as we head to Guatemala was lovely. At first it was fairly flat, then we got into hills and then the mountains. We were entertained by a police officer that had just finsihed his shift and was heading home. He pretty well gave us a 3 hour guided tour of the area and it made the time pass by very quickl...

Our journey from the Mexican border to Guatemala was the longest yet. We passed into Belice in the early hours of Tuesday morning and continued to drive until we reached Belice City, the old capital. It was strange to hear people speaking English again, especially the pigeon English the locals were talking. The place had a rough edge to it and I...

No luck with sleeping in today. In order to avoid the stronger heat we booked a horse riding tour for 7am, and happy we did as by 9am the horses were sweating badly (not to mention ourselves). The horse trip lasted 3 hours (125 Quetzal per person = $17US) and took us from the hotel to the jungle mountain top and back. It was a slow ride but very...

After 4 legs of traveling, we finally arrived in Flores in the Peten region of northern Guatemala. We are staying at the wonderful La Casa de Don David in El Remate which is between Flores and the Mayan Bioreserve, home to the ancient Mayan ruins of Tikal. The hotel is really beautiful and the staff is lovely and helpful. It´s been fun to stay i...

After arriving in Miami, we checked the board to find out where the gate for Belize City was. Lo and behold, there was a flight in 20 minutes. We ran, O.J. like, through the airport to get to the gate. I breathlessly tell the gate attendant we´re scheduld on the next flight 3 hours from now, but that we only have carry-on luggage. (Another reaso...

From Roatan we were heading to Tikal in northern Guatemala, just 2 hours from the Belize border. Belize is only about 50 miles wide so we decided to fly from Roatan to Belize city and take a bus to Tikal. So we arrived at the airport for our 6.15 am flight only to be told that for some reason (unknown to the girl on the desk) the flight had been...